The modern security operations center faces a crisis of scale that human effort cannot fix. With alert volumes exponentially growing and threat actors automating their attacks, organizations must pivot to autonomous SOC strategies. This shift to AI-driven defense is the only way to survive the operational realities of 2026. The mathematical impossibility of legacy defense We need to be honest about the state of the traditional SOC. It is failing. It is not failing because … More → The post Why SOCs are moving toward autonomous security operations in 2026 appeared first on Help Net Security .