EventsSecure.com at Black Hat USA 2026
AI SOC comparison

Secure.com vs Torq

Torq is a security hyperautomation platform with an agentic AI SOC that triages, investigates, and remediates alerts. Secure.com's SOC Teammate closes the loop: investigate, act, retest, prove, under your team's approval.

Last reviewed: September 2026

  • 200+ integrations
  • Bring your own stack
  • Human approval on every action
Executive summary

The short version

Choose Secure.com's SOC Teammate if you want alerts carried to a proven fix under an approval gate, with offense findings shaping what gets worked first.

Key finding

Torq automates the incident lifecycle with agentic AI SOC agents that act within the guardrails you set. Secure.com's SOC Teammate carries the case further. It investigates, executes governed remediation, retests, and preserves the proof, and every consequential action is scoped, permissioned, and gated by your team's approval rules, with a complete audit trail. Offense sharpens it: the Red Teammate's validated attack-path findings feed what the SOC works first. In Secure.com's buyer research, AI-governance concerns surfaced unprompted in 8 of 14 interviews.

Your team sets the rules. The Teammate works inside them.

Who each option is for

Choose Secure.com if

  • You want alerts carried to a proven, retested fix, not just automated at speed.
  • An approval gate on every consequential action is a requirement, not a setting to configure.
  • You want offense-side findings from a Red Teammate shaping SOC prioritization.

Choose Torq if

  • You want a build-it-your-way hyperautomation platform with no-code, low-code, and full-code workflows.
  • Broad security automation across many tools and use cases is the priority today.
  • Agentic SOC agents that act within your guardrails on a human-on-the-loop model fit your team.
Why the category falls short

Why automation alone leaves gaps

An AI SOC that triages and remediates faster is real progress. Speed without offensive validation and clear approval boundaries still leaves gaps the team has to close. They show up fast.

  • Defense without offense.

    Triage is driven by inbound alerts and telemetry, with no validated attack-path findings shaping what the team works first.

  • Autonomy without a boundary.

    When AI acts on its own judgment, consequential actions need an approval gate the team sets, reviews, and can defend later.

  • Speed without proof.

    Fast remediation still needs a retest and before and after evidence to show the risk was actually reduced.

  • Governance you can defend.

    When AI acts, scope, permissions, approvals, and an audit trail have to be demonstrable to a CISO or auditor, not assumed.

AI Teammates attack your defenses, harden what they find, and hand your team back hundreds of hours every month.

The difference in practice

What gaps Secure.com fills

  1. Offense-informed defense

    The Red Teammate's validated attack-path findings feed SOC prioritization directly. Torq has no offense-side product informing its triage.

  2. A finding validated by attack

    Secure.com attacks within scope, then hardens, retests, and proves the fix held. Torq automates response, but nothing pressure tests the defenses first.

  3. One team across the lifecycle

    The SOC, Red, AppSec, and Cloud Teammates share one live context. Torq focuses on security operations automation on the defensive side.

  4. Governed by design

    Scope, permissions, approval, and evidence are the Teammate's operating model. Torq runs agentic and deterministic workflows your team builds and oversees.

  5. Start with one Teammate

    One function owns a complete, provable outcome on day one. Torq is a platform you adopt and expand across use cases.

Side by side

The full comparison

Three views: what each does, how each deploys, and where each fits. Every cell is a real sentence, not a checkmark.

Table A — By capability

Secure.com vs. Torq — AI SOC capability comparison (2026).

