How AI is being used in today's SOC

With 96% of teams now using AI as part of their day-to-day cybersecurity workflows, questions around AI adoption are now being replaced with concerns around cost, inconsistent outputs, and governance gaps that not only hinder teams, but are becoming a new source of risk.

Our AI Adoption in the SOC report surveyed 400+ security professionals to find out what's really happening in the SOC. The survey findings unveil how teams are stitching together AI use through general chatbots, native tools, and custom builds; where AI is (and isn’t) paying off; and how expectations of the technology are being met.

With valuable findings for security leaders and practitioners alike, the report breaks down the gap between expectations and reality around AI use for security operations, and what it will take to close it.

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Key findings

  • 99.8% of teams report benefits from AI adoption, but 85% also report negative impacts, such as rising costs, revealing a trade-off most teams are still working through.
  • 98% of security teams face barriers to automated AI workflows, and only 18% have a fully developed governance framework in place to manage that risk.
  • 89% agree the future of security operations is automated workflows paired with human oversight, pointing to where investment and strategy should go next.
  • Executives are four times more likely than practitioners to report no negative impact, exposing a perception gap.

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