This document discusses building an analytics-driven security operations center (SOC). It begins with an overview of traditional SOCs and their limitations, such as focusing primarily on alerts. It then discusses emerging trends in security operations that are driving the need for an analytics-driven SOC, such as the focus on detection and response. The document proposes seven enablers for building an analytics-driven SOC using Splunk, including selecting the right sourcing strategy, adopting an adaptive security architecture, optimizing threat intelligence management, deploying advanced analytics like machine learning, enabling proactive threat hunting, promoting automation and efficiency, and driving broader enterprise insights.