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Security Operations Centre (SOC)

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What is a Security Operations Centre and why is this service important?

Security Operations Centres (SOCs) are essential for monitoring and protecting an organisation's digital infrastructure. Think of it as a team of cyber security specialists and threat analysts working to protect your business systems, brand integrity and intellectual property. SOC as a Service is an innovative new way for organisations to access the same SOC capabilities without the expense and complexity of setting up, managing, and maintaining their own SOC.

What does a SOC team do?

A SOC team is typically manned by senior SOC analysts and threat hunters who oversee all activity on your systems, monitoring traffic and alerts to pinpoint possible cyber incidents. A SOC engineer will use a Security and Incident Event Management system (SIEM) to collate log data from different endpoints. In most cases, enterprise intrusion prevention systems are used and data is collected in threat lists to form part of the organisation's cyber security posture.

What is classified as suspicious will be based on the security operations member's experience, and prior access to threat intelligence and events while keeping in mind the acceptable risk thresholds of the organisation they're responsible for protecting.

Protect your organisation with a strong suit of armour

Speak to one of our experts to discuss which options fit you best.

  • Manage your IT security without having to take on the burden yourself

  • Have a team of experts on your side at the most crucial times

  • Have a proactive approach as opposed to a reactive one.

SOC as a Service explainer

This detailed dive into SOCaaS will get you started on the right foot. If you think SOCaaS is what your organisation needs to level up, speak to one of our experts today.

What can an outsourced SOC provide?

24/7/365 Global SOC – Staffed by experts around the clock

  • Flexible subscription to suit your business and teams requirements

  • Security detection, response, and prevention technology to manage security incidents.

  • Reporting to give visibility and governance of auditing security threats.

Benefits of SOC as a Service

Enjoy the peace of mind that comes with full security automation having a team of experts monitoring your network 24/7, without having to invest in the infrastructure and personnel to run an in-house SOC. SOC as a Service (SOCaaS) is a cost-effective way to provide your organisation with the latest technology to help protect your data and systems from cyber threats. With SOCaaS, you can trust that your organisation is protected from the latest threats, with a team of experts on call to respond quickly to any security incidents.

SOCaaS also helps you save resources by reducing the amount of personnel and hardware needed for an in-house SOC. With SOCaaS, you don't need to invest in expensive hardware or hire a team of experts to manage it. Instead, you can rely on a team of certified security professionals, to handle all of your security needs, while you focus on running your business.

In addition, SOCaaS can provide your organisation with the latest threat intelligence and analytics to help you stay ahead of potential cyber threats. By leveraging the latest technology, you can keep your organisation secure and ensure that your data is safe.

How SOC as a Service works

With SOCaaS, you don't have to worry about dealing with the complexities of in-house security operations - it's all taken care of for you! SOCaaS works by outsourcing the security operations and the associated services to an external provider. This provider then takes on the responsibility of monitoring the security of the customer's IT systems, networks and other resources, as well as responding to any security incidents. On top of that, the provider is also responsible for regular risk assessments, security patching and other proactive activities that help to ensure the customer's network is secure.

In addition to the monitoring and security services, SOCaaS providers also offer consultancy services, such as helping the customer to implement a security strategy, as well as advice on how to best secure their data and resources. This means that customers can benefit from the experience and expertise of the provider in order to ensure their network is as secure as possible. SOCaaS is an attractive option for customers who want to ensure their network is secure without having to manage the complexities in-house.

Using a Managed SOC

When engaging with a Managed Security Operations Centre it’s important to choose one which can understand your bespoke needs and security considerations. Implementing the right level of defence is important to protect your business information, and customer data and maintain business continuity.

A consultant will take you through the process of ingesting appropriate data sources and protecting what’s most critical to your organisation.

Every organisation has different threat intelligence and security operations needs which will be informed by legal, regulatory or company requirements. It is best to employ a SOC that understands these considerations. Using a SOC as a Service is a managed extension of an organisation's team, acting as a partner for security. Choosing the right partner is important. Trust is important when choosing a third-party to review any security considerations, changes and to report and monitor the threat landscape with the primary goal of keeping your organisation safe.

