What the Data Says About AI in Security Operations in 2026
Summary: Prophet Security's State of AI in Security Operations 2026 report, drawn from a ViB survey of more than 250 cybersecurity professionals, found that 40% of security teams now use AI daily, 56% are testing it, and only 4% have no plans to adopt it. The report also states that the average team receives about 100 alerts a day, that a single alert takes an average of 75 minutes to investigate and sits untouched for nearly an hour, and that about 28% of alerts are never investigated.
Bottom line: Sixty percent of respondents said an alert they ignored or missed later became a serious issue such as a data breach or downtime, and a third of those said it happened three or more times last year - while attackers can move through a network in 29 minutes.
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