What happened
On Oct 5, Stellar Cyber announced 7.0, a milestone release of its AI-native Open XDR platform: AI-powered case analysis and automated triage configurable at the case-queue level, new Case Metrics (time-to-acknowledge/resolution), expanded malware-sandbox and payload evidence, automated containment via new Microsoft Defender/ FortiGate/Cyberason integrations, and expanded System Action Center APIs. GA slated Oct 5, 2026.
Why it matters
Stellar Cyber is a major MSSP-SOC platform (1000+ customers, heavily used by managed security providers), so 7.0 operationalizes the 'agentic SOC' with tunable autonomy per queue plus outcome measurement — moving the category from analyst-assist to accountable multi-tenant automation with ROI metrics.
Applicability
MSSPs and lean enterprise SOC teams on Stellar Cyber should plan evaluation of case-queue-level autonomous triage and Case Metrics for service-level reporting; MSPs rolling out agentic triage across tenants are the primary audience.