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Security monitoring centers must evolve to effectively leverage AI capabilities—transforming from passive surveillance operations to proactive security hubs. Traditional monitoring centers featuring walls of screens watched by security personnel are increasingly obsolete, as they rely on limited human attention that AI systems now supplement. Modern security operation centers (SOCs) should be designed around incident management rather than continuous monitoring, with AI handling routine surveillance and human operators focusing on verification, response coordination, and situation management. Physical layouts should prioritize collaboration during incidents rather than maximizing screen visibility, with configurable workspaces that expand during major events. Display systems should present prioritized information rather than raw camera feeds—showing potential threats, system status, and response resources rather than overwhelming operators with unfiltered video. At Regional Bank's redesigned monitoring center, this approach reduced response times by 64% while allowing the same team to monitor 3.5 times more locations. Integration of building management, access control, and communications systems alongside security AI creates comprehensive control centers capable of coordinating all aspects of incident response. Organizations should invest equally in the human elements of these centers—developing specialized training for AI-augmented monitoring that emphasizes judgment, decision-making, and coordination rather than vigilance and detection tasks that technology now handles more effectively.