How AI is Evolving — And What Your SOC Needs to Do About It

AI is rapidly transforming Security Operations Centers (SOCs), enhancing productivity, triage, and threat detection. While AI won’t replace human analysts, it can make SOCs smarter and more efficient when properly integrated. This guide outlines six key priorities to leverage AI responsibly and effectively.

• Put embedded AI to work: Audit and utilize AI features in SIEM, SOAR, and data platforms for alert clustering, noise reduction, and automated enrichment to boost efficiency.
• Redraw human-AI boundaries: Define which tasks AI handles and which remain human-led to reduce burnout, improve oversight, and elevate strategic decision-making.
• Ensure AI accountability and security: Monitor outputs, maintain human-in-the-loop controls, protect data, mitigate misuse, and prepare for agentic AI with clear rules of engagement.

By activating existing AI tools, securing their use, feeding them responsibly, and preparing for autonomous capabilities, SOCs can operate faster, smarter, and more resiliently. Thoughtful AI adoption upgrades security operations without replacing the human judgment at the core of effective cybersecurity.