SAN FRANCISCO – Datadog Inc. on Monday announced general availability of its Bits AI Security Analyst, a move designed to transform how security teams handle the overwhelming surge of digital threats.
Integrated directly into Datadog’s Cloud SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), the new AI agent aims to solve a critical bottleneck in the Security Operations Center (SOC). By autonomously investigating alerts, Bits AI can reportedly condense complex investigations that traditionally take human analysts hours into as little as 30 seconds.
Modern security teams are currently caught in a pincer movement: a global talent shortage on one side, and the rise of agentic-powered AI attacks on the other. According to Datadog, the sheer volume of data makes it nearly impossible for human teams to triage every threat manually.
“Traditional SIEMs are leaving enterprises increasingly exposed because queues keep growing and investigations take longer to correlate,” said Tim Knudsen, vice president of security products at Datadog. He noted that Bits AI leverages observability signals to provide “fully explained verdicts,” allowing human teams to focus on high-impact defense rather than manual data sorting.
Datadog claims that Bits AI functions as an “always-on senior SOC analyst,” offering several operational advantages: rapid resolution, which reduces the mean-time-to-resolution (MTTR) by more than 90%; unified visibility, which aggregates data across clouds, identities, and endpoint detection and Response (EDR) systems; and enterprise scaling, built-in security controls like Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) ensure the AI operates within corporate governance frameworks.
The launch at RSAC 2026 here signals a shift toward autonomous security operations. As GenAI attacks intensify, Datadog Chief Product Officer Yanbing Li emphasized that “intelligent, autonomous systems” are no longer optional for Fortune 500 companies.
Bits AI Security Analyst is available to all Datadog customers.
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