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If you’ve been in security operations for more than a few years, you’ve lived through the automation hype cycle at least twice. First, it was SIEM that was going to solve everything. Then SOAR was supposed to fix what SIEM couldn’t. Now, AI SOC platforms are delivering what SOAR always promised but never actually could.

The time between compromise and data exfiltration now occurs before most SOCs finish their first triage. Phishing breaches succeed in under 60 minutes. The average SOC investigation takes 70. This is why financial institutions are operating at a structural disadvantage.

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See how Torq harnesses AI in your SOC to detect, prioritize, and respond to threats faster. Request a Demo John White is the Field CISO for EMEA at Torq. A respected security executive with more than 20 years of leadership experience, John previously served as CISO at Virgin Atlantic, where he led a multi-year transformation deploying the Torq AI SOC Platform to modernize cyber operations.

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See how Torq harnesses AI in your SOC to detect, prioritize, and respond to threats faster. Request a Demo This article was originally published on Security Info Watch. Running a SOC has never been cheap — but in 2026, it’s become unsustainable. The combination of surging alert volumes, rising labor costs, sprawling tool stacks, and skyrocketing breach expenses has pushed the traditional model to the breaking point.

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See how Torq harnesses AI in your SOC to detect, prioritize, and respond to threats faster. Request a Demo.

See how Torq harnesses AI in your SOC to detect, prioritize, and respond to threats faster. Request a Demo For the last decade, the cybersecurity industry has attempted to solve a technology problem with a human solution.