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The 2026 State of the SOC Report

See how a blend of human and artificial intelligence will be critical to the future of threat detection and remediation.

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The 2026 State of the SOC Report

Get the data-driven playbook for resilience across identity, endpoint, cloud, network, and perimeter layers.

SOC Report

Smarter signals, stronger layers

Insights based on real-world alerts from the Adlumin MDR SOC.

~900,000 SOC alerts analyzed

Real-world MDR telemetry reveals how modern attacks actually unfold across environments.

50% of attacks bypass endpoint tools

Half of successful attacks never trigger endpoint detection, exposing dangerous visibility gaps.

~90% of investigations are automated

Automation now drives investigation and remediation at machine speed, with humans providing oversight.

The evolution of the SOC

The perimeter is center stage

The perimeter is center stage

Network and UTM alerts now account for 18% of detections, reversing years of cloud-first dominance and signaling a renewed focus on perimeter security.

Single-layer security is failing at scale

Single-layer security is failing at scale

Relying solely on endpoint protection creates visibility gaps, as many early attack signals emerge first across network and perimeter telemetry—not on the endpoint itself.

The SOC is shifting

The SOC is shifting

Alert volume now exceeds human limits, forcing a shift to AI-driven investigation and automated response.

150%*

increase in speed to detection with Adlumin MDR

*

More efficient security operations

With vastly expanded SOAR-driven automated response actions, analysts are freed to focus on threat hunting and higher-value investigations.

Insights from this report
show how SOCs are building the future through the power of AI

How modern attacks actually progress

See how threats move across identity, perimeter, network, endpoint, and cloud layers—and where detection truly begins.

Why defense in depth is the new baseline

Learn how layered visibility and cross-domain correlation stop attacks earlier, before ransomware or data theft.

What “minimum viable resilience” looks like in 2026

Understand the technologies, automation, and operating models resilient organizations rely on today.

AI-powered. Human led.

The 2026 State of the SOC Report delivers a clear, data-driven view of how the threat landscape has shifted and what actually works to stop modern attacks. Get the insights you need to detect earlier, respond faster, and build security that holds up in 2026.

Download the report