Security Operations
We've curated 58 cybersecurity statistics about Security Operations to help you understand how threat detection, incident response, and monitoring practices are evolving in 2025 to combat increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.
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80% of enterprise organizations say security and DevOps use shared observability tools.
45% of enterprise organizations say security and DevOps teams are very aligned on tooling and workflows.
77% of security teams regularly rely on AI, automation, or workflow tools.
99% of security operations centers use AI.
Manual or repetitive work consumes 44% of security teams' time.
31% of security professionals identify integration gaps between tools as an obstacle to scaling AI and automation.
77% of internal Security Operations Center (SOC) teams reported a skills shortage in penetration testing as of 2025, indicating a significant gap in essential cybersecurity capabilities.
46% of organizations plan to use AI within the next 12 months for risk assessment in 2025.
40% of organizations reported that they already use AI for threat hunting in 2025.
32% of organizations plan to use AI within the next 12 months for intrusion detection in 2025.
25% of organizations reported that company intellectual property was compromised in the past year due to security incidents.
54% of organizations reported that they already use AI for SIEM data management in 2025.
75% of internal Security Operations Center (SOC) teams reported a skills shortage in intrusion detection as of 2025, which poses a risk to proactive threat management.
29% of organizations had to delay a product or service launch as a result of security incidents in the past year.
The attack surface has expanded by 41% in the past 12 months, indicating a significant increase in potential vulnerabilities.
Organizations faced an average cost of $3.7 million due to successful cyber attacks in the past year, according to the 2025 Security Operations Trends Report.
59% of organizations reported that they already use AI for intrusion detection in 2025.
44% of organizations incurred financial costs, such as a ransom demand or fine, due to security incidents in the past year.
75% of organizations reported experiencing skills shortages in intrusion detection, while 72% reported shortages in incident response in 2025, according to the 2025 Security Operations Trends Report.
43% of security leaders reported experiencing an incident related to their own AI tools in 2025, despite 78% stating that concerns about AI leading to a wave of novel attacks are exaggerated.