Splunk expands AI security workforce to enable autonomous defence at machine speed

Cisco-owned Splunk announced at the .conf26 conference in Denver an expansion of its Agentic SOC Workforce, a set of AI agents for detection, investigation, response, and management in cybersecurity. The stated goal is autonomous defence at machine speed while maintaining human control through policies, approvals, and audit.

• New agentic skills cover detection, threat hunting, investigation, response, and management
• Splunk claims a shift from manual response to autonomous defence at machine speed
• Human control is maintained through approvals, policies, and audit
• Agents use enterprise telemetry and frontier models