How AI Is Reshaping the Cybersecurity Vendor Landscape
How AI Is Reshaping the Cybersecurity Vendor Landscape
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Publish Date: 2026-03-30 22:56:00
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IT-Harvest’s Richard Stiennon on Why SOC Automation Is Just the Beginning
Richard Stiennon, chief research analyst, IT-Harvest
The cybersecurity vendor landscape is being rebuilt around artificial intelligence, and the transformation is moving faster than most organizations are prepared for.
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Security operations center automation has emerged as the most obvious entry point – 68 solutions now compete in the space – because Tier 1 analyst activities are precisely the structured, repeatable tasks AI handles well, said Richard Stiennon, chief research analyst at IT-Harvest. Model protection, guardrails and AI governance have each spawned distinct vendor categories, with guardrails now converging toward broader data loss prevention as organizations seek to govern AI use across every channel, he said.
“AI is here and it is good. Even if you feel it’s not good enough, it’s going to be twice as powerful two and a half months from now,” Stiennon said.
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