The agentic SOC for today’s air-gapped environments: rethinking cyber defense in the age of AI
A commentary argues that security operations centers must adopt AI-driven, agentic defense strategies to keep pace with adversaries who are already using AI in attacks, with particular focus on air-gapped and sensitive environments.
Why this matters: The argument is simple: if attackers are using AI to probe and penetrate systems, defenders using slower, manual processes are already behind. Air-gapped environments were once considered nearly untouchable. The concern now is that the same AI tools making security teams faster can be used to find the gaps those teams miss. Who builds these agentic systems, what data they touch, and who is accountable when they make a wrong call are questions that matter before the tools get deployed, not after.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy
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