The rapid acceleration with which businesses today are moving towards transforming digitally and threat actors are evolving their techniques making standalone cybersecurity measures almost ineffective against them. On top of this, businesses are also struggling with some of the most pertinent business challenges such as having a limited team for cybersecurity due to the widening cybersecurity gap, cybersecurity functions being siloed off, and lack of the expertise, to address all the challenges. This is where a SOC or Security Operations Center comes into the picture. It provides the organization with much-needed expertise in matters of cybersecurity and even compliance. Let us explore deeply what SOC is and why it is important for businesses.
What is an SOC?
A SOC or a Security Operations Center is a team of cyber experts who address everything and anything that pertains to cybersecurity. It includes all the aspects of cybersecurity such as round-the-clock monitoring, threat hunting, and response to threats. They manage all the cybersecurity and compliance-specific activities such as cybersecurity posture assessment, pen-testing, and risk assessment.
They ensure that all the necessary measures are undertaken from time to time to keep the organization’s cybersecurity posture in check through the timely release of patches, rules, controls, and updates.
One of the primary aspects of a security operation center is that it operates in round a clock basis continuously engaging in cybersecurity activities such as threat research analyzing the latest TTPs deployed by various threat actors, optimizing rules, and addressing alerts raised by security solutions.
The people who drive SharkStriker SOC
The key movers of SharkStriker Security Operations Center (SOC) are experts that include
Security Analysts
Their key roles include:
- Managing security solutions like SIEM, XDR, and EDR
- Engaging in alert analysis and triage
- Assisting in determining whether the security incident is not a false positive
- Warning the incident responder in case of real security incidents
Incident Responders
Their key roles include:
- Thoroughly analyzing incidents
- Identifying threats based on threat intel
- Determining the nature and technique of attackers
- Analyzing the best strategy for incident response and containment
Threat Hunters
Their key roles include:
- Reviewing security alerts, threat intel, news, etc.
- Continuously scanning the environment and hunting for threats
- Actively assisting incident responders in response
- Conducting security assessments to review security
Domain Experts
Their key roles include:
- Channeling domain expertise in Network Endpoint, and Cloud Security
- Offering wisdom and experience working with security solutions such as firewalls, EPP/EDR/XDR, SIEM/SOAR, AWS, Azure, etc.
- Crafting cybersecurity strategies based on experience
DevSecOp Engineers
Their key roles include:
- Performing the dual role of software development and cybersecurity
- Automating routine cybersecurity tasks for more efficient functioning
- Assisting SOC teams in delivering more value
- Automating security assessment for quicker action
Why do organizations need SOC? Benefits of SharkStriker 24/7 SOC
There are immense benefits that SOC provides to businesses
- They get a blend of both cutting-edge technology – Artificial Intelligence (AI) and human intelligence (HI)
- Unified platform STRIEGO assists them in achieving higher ROI from all of their existing cybersecurity investments
- Businesses get security delivered by experts for 24hrs 365 days a year
- They can leverage the expertise of cybersecurity experts for the management of all security activities
- Businesses can engage in seamless incident response planning with the right set of experts on board
- They can gain in-depth analysis and research on threats
- They can automate their cybersecurity operation efficiently automation of routine security tasks
- Identification of vulnerabilities across IT infrastructure
- Expert-guided triage of threats
- A comprehensive review of alerts, intel, news, etc.
- Instantaneous response based on research
- Extensive cybersecurity strategy management
Unique SharkStriker Benefits
- 24/7 security for the entire IT infrastructure
- Flexible asset-based pricing model
- Full cycle, unmetered incident response
- Access to meaningful compliance-friendly insights on cybersecurity posture
- Round-the-clock support for anything and everything cybersecurity
- End-to-end compliance management
