Lessons From the Agentic Frontier: How the SOC is Winning in the AI Era

Fred Frey, Director, Software Engineering, Splunk, a Cisco Company John Morgan, SVP, GM of Splunk Security, Splunk, a Cisco Company Agentic AI is transforming SecOps, enabling machines to decide and act at machine speed. While this drives innovation, it also fuels advanced threats. The Agentic SOC is the new model: defenders shift from reactive response to proactive strategy, blending automation with human leadership. This session shares practical insights on building a human-led, machine-accelerated SOC for the AI era.