Autonomous SOCs: AI Boosts Human Analysts 19 Mins/Hr

Autonomous security operations centers still need human involvement. New research looked at 138,475 alerts processed over 124 days in real customer environments. Human analysts agreed with AI triage decisions 99.7% of the time. This shows that Agentic AI can effectively eliminate false-positive work. It can also return 19 minutes per analyst hour, allowing human experts to focus on genuine threats. The result is a more auditable and scalable SOC model, built around humans and AI working together, not as a replacement for analysts. This matters because it highlights how AI can enhance, rather than replace, human expertise in critical security roles.