KPMG Security Operations Center Survey 2024
The time to transform the SOC is now.
See what security leaders are thinking
Our comprehensive SOC survey reveals current perceptions, the future outlook, and the steps security officers in the U.S. are taking to enhance security operations in a digitally advanced era.
Discover the state of cybersecurity as the landscape shifts toward an advanced, AI-driven approach
Cyber threats are escalating and the financial toll could hit a staggering $10 trillion annually in 2024.1 This urgent concern is straining resources across sectors, emphasizing the need for a complete strategic transformation to an advanced, AI-powered security operations center (SOC).
1Cybersecurity Ventures, 2023 Official Cybercrime Report.
Security leaders are optimistic amid growing threats
Although organizations across virtually every industry are being hit from all sides with potential attacks and struggling to identify the real threats from the noise, security leaders are confident in their ability to withstand the onslaught. Against that backdrop, the SOC survey explored a number of areas, including:
- Current and future perspectives on security practices
- The cyber threat landscape
- Perceptions of the effectiveness of existing SecOps
- The level of SOC preparedness
- SOC priorities and challenges
Key survey findings
85%
are confident in their SOC’s readiness to deter future, sophisticated attacks
74%
plan to increase SOC headcount over the next coming years
70%
believe AI will be a game-changer in cyber security, improving
69%
of security leaders expressed high confidence in their SOCs' ability to grasp risk areas and vulnerabilities
68%
are likely to increase SOC budgets
Security leaders view AI as an SOC “game changer”
Clearly, the operational role of AI is a focus across the broad marketplace. With that in mind, the SOC survey asked security leaders how they are using or plan to use AI and about their overall perceptions of AI as a key tool. At least two-thirds expect AI to be a “game changer” across all security functions.
Top areas in which AI will be a "game changer" in identifying and remediating threats/vulnerabilities
Security leaders see AI as crucial to essentially every aspect of their teams’ work, with the greatest focus on the following 4 areas.
71%
Identity and access
69%
Better threat detection and response
68%
Monitoring the perimeter
67%
Predictive analytics to identify potential threats
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Security leaders: It’s time to transform your SOC
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How KPMG can help
Despite the increasing sophistication of AI responses to new cyber threats, we’re still in early days. About half of security leaders say they have “major issues” with retention (47 percent) and maintaining up-to-date knowledge (46 percent), skills, and expertise (45 percent) to identify, analyze, and remediate emerging threats.
The issue is not about developing additional technical capability when dedicated teams are already at work. The larger issue is the lack of strategy and long-term vision for AI solutions. KPMG AI security professionals have deep experience in business processes and risk, coupled with extensive knowledge of AI application, data science, and cybersecurity.
We know that the transformative power of AI can only reach its full potential when paired with human expertise and ingenuity. That’s what makes AI the game-changer it has become.
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