Now Assist for Security Incident Response

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated January 30, 2025
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    Summary of Now Assist for Security Incident Response

    Now Assist for Security Incident Response, available in the Yokohama release, empowers security analysts and managers with intelligent workflows and generative AI capabilities to streamline the resolution of security incidents. It provides concise summaries, closure notes, post-incident analysis, and remediation recommendations, enhancing security operations efficiency.

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    Key Features

    • AI-Driven Incident Summarization and Closure Notes: Utilize generative AI to quickly summarize incident details and generate closure documentation.
    • Intelligent Workflows: Assist security analysts with guided processes to resolve incidents efficiently.
    • Post-Incident Analysis and Recommendations: Security managers can review incident context, analyze outcomes, and view suggested remediation steps in an easy-to-read format.
    • AI Agent Use Cases: Includes a collection of AI agent scenarios tailored to security incident response.

    Important Considerations for Customers

    • Availability of AI model providers and Now Assist features may vary by geography, data center environment (e.g., FedRAMP, NSC DOD IL5, Australia IRAP-Protected), and regulatory constraints.
    • Customers should verify current availability for their region and environment, as some features are restricted or unavailable in specific markets or data centers.
    • Data used by the application is transferred to centralized ServiceNow environments and potentially third-party cloud providers, handled according to ServiceNow’s compliance policies.
    • ServiceNow collects inputs and outputs from application use to improve its AI technologies; customers have the option to opt out of data collection as described in the documentation.

    AI Limitations and Responsible Use

    This application leverages AI and machine learning, which may not always provide fully accurate or appropriate results. Customers are responsible for validating AI-generated content, applying human oversight, and not relying solely on AI outputs for critical decisions—especially in sensitive domains such as healthcare, finance, legal, employment, security, or infrastructure. Use of the application must comply with ServiceNow’s AI Acceptable Use Policy.

    Getting Help and Resources

    ServiceNow provides access to the Security Operations Resource Library, community forums, Known Error Portal, and Customer Service and Support for troubleshooting and assistance with Now Assist for Security Incident Response.

    Security analysts can use intelligent workflows and ServiceNow generative AI skills to help them resolve security incidents. Security managers can review the context of security incidents and closure notes quickly in a concise, easy-to-read format, view post-incident analysis data, and see recommended remediation steps with the Now Assist for Security Incident Response application.

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