AlertEcho Coach is a training-focused co-pilot that turns real triage work into structured learning for junior SOC analysts, a gap repeatedly raised on r/cybersecurity and r/AskNetsec where newcomers complain they’re "just closing tickets" and seniors say they have no time to mentor. Instead of only suggesting actions, AlertEcho grades analyst decisions in real-time, explains what a senior would have done, and surfaces micro-lessons tied to that specific alert type and environment.

• Targets: SOC teams with 5–40 analysts, especially MSSPs and in-house SOCs with high turnover and a pipeline of bootcamp/grads entering L1 roles.
• Value: Integrates into ticketing/IR tools and compares analyst triage actions to historical best practices, auto-generating feedback like "you missed checking lateral movement evidence; here’s how" and updating an individual skill map for each analyst.
• Differentiation: Rather than competing head-on with triage automation, it positions as "AI-enabled senior mentor" – something no SIEM/XDR vendor is credibly doing today, despite frequent posts and HN threads about the talent shortage and lack of hands-on, contextual training. It can be built incrementally by focusing on one or two common alert families (phishing and endpoint malware) and a couple of platforms initially.