Kaspersky’s APAC SOC study shows 99% of organizations plan to adopt AI, with 67% likely and 32% definite. Firms expect AI to enhance threat detection (60%), automate responses (55%) and reduce false positives, driven by goals to improve detection, automate routine tasks and boost SOC efficiency – mirroring global trends, a press release said.
“Across APAC, organizations are taking a pragmatic approach to AI in the SOC, prioritizing use cases that deliver immediate operational impact. The strongest expectations center on enhancing threat detection through automated anomaly analysis and accelerating response through predefined automation. These priorities reflect the region’s focus on improving detection effectiveness, reducing alert fatigue, and freeing up security teams from routine tasks. While large enterprises globally are pursuing broader AI ambitions, APAC companies are clearly focused on applying AI where it most directly strengthens resilience and day-to-day security operations,” comments Adrian Hia, Managing Director for Asia Pacific at Kaspersky.
Despite strong intent, APAC firms face an AI execution gap driven by poor training data (44%), lack of skilled experts (37%), AI-related security risks, integration challenges (34%) and high costs (33%), limiting successful SOC implementation.
“Organizations clearly recognize the value AI can bring to SOCs but the transition from experimentation to real SOC impact still remains challenging. Given the cybersecurity talent shortages—and AI talent being scarce as well—introducing in-house AI capabilities in a SOC remains a coveted but hard-to-achieve goal. This is why cybersecurity companies are investing in AI-powered features across their leading products. Over the past year, Kaspersky has introduced a comprehensive suite of AI-powered tools across its B2B portfolio to meet the rising demand for timely detection of more advanced threats, while also making our solutions more efficient and user-friendly,” says Anton Ivanov, Chief Technology Officer at Kaspersky.
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