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The AI SOC Buyer’s Guide Series

Building a SOC where AI earns the right to act, one decision at a time.

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Surviving the AI SOC Apocalypse

Survive the apocalypse and find the AI SOCs that actually take action.

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A CISO’s guide to AI SOC differentiators: context, memory, and autonomy

Three AI SOC Differentiators That Separate Real From Marketing

October 13, 2026

The three factors that separate a real AI SOC from a marketing claim: context, memory, autonomy.

Torq REV: The Channel Program Built for the AI SOC Era

October 8, 2026

Torq REV gives partners protected deals, predictable margins, and a fast path into the AI SOC...

A CISO learning how to evaluate an AI SOC using a buyer's framework

Buying an AI SOC Isn’t Like Anything You’ve Bought Before

October 5, 2026

A former CISO on how to evaluate an AI SOC and why old buying criteria fail.

Security for DevOps: How Agentic AI Protects Pipelines at the Speed Engineers Actually Ship

How Security Orchestration Protects DevOps Environments at Scale

September 30, 2026

Learn how Torq helps security and DevOps teams automate pipeline protection.

Cybersecurity ROI Calculator: How to Quantify the Business Value of Security Automation

Cybersecurity ROI Calculator: Measure Your Investment

September 29, 2026

How to measure cybersecurity ROI and turn security automation investment into quantifiable business value.

The AI SOC Buyer’s Guide Series

September 29, 2026

Building a SOC where AI earns the right to act, one decision at a time.

SOC maturity measured by decision quality, not tool count

Rethinking SOC Maturity: Stop Counting Tools, Start Measuring Decisions

September 25, 2026

SOC maturity is measured by decision quality, not tool count.

What We Learned Testing Jev on Security Alert Triage

September 24, 2026

We benchmarked Jev against Torq Reflex on alert triage. Training still wins, decisively.

John White on what's stopping CISOs from moving on AI SOC adoption

From Agreement to Action: What’s Actually Stopping Us?

September 11, 2026

John White on the gap between agreeing AI is necessary and actually doing something about it.

A CISO briefing the board on AI in the SOC across risk, capacity, and defensibility

How CISOs Should Brief the Board on AI in the SOC

September 9, 2026

A former CISO on the four frames boards respond to on AI in the SOC.

Fal.Con 2026 Recap: CrowdStrike Finds Threats, Torq Finishes Them

September 2, 2026

Fal.Con 2026 recap: CrowdStrike partnership, the SOC Brain, and the AI SOC outcomes customers are seeing.

From Alert Factory to Decision Engine

August 28, 2026

Building a SOC where AI earns the right to act, one decision at a time.

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From Alert Factory to Decision Engine

Most SOCs still run like alert factories. David Melamed lays out how to rebuild yours around decisions, and how AI earns the right to act, one decision at a time.

Content

1 Why the SOC Operating Model Broke, and Why More Tooling Never Fixed It

2 Rethinking SOC Maturity: Stop Counting Tools, Start Measuring Decisions

3 SOAR Was a Promise the Autonomous SOC Never Kept

4 From Playbooks to Reasoning: What Agentic AI Actually Changes

5 Earning Autonomy: A Trust Model for Letting AI Act

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