The State of Lean SecOps in 2026

What actually works for lean SOC teams in Europe when incidents hit and the clock starts.

Security operations don’t break because teams lack tools. They break because complexity creates fragility: noisy stacks, unclear ownership, slow approvals, and playbooks that don’t hold up under stress.

This report distills the patterns that showed up again and again across European environments—what failed in practice, what consistently held, and where the fastest gains come from when you need better outcomes now.

Find out:

• How to reduce alert noise without losing real visibility
• Where AI helps in SecOps and where it adds verification burden
• How compliance pressure can improve operations