Moving from reactive to proactive through automation

Analysts, particularly those in Security Operations Centers (SOC), are overwhelmed by repetitive manual tasks, leading to burnout and high turnover rates, with 71% experiencing burnout and 63% considering job changes within a year. These tasks detract from more engaging and impactful work, but automation presents a solution by allowing analysts to focus on higher-level projects that enhance their organization's security posture. If freed from manual work, analysts would update operational documentation, develop advanced detection rules, integrate systems and logs for better visibility, research tactics of malicious actors, and modify detection rules to reduce false positives. Automation shifts the focus from reactive to proactive measures, enabling SOC teams to maintain updated documentation, develop new security protocols, and stay ahead of threats, ultimately transforming them from a defensive to an offensive operational stance.