For most organizations, Security Operations Center (SOC) teams have long since been their first line of defense. These SOC systems efficiently ensure robust cybersecurity and are designed to detect, analyze, respond to, and prevent any cybersecurity incident that the organization might come across. Integrating a SOC within an organization aims to improve its cybersecurity posture, using a blend of state-of-the-art technology and skilled professionals.

However, the sophistication and rapid development of modern cyber threats have SOCs struggling. The hybrid working model and the lack of adequate endpoint security have weakened most organizations’ cybersecurity posture. New vulnerabilities and attack vectors are rapidly emerging, with organizations creating a high amount of data, while also creating a seemingly endless perimeter.

Along with that is the added burden of commercialized cybercrime, such as Phishing as a Service (PhaaS), and Ransomware as a Service (RaaS). Amidst this, keeping pace with the ever-increasing threat landscape and securing the organization’s cybersecurity posture is a struggle many SOCs face today. One survey indicated that 53% of respondents believe their SOCs are ineffective in collecting evidence, analyzing, and detecting the source of a particular cyber threat. Integrating threat intelligence seems like the only probable solution to enable SOC effectiveness.

Threat intelligence in the SOC – What risks to mitigate?

Threat intelligence is a crucial element to enabling robust cybersecurity. Within the modern threat landscape that continues to grow with fervor, threat intelligence helps to find relevant information regarding cyberattacks that have, will, or are likely to harm an organization.

Since the responsibility of the SOC is to protect the organization from cyberattacks and data breaches, such actionable threat intelligence proves fruitful. In simpler terms, threat intelligence streamlines and amplifies SOC efforts, ensuring an accelerated risk deduction.

Since organizations are often the primary target of cybercriminals, SOC staff has to (Read more...)