Report by Swimlane
The New SOC Career Ladder: How AI is Reshaping the SecOps Workforce
Key Findings
88% of security operations professionals and leaders report that AI makes their work more satisfying.
47% of security operations professionals and leaders say AI expands their capacity to handle security activity.
43% of security operations professionals and leaders save time on known or repetitive threat patterns because of AI.
35% of security operations professionals and leaders redirect time saved on routine casework toward investigating complex threats.
35% of security operations professionals and leaders redirect time saved on routine casework toward strategic cross-functional work.
34% of security operations professionals and leaders redirect time saved on routine casework toward validating AI-generated findings.
48% of security operations professionals and leaders prioritize their own judgment when AI recommendations conflict with evidence or risk disrupting critical business operations.
24% of security operations professionals and leaders say AI limits their skill development.
91% of security operations professionals and leaders who say AI limits their skill development still report higher job satisfaction.
19% of security operations professionals and leaders cite analyst overreliance on AI-generated recommendations as the single greatest risk of expanding AI in SecOps.