Survey of 100 Security Leaders Finds Trust and Data Access Barriers to AI Agent Adoption

Summary

Strike48’s survey of 100 security leaders found that trust concerns and limited log access are barriers to AI agent adoption in security operations; 36% reported agents in production for at least one use case.

Key points

• The survey says 84% of respondents believe AI agents should handle SOC L1 work, but only 22% are ready to fully automate those tasks.
• Only 36% reported having agents in production for at least one use case; 34% said they were running proofs of concept.
• Trust concerns were widespread: 64% selected three or more, and 52% cited AI trust as a top adoption barrier.
• The report says 84% cannot access all their log data for investigations, while 65% had an investigation stall or be limited because data was inaccessible.
• Respondents identified hot-storage costs as a data-access concern: 80% said the cost was painful or a major budget issue.
• The report recommends improving agent auditability and human oversight, expanding data access, and introducing agents alongside existing security tools.
• Strike48 produced the survey and promotes its own agentic security platform in the report.

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