Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

For two decades, security practitioners have lived with a tidy, almost childlike definition of an incident.

Across Europe and beyond, regulatory frameworks are reshaping how and where organizations manage data. These laws establish enforceable standards for data sovereignty, data governance, and data privacy that directly influence cloud architecture, security strategy, and AI innovation. Without these regulations, you run the risk of these organizational consequences: Data management shouldn’t be considered as only a task for IT. It’s a board-level priority.

Security threats have always been expanding and evolving, but recent data shows that modern applications are more complex for security and operations than ever before. And AI is only a piece of that puzzle. To stay on top of the changing market and hear directly from security leaders on what’s really top of mind, Sumo Logic surveyed over 500 security leaders with the help of UserEvidence. We asked about data pipelines, tool sprawl, confidence in SIEM, and, of course, AI.

Insider threats remain one of the most challenging security risks organizations face. Unlike external attackers who must breach perimeters, insiders already possess legitimate access to critical systems and data. They understand security controls, know where valuable assets reside, and can operate under the radar of traditional rule-based detection systems for extended periods.

If you’re like most companies we work with, you’re awash in opportunities (and a bit overwhelmed with pressure) to adopt AI. Of course, integrating new technologies means more data to manage and systems to monitor.

I spend most of my time thinking like a criminal. Not because I’m edgy, but because that’s literally the job. And lately, everywhere I look, I see the same thing: People are exposing MCP endpoints like they’re REST APIs, and forgetting they’re actually money execution engines. So let’s talk about Token Torching. Yes, I invented another name. This isn’t data theft. It’s not taking your service down.

Nowadays, it’s not uncommon for enterprise IT leaders to find themselves in a situation that seems like a catch-22. On one hand, they’re expected to make data-driven decisions that improve productivity and profitability in a business. On the other, they’re preoccupied with their core responsibilities such as protecting critical systems, maintaining network security, and accelerating investigations when a security event occurs. Traditional tooling won’t keep up with modern systems.

For years, security teams have dealt with the challenges of alert fatigue, endless tools and data sources, and constant context switching. But, so far, we haven’t been able to significantly improve it with traditional tools. However, new agentic approaches can start providing improved gains. This begins to change the way SOC teams operate and approach managing their talent.

So you’re ready to “hire” an agent or two for security operations. While AI agents won’t replace your human analysts, they are quickly becoming indispensable team members. Choosing the right ones should resemble a typical hiring process: you need to determine if they possess the necessary skills to fill your team’s gaps, work effectively with others, and grow with your organization. Here are five questions worth asking before you bring an AI agent on board in your SOC.

Multi-org environments introduce complexity that most tools simply weren’t built for. Analysts are often forced to jump between different orgs, duplicate configuration work, and maintain parallel dashboards, alerts, and content–inefficiencies that increase risk, overhead, and time-to-response. Every minute spent managing infrastructure is one you’re not spending serving your clients or responding to threats.