State of Security 2025: The Stronger, Smarter SOC of the Future

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State of Security 2025: The Stronger, Smarter SOC of the Future

In 2025, security teams are breaking free from inefficiencies — eliminating tedious busywork, overcoming alert overload, and closing critical data gaps — to build a smarter, more resilient SOC of the future.

Based on research with over 2,000 security professionals, our report uncovers the most impactful strategies for evolving the SOC.

46% report spending more time maintaining tools than defending their organization.
59% say they’ve moderately or significantly boosted SOC efficiency with AI.
74% rate detection engineering as the most important future skill for the SOC.
63% want to frequently or always use detection as code in the future.
59% say adopting a unified platform has sped up incident response.

Download the State of Security 2025 and learn how to transform your SOC from overwhelmed to optimized.

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