Where AI In The SOC Is Actually Delivering - And Where It Isn't
Sophos, Monday, March 30th, 2026
'We'll have a generation of security professionals who can supervise AI but can't function without it."
For all the noise surrounding 'agentic AI' in cybersecurity, security operations centers are still wrestling with the same fundamental questions: What does AI genuinely improve today? Where does it fall short? How can organizations tell the difference?
In the recent Sophos webinar, 'The Agentic SOC: Separating Signal from Noise,' Kyle Falkenhagen, Sophos' senior vice president of product management, laid out one of the clearest, most candid explanations of both sides of the story. Crucially, he focused on what defenders are actually experiencing in the field - not the hype cycle promises that have overwhelmed the market.