The AI Token Costs That Can Break Cybersecurity
Imagine this scenario.
It’s Tuesday night at 11:47 PM. Your senior SOC analyst is pulled into a critical, high-severity alert. A primary Domain Controller has flagged a deeply anomalous administrative command sequence originating from a mid-level employee’s standard workstation.
The analyst triggers “agents” on the organization’s cybersecurity platform to assist with her investigation: mapping the account’s full authentication timeline, cross-referencing internal network logs, scanning active threat intelligence feeds, constructing secondary lookup queries to hunt for lateral movement. The investigation is moving at machine speed.
Then the screen changes.
“You have reached your monthly AI limit. Upgrade to Enterprise Plus to continue. Your limit resets at 3:30 AM.”
When Your Security Platform Adds AI
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Every cybersecurity vendor is racing to embed AI. The pitch is compelling: faster detection, autonomous investigation, agentic response. What is not getting enough attention is the pricing. As the industry rushes to...
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