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2026 State of SecOps Report
We surveyed 649 security practitioners to find out what’s actually happening inside the SOC in 2026. The numbers are stark: 4,330 alerts a day, only 37% investigated. Learn what high-performing teams are doing differently — and why agentic threats are changing the calculus entirely.
Read More →April 14, 2026
Why Can’t I Just Vibe Code My Own Harness?
Everyone has access to the same frontier models. The differentiation is in the harness — the context management, the knowledge graph, the orchestration logic. A recent Stanford/MIT study measured that gap at 6x. In security, that gap is the difference between catching the intrusion and writing the breach report.
Read More →April 6, 2026
AI Agents vs. AI Agents: The Future of Security — Monzy Merza on Secure and Simple
Advisera’s Secure and Simple podcast hosts Crogl co-founder and CEO Monzy Merza for a conversation on the agent-versus-agent future of cybersecurity — where attackers deploy AI to run fast, low-cost campaigns and defenders need AI that can keep up.
Read More →April 2, 2026
AI-Enabled SOC Operations: From Alert Overload to Autonomous Investigation
At RSAC Conference 2026, Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli of ITSPmagazine sat down on-site with Monzy Merza to discuss what it actually looks like when AI stops being a marketing concept and starts running investigations inside real enterprise SOCs.
Read More →March 25, 2026
Every Cybersecurity Breach Has a Warning — Monzy Merza on Inside the Silicon Mind
From the nuclear weapons lab to leading security at Splunk, Databricks, and HSBC — Monzy Merza joins Inside the Silicon Mind to share the moment that led to Crogl, why 399 out of 400 alerts don’t matter, and how AI is turning weeks of threat analysis into minutes.
Read More →March 24, 2026
Crogl Report Finds Enterprises Facing 16 Cyber Attacks a Year Amid Alert Overload
CX Today covers Crogl’s 2026 State of SecOps research, reporting that enterprises average 16 cyber attacks annually while contending with over 4,000 daily security alerts — and what alert overload means for modern security operations.
Read on CX Today →March 20, 2026
AI Agents Are Not Enough
AI agents are powerful — but deploying them everywhere trades one bottleneck for another. The real breakthrough isn’t agentic AI. It’s AI that manages AI.
Read More →March 18, 2026
A Deep Dive into Innovation: The AI SOC Summit Hackathon Recap
Seventeen security practitioners. Eleven agentic skills. Four points between the winners and the rest. A recap of the AI SOC Summit Hackathon — what was built, who won, and what it says about the future of the SOC.
Read More →March 18, 2026
Your SOC Is Investigating Less Than Half Its Alerts Every Day
Forbes covers Crogl’s 2026 State of SecOps research, highlighting that enterprise SOCs investigate just 37% of daily alerts — and what that means for security teams operating in an AI-driven threat landscape.
Read on Forbes →March 19, 2026
The AI SOC Analyst Is Already Here — Are You Ready to Rethink the Role of Your Security Team?
ITSPmagazine’s Brand Spotlight with Crogl CEO Monzy Merza, recorded ahead of RSAC Conference 2026 — on why AI won’t shrink security teams, how Crogl operates across multi-SIEM environments without data normalization, and what practitioners can expect on the show floor.
Read More →March 18, 2026
New Research Reveals Enterprises Investigate Just 37% of Daily Security Alerts as AI Expands in the SOC
Crogl announces independent study examining alert overload, AI effectiveness, and rising third-party data concerns in security operations
Read More →February 12, 2026
Building Community Around the AI SOC Revolution
Why we built the AI SOC Summit — and why practitioner-led community matters more than ever as AI transforms security operations.
Read More →February 18, 2026
Crogl Named “Awardable” on DoD CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace
Crogl has been designated “Awardable” on the Department of Defense CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace — enabling DoD organizations to engage Crogl directly through streamlined procurement for AI and data solutions.
Read on PR Newswire →January 26, 2026
Data Privacy Week: Why “Your Data Never Leaves” Isn’t a Tagline — It’s an Architecture
On Data Privacy Week, a look at why data sovereignty in AI-powered security operations requires architectural commitment — not just policy promises.
Read More →January 26, 2026
Data Privacy Week: Are Cyber Attacks Increasing or Are We Just Paying More Attention?
SOC leaders love to embrace the idea that attacks spike during awareness campaigns — but the data tells a different story about visibility, scrutiny, and reporting.
Read More →January 8, 2026
AI SOC Summit Announced — Inaugural Practitioner Event for AI in Security Operations
Crogl announces the AI SOC Summit, a new practitioner-first event dedicated to honest conversation about AI in the SOC. Inaugural event: March 3, 2026, Tysons, VA.