Evaluation layerSecure.com (SOC Teammate)Torq
ScopeAssigned to a defined function, environment, or workflow, with no open-ended reach.A platform for building and running automations across your security stack.
ContextReasons from one shared model of your assets, identities, risk, cases, and policy.Builds a context graph of your environment from connected tools and case history.
PermissionsRead, recommend, write, execute, and remediate privileges are explicit and separable.Actions run through the workflows and guardrails your team configures.
ApprovalConsequential actions pause at a human gate; lower risk work proceeds within policy.Agents act within guardrails on a human-on-the-loop model.
Alert investigationInvestigates and carries the case to a retested, proven closure.Agentic AI triages, investigates, and enriches alerts across your stack.
Response executionExecutes governed remediation behind an approval gate, not just a runbook.Automates and remediates across the incident lifecycle at machine speed.
Retest and proofRetests after remediation and preserves before and after evidence.Remediates at speed and records decisions in its context graph.
Offense signalThe Red Teammate's validated attack-path findings feed SOC prioritization.Prioritization is driven by inbound alerts and telemetry; no offense-side product is marketed at the time of review.
Data handlingCustomer data stays within your configured scope and policy boundaries.Torq's data-handling and model-training terms are not stated in its public materials at the time of review.

Table B — By deployment

Secure.com vs. Torq — deployment and operating model (2026).

DimensionSecure.com (SOC Teammate)Torq
Deployment modelSits above your existing stack; no rip and replace.Cloud-native platform that connects across your security stack.
Operating modelSelf operated, Expert Activation, or fully managed by Secure.com.Self operated; you build and run the automations your way.
Time to first valueLive in days via Forward-Deployed Engineers for a guaranteed first value.Depends on the workflows and agents your team builds and tunes.
How work is builtOne Teammate owns a function; you approve, it acts.No-code, low-code, and full-code workflows, plus agentic HyperAgents.
Integration breadth200+ integrations across SIEM, EDR, IAM, cloud, and ticketing.Broad integration coverage, with AI-generated integrations across the stack.
Pricing modelCustom quote through a sales conversation; start with one Teammate.Usage-based enterprise pricing, per public materials at the time of review.

Table C — By use case coverage

Secure.com vs. Torq — use case coverage (2026).

Use caseSecure.com (SOC Teammate)Torq
Alert triageYes. Full triage through governed response.Yes. Agentic auto triage is a core strength.
Investigation and responseYes. Investigates and executes governed response, not just a workflow.Yes. Agentic investigation and automated response across the stack.
Offensive validationYes. The Red Teammate validates attack paths and feeds SOC prioritization.Not in scope. Torq is a defensive SOC automation platform.
Fix, retest, and proofYes. Hardens what is found and retests to prove the fix held.Remediates at machine speed across the incident lifecycle.
Broad security automationCoordinated across the SOC, Red, AppSec, and Cloud Teammates.Yes. Hyperautomation across many security and IT use cases.
Audit and evidenceEvery action logged to a SOC 2 aligned audit trail.Captures verdicts, decisions, exceptions, and overrides with context.

Switch to Secure.com without rebuilding your SOC

You don't replace your stack to start. You add one Teammate to the tools you already run and expand only once it earns the next step.

  1. Find the right starting point

    A security context discovery maps your environment and recommends the first Teammate to deploy.

  2. Reach first value with experts

    Forward-Deployed Engineers configure and tune against a guaranteed time to value.

  3. Keep your stack

    200+ integrations mean no rip and replace of the SIEM, EDR, or IAM you already run.

  4. Expand when ready

    Add Teammates across offense and defense as trust and ROI are established.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Secure.com's SOC Teammate act without human approval?
No. Every consequential action passes an approval gate configured by your team before it runs. Lower risk work proceeds within the policy you set. Nothing executes on the Teammate's judgment alone, and every action is logged.
How is this different from an agentic AI SOC?
An agentic AI SOC triages, investigates, and acts within the guardrails you configure. The SOC Teammate carries the case further: it executes governed remediation, retests to confirm the fix held, preserves the evidence, and offense-side findings shape what it works first.
Do we have to replace our current SOC tools?
No. Secure.com sits above your existing stack through 200+ integrations across SIEM, EDR, IAM, cloud, and ticketing. You start with one Teammate on the tools you already run.

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close the loop

Start with one Teammate on your existing stack. Live in days, governed by your rules, proven with evidence.

This comparison reflects publicly available information about Torq as of September 2026. Secure.com is not affiliated with Torq. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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