Prophet Security survey: 40% of security teams use AI daily
Original title: Is Your SOC Ready for AI Agents? A Maturity Check Before You Deploy
AI SOC agents address slow alert handling and context gaps if SOC has data access and standards.
Prophet Security survey of CISOs shows 40% of security teams use AI every day and 56% test it. Readiness for AI agents involves fixing MDR delays, missing context, and data pipeline issues. AI agents can investigate alerts at the first level of SOC maturity model and return time for detection work.
- 40% of teams use AI daily
- 56% test AI adoption
- 28% of alerts never investigated
- MDR flags threats too slowly
- AI agents run hunts on new threats
From the original article
12 min read at thehackernews.com
Forty percent of security teams now use AI every day, and another 56% are testing it. Only 4% have no plans to adopt it, according to Prophet Security's State of AI in Security Operations 2026 survey of more than 250 CISOs, SOC leaders and practitioners. For the teams still testing, the next decision is whether their own SOC is ready.
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