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Key observations include:
- Budget Misalignment: The most common response to budget queries was “Unknown,” highlighting a significant misalignment between SOC staff/management and the organizational budget process.
- Staffing as Major Barrier: The greatest barrier in SOC operations is related to staffing, with high staffing requirements and a lack of skilled staff being the most cited issues, followed by a lack of enterprise-wide visibility.
- Increase in Threat Hunting Automation: There has been a notable rise in the partial automation of threat hunting activities using vendor-provided tools, increasing from 38% to 46% over the past year.
