Torq-AI-SOC-Leadership-Report-2026.md

The 2026 AI SOC Leadership Report (Torq) summarizes a Sapio Research survey of ~450 CISOs and security leaders, finding widespread AI adoption across SOCs (average seven AI tools per team) but fragmented architectures that reduce trust and create operational complexity. Key findings: analysts are shifting from execution to oversight (≈8.6 hours/week), teams want explainable and adaptive AI, 85% prefer a unified platform, and trust (transparency, data governance, human-in-the-loop controls) is the primary barrier to expanding autonomous AI actions—especially for high-severity incidents.