Is the SOC Obsolete, and We Just Haven’t Admitted It Yet?

The traditional Security Operations Center model is becoming obsolete not due to lack of skilled analysts, but because cyber threats now operate at machine speed while SOCs remain human-centric workflows. Attackers are deploying AI-powered malware that rewrites itself in real-time and executes campaigns in mere seconds, far outpacing the manual triage and investigation processes that still dominate most SOCs. The solution, according to security experts, requires a fundamental architectural shift to AI-native systems with complete data access and sovereignty, where analysts guide autonomous systems rather than chase individual alerts.