What is a SOC?
A Security Operations Centre (SOC) is a command centre that is always monitoring for hostile activities while preventing, detecting, and responding to cyber incidents.
According to several industry experts, the SOC is a centralized command that combines telemetry across a company’s IT infra. This includes network devices, workstations, and cloud apps. Because of the evolution of threats over the last decade, the industry has developed a layered approach to security, resulting in multiple products producing large amounts of threat data that must be monitored. Such segregation & application of data contributes to the implementation of SOC Services.
Benefits of SOC
Log management and data storage, constant monitoring , correlation of threats with events and intelligence, capabilities for forensic investigation & reduce investments in the technological stack are some of the major benefits.
Cybercriminals are not necessarily daily wagers or professionals holding a 9 am to 5 pm job. Businesses are constantly under threat, and so should the firm’s security personnel. While CTO/CISOs are asleep, a 24/7 SOC does not stop hunting and monitoring for risks. Rather, it actively hunts and monitors for threats even during non-business hours.
The cost of cyber security personnel is reduced. Finding qualified individuals and internally recruiting them for most cyber-related professions is a difficult task. Given the scarcity of security specialists accessible for hiring. By cooperating with a SOC, your firm gains quick access to security knowledge without incurring the expense of hiring internally.
Reduced dwelling time. The amount of time an attacker remains undiscovered on a network after acquiring first access is known as dwell time. The longer an attacker remains in the network, the greater the danger. SOCs shorten the dwell time from months to minutes, minimizing the cost impact of an intrusion.
Threat assessment, incident isolation & risk mitigation. Numerous products across the ‘security layers’ create massive amounts of threat data. This is where security analysts perform triaging, which is the investigation process that determines whether a threat should be escalated to incident level. Some SOCs provide remediation advice, while others provide a remediation solution to resolve the danger, and still others do both. When a severe threat is escalated to an incident, it is necessary to ‘contain’ the impact to other devices, which is where device isolation comes in. SOC isolates while controlling the threat until remediation is done.
Compatibility & Security stack comprehension. The majority of SOC providers already have a security technology stack in place like Next-Generation Firewalls, Web & Email security, and other Cybersecurity Solutions. Working with a SOC that augments your existing security layers gives immediate visibility across main attack vectors while collecting threat telemetry in a consolidated platform.
Wrap Up
A SOC is an extension of your security team. SOC enhances the ability to identify and respond to threats 24/7. Working with a SOC reduces the tremendous financial costs of hiring and maintaining an internal staff of cyber security specialists to handle the time-consuming and complex tasks of triaging threats and incident handling.
Overall, SOC service has operational and financial benefits.
At Secure Network Solutions (SNS), we are providing SOC services across PAN India. We are also MSSP of Fortinet in the country. Reach out to us via email – [email protected]
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