68% of enterprise leaders use SIEM integration for visibility of backbone traffic.

Only 51% of security operations leaders say their current SIEM is very effective at reducing mean time to detect and respond to threats.

52% of security operations leaders are very confident their current SIEM can scale to meet future security and cloud operations needs.

90% of security operations leaders say supporting data sources from multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments is very or extremely important for their SIEM, highlighting the continued need for data pipeline management.

54% of organizations reported that they already use AI for SIEM data management in 2025.

70% of internal Security Operations Center (SOC) teams reported a skills shortage in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) data management as of 2025, impacting their operational efficiency.

70% of security leaders say AI shapes their trust in current and future SIEM solutions.

Even among those confident in their current SIEM, 75% still say they are considering alternative solutions like AI-powered cloud-native solutions.

84% of security teams rate integrated SOAR as important or extremely important.

One-third of respondents say enhancing threat detection and response is their top cybersecurity priority this year.

Nine out of ten respondents still consider the SIEM approach relevant for safeguarding their organisation.

85% of security teams cite out-of-the-box threat intelligence integration as essential to SIEM.

34% of respondents report a reduction in average incident response time when using AI playbooks.

90% of security leaders cite AI as a key driver in selecting new solutions (SIEM or alternatives).

50% of leaders report difficulty aligning legacy SIEM tools with their broader technology stack.

73% of security leaders are reassessing their SIEM solutions.

Concerns around vendor lock-in remain high, with 95% of those evaluating new options citing flexibility as a critical factor.

79% of MITRE ATT&CK Techniques used by adversaries are missed by enterprise SIEMs.

On average, enterprise SIEMs only have detection coverage for 21% of adversary techniques defined in the MITRE ATT&CK framework. This is a 2% increase in coverage from the 2024 report.

A significant portion of existing SIEM detection rules, 13% on average, are broken. These rules are non-functional and will never trigger. This is a 5% decrease from the 2024 report.