  • Being aware of vulnerabilities before they are exploited is key in the security landscape.

    Every year thousands of vulnerabilities are discovered and IT administrators must scramble to discover their exposure and implement patches or workarounds.

    Therefore, vulnerability scanning is an integral part of any security testing programme.

    We can collect all this information from devices under management and prepare actionable reports or implement patching cycles.

  • Our managed policies allow your organisation to use the best-in-class modern workspace security policies without the headache of managing them or worrying they’re not being kept up to date as best practice evolves and new features become available.

    Our service covers the following:

    • Set of ideal policies to secure your organisation.

    • Continuous monitoring of policies to ensure ongoing compliance with the standard.

    • Improvement of policies implemented in your environment as features are added and best practices evolve.

    • Preventing loss of data from mobile devices via application management.

  • When an incident does occur, our dedicated experts will take action to analyse logs and evidence ensuring that the breach is closed as soon as possible. Once the method of gaining access has been identified further checks can be carried out in order to identify any lateral movement within your organisation. Once the active breach has been resolved, digital forensics can be analysed to identify the entry point, what data may have been accessed or exfiltrated, and any recommendations for the future.

    This evidence may be required to be submitted to any relevant regulatory bodies:

    • Detection of a breach in either cloud or on-premises environments

    • Analysis of breach and making environment immediately secure

    • Deeper analysis of the breach using digital forensics to find insertion point and any lateral movement

    • Making recommendations to secure environment in future by changing policies and settings

    • Writing up reports which can be provided to relevant regulatory bodies

  • Ransomware is becoming increasingly popular and is now seen as one of the top cyber security threats to organisation of all sizes – even small to midsized companies who were previously less likely to be on the receiving end of a ransomware attack due to their perceived monetary value.

    However, now cyber criminals are aware that 22% of smaller firms do not survive a ransomware attack and go after them, assuming they will pay the ransom rather than go out of business.

    Because hackers or bad actors are continuously improving their skills and learning new methods of attack with their ransomware, your organization needs to stay up to date on what hackers are doing and the new technology that can thwart their attacks.

    Internal teams cannot do that, but experts that run SOC as a Service can. They will be able to catch the ransomware before it enters your network or quickly upon its infiltration, saving your organization risk in the process.

    Additionally, a SOC will log all information coming and going from your network so it will notice anomalies quickly.

    We also can offer an application whitelisting service where an agent runs on the endpoint machine constantly monitoring what programs are running and maintaining a permissions list of what is allowed to do what. This means that all applications must be permitted to run by policy creating another layer of defence against ransomware.

  • Security monitoring is needed in today's world with threats, cyberattacks and data breaches occurring all the time. Not all companies can afford to hire a dedicated team with experts to protect against the constantly shifting security landscape. So where do you start in protecting your business and its assets?

    With a managed SOC as a service, your business can benefit from a mature SOC which includes the technologies and cyber security personnel which are needed to protect from these threats.

What is the overall aim?

To have a set of ideal policies to secure your organisation comprising of Microsoft 365, Modern Workplace with Endpoint Manager (Intune), Azure Active Directory, Exchange Online and SharePoint Online.

Continuous monitoring of policies to ensure ongoing compliance to your security operation standards.

  • Continuous improvement of policies implemented in your environment as features are added and best practices evolve.

  • An approach designed to ensure your environment is as secure as possible by continuously monitoring the compliance of your devices for security issues.

  • Utilising modern technology such as machine learning to react quicker and reduce security breaches of key systems.

  • Preventing the loss of data from mobile devices via application management.

  • Vulnerability management through Update Rings to push the latest vendor updates to all endpoints.

Contact us to discuss our SOCaaS offerings

Our proven capability of delivering security focused managed support services alongside robust and cost-effective IT transformation projects makes us an ideal long-term IT partner and ideally placed to provide the services you need.

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