​​Microsoft named an overall leader in KuppingerCole Analyst’s 2026 Emerging AI Security Operations Center (SOC) report ​​

Modern security operations centers (SOCs, teams that monitor and respond to cyber attacks) are shifting from rule-based automation to AI-driven automation that helps human analysts make better decisions faster. Microsoft was named a leader in this space for evolving its security tools, including features like automatic attack response, AI-powered phishing detection, incident prioritization, and AI agents that can reason across multiple security signals and assist analysts with decision-making.