Gartner Frames Seven Questions to Vet AI SOC Agents as Adoption Accelerates

A new evaluation framework urges security teams to look past polished vendor demos when judging autonomous AI agents for the security operations center, arguing that measurable operational gains—not marketing—should decide adoption. The guidance, drawn from a Gartner report by analysts Craig Lawson and Andrew Davies titled *Validate the Promises of AI SOC Agents With These Key Questions*, distills the vetting process into seven questions that buyers should ask before folding an agentic tool into their day-to-day operations.