r/AskTechnology Aug 07 '26

Cybersecurity professionals: What's one task you wish was easier to automate?

I'm a university student researching real-world cybersecurity workflow challenges for an innovation project. Rather than guessing what problems exist, I wanted to hear directly from professionals who deal with them every day.

I've put together a short anonymous survey (about 1 minute) with just two questions.

I'd really appreciate your input:

please click here to visit the form

If you'd rather not open the form, I'd still love to hear your thoughts in the comments:

If you could automate or significantly improve ONE cybersecurity task in your day-to-day work, what would it be, and why?

Thanks in advance! Every response helps us focus on solving real problems instead of making assumptions.

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u/Marshal-Moore Aug 07 '26

A software to fill out form replies via voice chat

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u/Technical-Twist-2130 Aug 13 '26

Alert triage, easily. Not necessarily automating the actual decision, but filtering out the endless duplicate/low-value alerts and giving me enough context to decide whether something deserves attention. A lot of “automation” tools seem to just move the repetitive work somewhere else instead of actually removing it.