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2026 SANS SOC Survey Insights: A Decade of Evolution in Cyber Defense

WhitepaperSecurity Awareness
  • 15 Jun 2026
  • Christopher Crowley

AI-Human Collaboration in Modern SOCs

WhitepaperArtificial Intelligence
  • 17 Mar 2026
  • Mathias Fuchs

SANS 2025 SOC Survey

WhitepaperCyber Defense
  • 9 Jul 2025
  • Christopher Crowley

SANS 2024 SOC Survey: Facing Top Challenges in Security Operations

WhitepaperCybersecurity and IT Essentials
  • 12 Jul 2024
  • Christopher Crowley

SANS 2023 SOC Survey

WhitepaperCloud Security, Digital Forensics and Incident Response, Cybersecurity Leadership
  • 13 Jun 2023
  • Christopher Crowley, Barbara Filkins, John Pescatore

SANS 2022 SOC Survey (Portuguese)

WhitepaperSecurity Awareness
  • 16 May 2022
  • Christopher Crowley, Barbara Filkins

SANS 2022 SOC Survey (Spanish)

WhitepaperSecurity Awareness
  • 16 May 2022
  • Christopher Crowley, Barbara Filkins

SANS 2022 SOC Survey

WhitepaperSecurity Awareness
  • 16 May 2022
  • Christopher Crowley, Barbara Filkins

SANS 2022 SOC Survey (German)

WhitepaperSecurity Awareness
  • 16 May 2022
  • Christopher Crowley, Barbara Filkins

A SANS 2021 Survey: Security Operations Center (SOC)

WhitepaperSecurity Awareness, Cyber Defense
  • 27 Oct 2021
  • Christopher Crowley, John Pescatore

Common and Best Practices for Security Operations Centers: Results of the 2019 SOC Survey

WhitepaperCybersecurity and IT Essentials
  • 9 Jul 2019
  • Chris Crowley

The Definition of SOC-cess? SANS 2018 Security Operations Center Survey

Whitepaper
  • 1 Aug 2018
  • Christopher Crowley, John Pescatore