{"slug": "gartner-70-of-socs-will-pilot-ai-agents-only-15-will-see-results", "title": "Gartner: 70% of SOCs will pilot AI agents. Only 15% will see results", "summary": "Gartner analysts Craig Lawson and Andrew Davies predict that by 2028, 70% of large security operations centers (SOCs) will pilot AI agents to augment Tier 1 and Tier 2 operations, but only 15% will achieve measurable improvements without structured evaluation, according to the report 'Validate the Promises of AI SOC Agents With These Key Questions.' The forecast marks a shift from last year when Gartner placed AI SOC agents at the Innovation Trigger stage with single-digit adoption.", "body_md": "In the Gartner report Validate the Promises of AI SOC Agents With These Key Questions, analysts Craig Lawson and Andrew Davies posit that “By 2028, 70% of large SOCs will pilot AI agents to augment Tier 1 and Tier 2 operations, but only 15% will achieve measurable improvements without structured evaluation.” Just last year, Gartner placed AI SOC Agents at the Innovation Trigger stage with single-digit adoption. As of earlier this year, Gartner’s Hype Cycle … [More](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/09/prophet-security-evaluating-ai-soc-agents/) \n\nThe post [Gartner: 70% of SOCs will pilot AI agents. Only 15% will see results](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/09/prophet-security-evaluating-ai-soc-agents/) appeared first on [Help Net Security](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gartner-70-of-socs-will-pilot-ai-agents-only-15-will-see-results", "canonical_source": "https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/09/prophet-security-evaluating-ai-soc-agents/", "published_at": "2026-09-09 05:00:50+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-09 05:20:52.101308+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Gartner", "Craig Lawson", "Andrew Davies"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gartner-70-of-socs-will-pilot-ai-agents-only-15-will-see-results", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gartner-70-of-socs-will-pilot-ai-agents-only-15-will-see-results.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gartner-70-of-socs-will-pilot-ai-agents-only-15-will-see-results.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gartner-70-of-socs-will-pilot-ai-agents-only-15-will-see-results.jsonld"}}