2026 Creating a Modern and Mature Security Operations Center Report

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  • Understand the impact of limited SOC visibility
  • Address operational challenges created by tool sprawl
  • Build trust in automation to strengthen security outcomes

Download the 2026 Report

 

Developed by the Ponemon Institute, in partnership with Optiv and Palo Alto Networks, the 2026 report on Creating a Modern and Mature Security Operations Center (SOC) showcases the current state of SOC staffing, tooling and complexity and their respective impacts on SOC effectiveness.

 

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Highlights from the 2026 Report

 

This report offers front-line insights from 574 IT and cybersecurity pros on how their organizations’ SOC staffs, tools and measures success in its effort to keep up with an always evolving and ever-complex cyber threat landscape.

Increased Incidents

 

0%

report increased security incidents

Understaffed

 

0%

say SOC doesn’t have enough staff

Consolidating

 

0%

pursuing technology consolidation in the SOC

Integration

 

0%

of SOC tools are not well integrated across detection, investigation and response

AI Adoption

 

0%

use AI/ML to support SOC functions

Identity

 

0%

say identity visibility is key to improving SOC outcomes