Why 2026 is the Year to Upgrade to an Agentic AI SOC

This whitepaper argues that 2026 is the inflection point for upgrading to an agentic AI SOC, describing what agentic AI is, key drivers, operational challenges and recommended controls, and how Elastic’s platform realizes those capabilities (attack prioritization, automated enrichment, transparent reasoning traces, guarded actions, LLM integration and agent builder). It includes a LOLBins hunting example to illustrate automated detection-to-response workflows, but is a product/strategy overview rather than an incident report.