Report by BlinkOps
2025 State of AI-Driven Security Automation
Key Findings
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.