C2 Corner: Stop Automating the SOC. Start Automating Remediation.

This piece argues that security teams over-invest in SOC detection automation while under-automating remediation, resulting in persistent backlogs and risk. It proposes a practical blueprint: consolidate into a shared remediation backlog with IT, reduce duplicate alerts at intake, automate evidence and change processes with AI under human guardrails, and measure outcomes via MTTR and critical-issue closure rates. The article outlines a 90-day vision for improved signal-to-risk reduction and positions Abstract Security’s data pipeline, detections, closed-loop workflows, and guardrailed automation as enablers of this remediation-first operating model.