Automation balances machine-based analysis with human-based domain knowledge to help organizations achieve optimal workflows in the face of staff shortages and alert fatigue, all caused by an increasing number of destructive threats. Yet, 59% of survey respondents indicate that their organizations use low levels or no automation of key security and incident response (IR) tasks. In this new SANS survey, we wanted to understand and explore some of the misconceptions versus facts around automation and what to do about it.