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Security teams are trusting AI to act in the SOC faster than expected, commentary says

By Help Net Security1 min read

A commentary published by Help Net Security argues that AI adoption in security operations centers has moved far faster than industry veterans expected, with security teams now trusting AI to take action in the SOC. The author had assumed compliance pressures would slow AI adoption behind other security technologies.

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Trust in AI-driven security operations is growing faster than expected

Security teams are embracing AI in the security operations center (SOC) at a pace that surprises even seasoned industry professionals, according to a commentary published by **Help Net Security**.

The author writes that, over most of their career, new security platforms typically worked their way into enterprise programs at a slow pace. When AI began appearing in security operations tooling, the expectation was that it would follow the same trajectory — and that AI adoption in the SOC would lag behind almost every other category of security technology.

That assumption was rooted in a long-standing tension in enterprise security: the pressure to move quickly on innovation versus the obligation to satisfy strict compliance requirements. The author had viewed this tension as a blocker that would keep AI in a limited, cautious role inside the SOC.

Instead, according to the piece, security teams have moved to trust AI not merely as an advisory layer but as something that can act within security operations — a shift the author openly admits to underestimating.

The commentary reflects a broader industry debate about how much autonomy should be granted to AI systems in SOC workflows, where decisions can affect incident response, alerting and remediation. While the excerpt does not provide figures, case studies or timelines, it signals that practitioner attitudes toward autonomous or semi-autonomous AI in security operations are shifting faster than many had predicted.

The full opinion piece is available via Help Net Security.

Source: Help Net Security

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