SoC Modernization: Where are you on the Evolutionary Journey? And how do you compare to your peers?

This report summarizes survey findings from over 1,200 organizations on the state of Security Operations Centers (SOCs), noting strong MTTR (2–4 hours) and 24x7 coverage but significant gaps in daily alert processing (often 50–80%), high false-positive rates (average 20–40%), short data retention (typically 1–6 months), and widespread data fragmentation. It highlights operational burdens such as time-consuming triage (multiple SIEM queries per alert), skills shortages (16–30% unfilled roles), and tool sprawl (5–6 key tools and ~3 TI feeds) that complicate incident response. The piece advocates shifting focus from outcome metrics to process metrics, improving data context/structure (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK tagging), and leveraging AI/automation while reassessing foundational technologies to make the SOC a data science-driven function.