As security teams work to break free from inefficiencies — eliminating tedious busywork, overcoming alert overload, and closing critical data gaps — and build a smarter, more resilient SOC of the future, Splunk created the State of Security 2025 report to uncover the most impactful strategies for evolving the SOC.

The report is based on surveys with over 2,000 security professionals and features important takeaways, including:

• 46% report spending more time maintaining tools than defending their organization
• 74% rate detection engineering as the most important future skill for the SOC
• 59% say they’ve moderately or significantly boosted SOC efficiency with AI

For more information and to learn how to transform your SOC from overwhelmed to optimized, download the State of Security 2025.