Seriously? The AI SOC Stack of 2026. As If.

Right, so some ‘experts’ have decided to pontificate about what the Security Operations Center (SOC) will look like in… *checks notes* …2026. Like they can predict the future. Whatever.

Basically, it boils down to this: everyone and their grandma is slapping “AI” on everything. The article says top-tier SOCs are going to be drowning in AI tools for threat detection (XDR being a big one, surprise!), investigation, and response. They’re talking about automated SOAR workflows, better data enrichment with threat intelligence – all powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) because apparently humans are just *too slow* now.

They whine on about needing to integrate everything, which is what we’ve been saying for years but now it’s “critical” because AI needs feeding. And of course, skills gaps are a problem – shocker! Finding people who can actually manage this mess is hard when everyone’s busy chasing the shiny object that is ‘AI’.

Oh, and they mention cloud-native security being important. Groundbreaking stuff, really. Like, no shit? The whole point of a SOC is to *secure* things, and increasingly those things are in the damn cloud.

The real takeaway? More vendors trying to sell you overpriced AI crap that probably won’t work as advertised. Don’t fall for it. Just keep patching your systems and teaching people basic security hygiene. It’s less glamorous, but way more effective than hoping some algorithm will save your ass.

Honestly, the whole thing is just a marketing exercise disguised as “insightful analysis.” Don’t bother reading the full article unless you enjoy being patronized by people who think they know everything.

Link to the Original Waste of Time

Speaking of wasted time, I once had a sysadmin try to convince me that an AI-powered script could automatically identify and remediate all vulnerabilities on our network. It locked out half the users within five minutes. Five. Minutes. AI is only as good as the idiot programming it. And there are *a lot* of idiots out there.

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