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44% of organizations say it’s difficult to hire for automation and AI roles.

34% say current tools are too complex to manage.

81% of security leaders state that AI-driven automation is a top priority for their strategy over the next 3 to 5 years.

The SOC is restructuring around automation, with 45% of organizations creating centralized automation teams.

46% expect analysts to shift toward oversight and exception handling.

Only 3% of organizations have ruled out autonomous AI entirely.

45% of organizations took up to three months to implement their most recent automation.

Manual work still dominates daily security operations for many teams, with 35% reporting being overwhelmed with repetitive tasks.

Only 15% of organizations deployed their most recent automation in under a month.

53% of organizations plan to adopt AI agents for threat detection.

Only 6% of respondents currently have fully mature automation programmes.

46% of organizations will use AI for real-time policy enforcement.

33% are actively building their automation strategies

49% have long-term roadmaps for automation.

35% report lacking the internal skills to build or maintain workflows.

19% of security teams rely almost entirely on manual processes.

45% of organizations took up to three months to implement their most recent automation.

Only 15% of organizations deployed their most recent automation in under a month.

44% of organizations say it’s difficult to hire for automation and AI roles.