Sumo Logic has released its 2026 Security Operations Insights report, based on a survey of more than 500 IT and security leaders conducted with independent research firm UserEvidence. The findings highlight growing complexity in enterprise security driven by sprawling multi-cloud and hybrid environments, fragmented tech stacks, poor tool interoperability, and the rapid adoption of AI—creating challenges in reliability, visibility, and effective threat response.
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The report underscores a persistent cycle: organizations continue adding security and cloud operations tools to address new threats and AI-driven complexities, yet siloed systems increase workload, reduce reliability, and hinder effective protection. Leaner security teams struggle to connect insights across disconnected tools, while the rush to adopt AI broadens attack surfaces without proportional maturity in advanced use cases.
"Our report finds that security leaders are continually investing in more and more security and cloud operations tools, but sprawling security tech stacks create additional challenges that keep the cycle going," said Chas Clawson, VP of Security Strategy at Sumo Logic. "Many of the new tools don't communicate with one another, creating more work and less reliable coverage. The biggest problem we see is security teams becoming leaner, meaning they have even less capacity to connect the dots between siloed tools and actually provide protection to their organization."
Key pain points include limited SIEM scalability and effectiveness, over-reliance on basic AI applications, excessive point solutions, and misalignment between security and DevOps despite shared tooling. The report advocates for unified platforms that serve as a single source of truth—combining logs, metrics, traces, and agentic AI-powered SIEM—to enable real-time visibility, faster detection, reduced noise, and stronger DevSecOps collaboration.
"Managing multiple disconnected security tools, and our SIEM in particular, was our biggest headache," says Clark Pichon, C|EH, GCIH, GMON, GSEC, ITILFv3, Security Operations Center Manager, Battelle. "Sumo Logic gives us a single platform to unify everything, helping us address the challenges of integrating AI into our security workflows and respond faster to threats."
The solution lies in consolidating observability and security data into intelligent, unified platforms that reduce complexity, automate workflows, and deliver actionable insights—moving teams from reactive firefighting to proactive readiness in an increasingly AI-influenced threat landscape.
About Sumo Logic
Sumo Logic, Inc. helps make the digital world secure, fast, and reliable by unifying critical security and operational data through its intelligent platform. Built to address the increasing complexity of modern cybersecurity and cloud operations challenges, we empower digital teams to move from reaction to readiness—combining agentic AI-powered SIEM and log analytics into a single platform to detect, investigate, and resolve modern challenges. Customers around the world rely on Sumo Logic for trusted insights to protect against security threats, ensure reliability, and gain powerful insights into their digital environments.
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