The AI Maturity Model for Cybersecurity

A framework to evaluate your use of AI across the security ecosystem

Developed by cybersecurity and AI experts and grounded in real-world SOC deployments, to help teams evaluate how and where AI is improving:

Developed by cybersecurity and AI experts and grounded in real-world SOC deployments, to help teams evaluate how and where AI is improving:

Understanding AI maturity across the organization

SOC fatigue is real, and AI can help

Most teams still face unmanageable alert volumes. Used the right way, AI can accelerate investigations and reduce dwell time

Error-prone Gen AI requires close human oversight

While there is a lot of hype around agentic GenAI systems, teams will need to account for inaccuracy and hallucination

AI’s real value lies in progression

The biggest gains come from integrating AI across the lifecycle, from preparation through detection to containment and recovery

Maturity is defined by outcomes, not vendor hype

AI maturity isn’t about tech presence, it’s about measurable impact on risk reduction, response time, and resilience

Assessing risk

AI maturity across risk management

  • AI can evolve from suggesting fixes to executing them, reducing manual human intervention
  • Shows the shift toward real-time compliance monitoring, beyond point-in-time audits
  • Highlights how AI may help teams move from CVE lists to dynamic, exposure-based analysis
Threat detection, investigation, and hunting

AI maturity across the SOC

  • See how detection evolves from static rules and manual tuning to AI-driven behavior-based models tailored to your environment
  • Watch investigation scale from <25% triage coverage to full alert analysis handled autonomously by AI systems
  • Track the shift in human roles as analysts move from repetitive tasks to high-value oversight and continuous improvement
Incident response

AI maturity across containment & recovery

  • See how response evolves from manual execution to AI-driven containment and recovery at machine speed.
  • Watch playbooks adapt as AI tailors response actions to the context of each unique incident.
  • Track the human shift from reactive responders to strategic overseers guiding AI-driven security operations.
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About Darktrace

Built on a decade of AI expertise. 
Relied on by over 10,000 organizations

Our approach layers multiple AI techniques, including unsupervised learning and probabilistic models, to detect, investigate, and respond in real time to threats.

This maturity model reflects what we’ve learned across nearly 10,000 deployments: effective AI is layered, tailored, and grounded in operational reality.

Webinar

AI Maturity Model: A discussion

Hear from our Global CISO and SVP of Product Strategy as we discuss real-world implications of the AI Maturity Model and latest trends in how security teams are harnessing AI.