Cyber threats are evolving rapidly. The challenge for the organizations facing off against those threats is to evolve just as quickly – while also detecting and responding to those threats. That can be challenging given the shortage of skilled cybersecurity personnel, limited security budgets, and rapid-fire of security alerts that many security teams face.
That’s why a managed security operations center (SOC) can be so beneficial to organizations seeking to boost their security posture and activate earlier detection and rapid response to cyber threats. This includes managed SOC benefits like:
- Improved Security
- Faster Response Times
- Centralized Visibility
- Automation & Efficiency
- Threat Mitigation & Risk Management Strategies
- Cost Savings
- Compliance
For organizations facing very common challenges, the benefits of a managed SOC mean you’ve got a proactive, reliable, and cost-effective way to ensure that your business is protected. Read on to learn more about these key managed SOC benefits.
- Improved Security
Your overall security posture can enjoy the benefits of a managed SOC starting on the very first day your managed SOC is in place. By building in continuous protection via 24/7/365 monitoring, you get the immediate benefit of knowing your organization is protected around the clock. Beyond that, your managed SOC adds extensive and comprehensive security coverage that your internal team may not possess.
- Faster Response Times
One managed SOC advantage worth noting is faster response times to all threats facing your organization. Your managed SOC team is continuously monitoring your environment – meaning there’s never an unsupervised time during which the adversary can surreptitiously sneak in. Once suspicious activity is detected, SOC teams can isolate and eradicate the threat.
- Centralized Visibility
Of all the benefits of a managed SOC, centralized visibility is key. Managed SOC requirements dictate that SOC team members have access to survey every piece of your infrastructure – from endpoint to cloud, identity, and other systems. With a managed SOC, there’s no disparate view of these pieces of your infrastructure, with the same team assessing and addressing issues around the clock.
- Automation & Efficiency
SOC processes are helpful for standardizing and streamlining important actions like incident response, while also helping simplify (or even eliminate altogether) repetitive, manual tasks that can slow the pace of business. Analytics and automations help minimize slowdowns across your business, while also providing deep insight into the current state of your security. This can equate to better efficiency, lower costs, and – you guessed it – faster detection of and response to threats.
- Threat Mitigation & Risk Management Strategies
It’s important to be proactive and not reactive when it comes to threat mitigation and risk management. That’s why the benefits of a managed SOC usually include developing policies now that prevent attacks in the future. Your managed SOC can take proactive measures – like instituting regular scanning or implementing additional tools like intrusion detection systems – for threat mitigation and risk management. And the best part is, your managed SOC handles all of the heavy lifting and your organization and leadership can have more peace of mind about your security.
- Cost Savings
That’s right. A managed SOC benefit you might not expect is significant cost savings. Start with the most obvious and dramatic cost: a cost of a breach that takes down your operations and impacts profitability. Managed SOCs make it harder for attackers to lurk in your systems, thereby reducing the potential for costly damage. They can also minimize the disruption or downtime that hits your business, which protects profits over the long term.
But also consider the simple, daily operations of a managed SOC. By augmenting your existing (or non-existent) security team, a managed SOC provides your organization with decades’ worth of cybersecurity expertise and threat knowledge, while also eliminating duplicative work or multiple overlapping security providers.
- Compliance
We can’t close a list of managed SOC benefits without covering one near and dear to industries like financial or healthcare: compliance concerns. Managed SOC requirements often include having knowledge of specialized security processes and functions, making a managed SOC critical to the cybersecurity health and day-to-day operations of a compliant business. By bringing extensive knowledge of regulatory requirements and frameworks to the table, a managed SOC can be one step ahead of threats while also keeping your team in line with specific, critical regulations for your industry.
Let Secureworks Help with Your Managed SOC
Are you ready to start reaping these key benefits of a managed SOC?
Secureworks® is an ideal cybersecurity partner for enterprises seeking a hands-on, experienced managed SOC. Speak with one of our security experts today and learn how Secureworks can provide you the managed SOC benefits and extensive experience to keep your organization operationally sound and secure for years to come.