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The real horror story is happening inside SOCs every single day. Analysts are buried alive under endless alerts. Silent screams when critical threats slip through. Empty chairs as burnout claims another teammate. Here are the five nightmares every SOC analyst knows too well — and how Torq HyperSOC turns them from never-ending sequels into closed cases.

Torq AMP spotlights the partners redefining what’s possible in security operations. Each partner brings a unique strength that seamlessly extends Torq’s autonomous SOC platform. Together, these partnerships help SOC teams achieve speed, accuracy, and scale that were once out of reach. Explore the future of SOC in the AMP’d Sessions video series. Cloud has changed everything: how we build, how we deploy, and how attackers strike.

The 2025 GigaOm Radar Report for SecOps Automation has named Torq a Leader and Fast Mover. The category’s shift this year away from SOAR to SecOps Automation confirms what SOC leaders already know, and Torq has been saying for years: Legacy SOAR is done. Too rigid, too slow, and too fragile, SOAR can’t keep up with today’s adversaries.

Torq AMP spotlights the partners redefining what’s possible in security operations. Each partner brings a unique strength that seamlessly extends Torq’s autonomous SOC platform. Together, these partnerships help SOC teams achieve speed, accuracy, and scale that were once out of reach. Explore the future of SOC in the AMP’d Sessions video series. Security operations centers (SOCs) have long been stuck in a reactive, overwhelmed state. Analysts are swamped with alerts.

Eldad Livni is the Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Torq. Prior to founding Torq, Eldad co-founded and served as CPO of Luminate Security, a pioneer in Zero Trust/SASE. Following Luminate’s acquisition by Symantec, he went on to act as CPO of Symantec’s Zero Trust/Secure Access Cloud offering. The security industry has a new buzzword problem.

Security operations shouldn’t be defined by burnout, backlog, and brittle tools. Torq HyperSOC replaces the slow, manual SOC model with an autonomous system powered by agentic AI, Hyperautomation, and seamless stack integration. In just 90 days with Torq, security teams move from reactive to proactive — automating Tier-1 triage, accelerating response, and freeing analysts to focus on what matters most.

Managed detection and response (MDR) providers faceskyrocketing demand and rising stakes. The MDR market is projected to grow to $11.8 billion by 2029 (up from $4.1 billion in 2024), a 23.5% compound annual growth rate driven by the intensifying landscape of advanced threats and sophisticated attacks, as well as ongoing cybersecurity talent shortages.

The cybersecurity lifecycle is the foundation of how security teams protect, detect, and recover from threats. From asset discovery to post-incident recovery, the lifecycle defines the processes organizations rely on to safeguard data and systems. But here’s the challenge: While the lifecycle provides a roadmap, operationalizing it in modern SOCs is messy. Disconnected tools, alert fatigue, and endless manual tasks slow down response times and create gaps that attackers exploit.

MITRE ATT&CK has become the de facto SOC framework for classifying adversary behavior — and for good reason. It gives SOC teams a common language to describe threats, uncover gaps, and fine-tune detection logic. But let’s be honest: mapping real-world activity to ATT&CK tactics and techniques is still a time-consuming grind.

Konstantin (Kostya) Ostrovsky is the Chief Architect at Torq, where he leverages over 18 years of experience in software engineering and architecture. He specializes in cybersecurity, with a background that began with writing Windows Kernel Drivers. Konstantin is also a frequent speaker at software engineering conferences globally. Phishing attacks have evolved significantly in recent years, rendering traditional, rule-based defenses ineffective against sophisticated threats.