Read More →January 8, 2026
AI SOC Summit Brings Clarity to AI in Security Operations
Crogl hosts the first-ever AI SOC Summit — a practitioner-focused event to help security teams separate real AI capability from marketing promises.
Read More →November 11, 2025
Crogl Granted Patent for Analyzing Non-Normalized Data for Security
Crogl receives US Patent US12277177B1 enabling its knowledge engine to traverse and interrogate security data across different sources without requiring normalization.
Read More →November 5, 2025
Crogl Awarded US Patent US12277177B1 for Knowledge Engine Technology
US Patent US12277177B1 covers Crogl’s core knowledge graph technology — the contextual reasoning capability that powers autonomous security investigations.
Read More →July 28, 2025
Why CISO Risk Management Strategy Still Rules the Agenda in 2025
AI-driven productivity gains, shifting regulatory frameworks, and exponential surface area expansion are redefining what risk management means for today’s CISOs.
Read More →July 28, 2025
Navigating the Next Security Inflection Point: Monzy Merza on the Future of Security and SOC Automation Tools with theCUBE’s Jon Oltsik
Crogl CEO Monzy Merza joins theCUBE’s Jon Oltsik to discuss the failures of legacy SOAR tools, the future of autonomous SOCs powered by compound AI systems, and why data normalization is a naive proposition.
Read More →July 28, 2025
Inside Crogl’s Compound AI System: Monzy Merza Talks SOC Automation on N2K CyberWire
Crogl CEO Monzy Merza joins N2K CyberWire’s Dave Bittner to explain how Crogl’s compound AI system — combining LLMs, agentic workflows, and a knowledge graph — is transforming modern security operations.
Read More →June 11, 2025
Rethinking Security Operations in the Age of AI
Why the future of security operations isn’t about normalization — it’s about knowledge graphs, compound AI, and meeting data where it lives.
Read More →May 21, 2025
Q&A with The Last Watchdog: How Adaptive AI Is Reshaping Security Operations
Crogl CEO Monzy Merza shares insights with Pulitzer-winning journalist Byron Acohido on why AI in the SOC isn’t about speed — it’s about smoothing process and adapting to the real world.
Read More →May 4, 2025
Crogl Featured by Intellyx for Reinventing Security Operations with AI
Industry analyst firm Intellyx spotlights Crogl’s compound AI architecture — blending large language models, task-specific models, and agentic AI orchestration — for reinventing security operations.
Read More →March 15, 2025
Operationalizing AI in the SOC — What It Actually Takes
Security Boulevard explores the operational realities of deploying AI agents in production SOC environments, featuring Crogl’s approach to autonomous investigation.
Read on Security Boulevard →March 15, 2025
Security Boulevard Features Crogl’s Perspective on Operationalizing AI in the SOC
Security Boulevard explores the operational realities of deploying AI in the SOC, featuring Crogl’s perspective on maximizing analyst capabilities through AI while ensuring privacy, compliance, and auditability.
Read More →March 6, 2025
Crogl Raises $30M to Build Autonomous Security Operations Platform
Crogl announces $25M Series A led by Menlo Ventures, bringing total funding to $30M. The company launches its autonomous AI platform for security operations teams.
Read More →March 6, 2025
Founded by Cybersecurity Researchers and Practitioners, Crogl Launches With Its Breakthrough Knowledge Engine
Crogl launches its knowledge engine that empowers enterprises to dramatically scale their security operations while maintaining compliance and reducing operational risk, and announces $25 million in Series A funding led by Menlo Ventures.
Read More →March 6, 2025
Meet Crogl: The AI ‘Iron Man Suit’ Built for Security Analysts
TechCrunch covers Crogl’s launch — an autonomous AI platform designed as an ‘Iron Man suit’ for security analysts, already deployed across Fortune 100 enterprises and government organizations.
Read More →March 6, 2025
TechCrunch: “An Iron Man Suit for Security Analysts”
TechCrunch covers Crogl’s launch, calling the platform “an Iron Man suit for security analysts” — elevating practitioners from query runners to decision makers.
Read on TechCrunch →Company Facts
At a Glance
2023
Founded in Albuquerque, NM
$30M
Total funding raised
1
US Patent granted
3
Deployment modes (on-prem, private cloud, air-gapped)
Investors
Menlo Ventures (Series A) · Tola Capital (Seed) · S3 Ventures (Seed)
Leadership
Monzy Merza, CEO · Ryan Burke, VP of Worldwide Sales · Lipyeow Lim, Head of AI · Brad Lovering, Advisor
Federal Status
“Awardable” on DoD CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace (Feb 2026)
Media & Press
Media Inquiries & Press Resources
For press inquiries, interview requests, or logo and brand assets, reach out to the Crogl communications team.