Experience the Impact of a Managed SOC
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A 24/7 security operations center (SOC), staffed by expert cybersecurity professionals, is the backbone of any effective managed security services solution, ensuring constant vigilance and protection across your IT environment. When Alert Logic provides your security solution, you gain access to our trusted SOC experts as an extension of your team, freeing you from the operational strain and high costs of an in-house solution. Imagine having a team of elite cybersecurity pros monitoring your IT environment 24/7 — Alert Logic’s managed security operations center makes that a reality. Our SOC experts become an extension of your team, giving you top-tier protection without the hassle and high costs of running an in-house SOC. When you partner with us, you can breathe easier knowing you’re backed by trusted professionals. An effective SOC addresses the most significant cybersecurity threats organizations face today:
Attacks are increasing
With an increasing amount of data, applications, systems, and other assets stored in vulnerable cloud environments, threat actors are stealing massive volumes of customer and enterprise data. Often, these thefts result in extortion attempts for ransom, leading to significant financial losses and reputational harm.
As organizations become more complex, so, too, are cyberattacks
Today’s IT environments that often include public cloud, private cloud, and on-premises assets are not only more complex but increase security vulnerabilities that attackers can identify and exploit.
Global shortage of cybersecurity talent
Hiring skilled cybersecurity professionals with the expertise to safeguard your organization is a significant challenge. Even with a qualified in-house team, keeping them updated on the latest security trends and advancements requires continuous training, which can be both complex and costly. Learn more: Closing the Cybersecurity Talent Gap
New app development far outpaces security
Time to value is critical for organizations working to stay ahead of market demands and meet customer expectations. With the rapid development of new applications and workflows, security can be an afterthought. Businesses often only consider security when a problem emerges, which usually results in higher costs.
Traditional-style attacks still make impact
Despite the increasing sophistication of security attacks, threat actors still rely on traditional methods to penetrate critical systems and exfiltrate sensitive data. Phishing, ransomware, and other malware attacks continue to be common types of breaches, and organizations must continue to employ best practices to guard against them.
Building an internal SOC is expensive
On average, a SOC requires at least 11 full-time employees, which is challenging considering the global security talent shortage. The costs to hire, salaries, ongoing training, turnover, and the security toolset can be cost-prohibitive for many organizations. Learn more: Is an In-House, DIY SOC Right for Your Organization?
Features of our Managed Security Operations Center
At Alert Logic, our team of highly experienced cybersecurity professionals work with your organization to craft a security strategy that fits your specific needs. Our managed SOC is part of our broader solution, which provides you with the platform, personnel, and expertise you need to detect, investigate, respond to, and mitigate threats before they do damage to your business.
Centralized Security Platform
A dashboard centralizes security alerts, analysis, and recommendations, helping you navigate threats and act swiftly to mitigate risks.
Team of Security Experts
Alert Logic’s cyber risk experts always have an eye on your IT environment.
Complements Your Existing Security Program
Our managed security services work in tandem with your in-house security team, processes, and operations to strengthen and optimize your capabilities and help meet your identified security outcomes.
Unrivaled Cloud Security Expertise
Our solutions were built for the cloud and supported by a team to monitor your security infrastructure no matter how complex or difficult.
The Alert Logic Approach
We deliver comprehensive managed security solutions, offering organizations 24/7, end-to-end protection. With our holistic approach, you can trust that every serious breach attempt will be swiftly detected and stopped. Here’s how we make it happen:
- Collect: We collect massive volumes of raw data from across your entire security stack, including packets, logs, and HTTP/HTTPs.
- Inspect: We conduct routine assessments of your raw data to draw out any observations of note that could point to a security alert.
- Analyze: We perform a full analysis of all security alerts to learn the nature of each alert and possibly elevate them to incident status.
- Investigate: We investigate all incidents to understand the seriousness of each one and judge whether further action is needed.
- Escalate & notify: We classify all threats and validate incidents. If any high or critical incidents arise, we contact your security team within 15 minutes of detection with remediation guidance.
Benefits of our Managed SOC
Complete & comprehensive threat analysis
Our managed SOC team performs a comprehensive analysis of your security detection systems and log data, carefully evaluating the legitimacy of each security alert. You’ll only be notified if a genuine threat is identified, freeing your team from the hassle of dealing with false positives. This allows you to focus your resources solely on addressing real security risks.
Round-the-clock coverage for ultimate peace of mind
Cybersecurity breaches can occur at any time, but the team at Alert Logic is always prepared. With cybersecurity professionals stationed around the globe, we ensure continuous monitoring of your threat detection and incident response protocols, 24/7. No matter when cybercriminals attempt to strike, we’ve got you covered.
Resource savings
Partnering with Alert Logic gives you access to a trusted team of cybersecurity experts in our managed security operations center, equipped with the latest insights and tools to strengthen your security. This support helps you save valuable resources that would otherwise be spent on cybersecurity. As a result, you can reallocate those resources to other revenue-generating initiatives.
Customized security approach
Alert Logic recognizes that each organization faces its own distinct security challenges. That’s why our solutions are customized to meet the specific security needs of each asset in your infrastructure. This ensures you have the protection required to defend against and mitigate potential threats.
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Managed SOC FAQs
Need more information about our security operations center to help you guide your decision? Browse our FAQs index for answers to some of the cybersecurity industry’s most frequently asked questions:
What is a managed SOC?
A managed SOC is an integral element of a managed security services engagement, where a managed security services solution’s team of security experts manage your threat detection and incident response processes. With a managed SOC, your organization has the flexibility to protect your critical systems without the added costs that come with building your own in-house security teams and infrastructure.
What are the benefits of our managed SOC?
With a SOC as part of your managed security solution, you can offload many internal security costs while still safeguarding the security of your enterprise and data. You then can refocus those savings to other areas of your business to help drive innovation and fuel growth.
What’s the difference between a SOC and SIEM?
SIEM (security information and event management) is a security solution that gives organizations insights into potential security threats across business networks via centralized collection and analysis of normalized security data pulled from a variety of systems. Whereas SIEM aims to detect attacks, having a SOC as part of your managed security solution goes further to exposes vulnerabilities within a system, application logs, analyzing user behavior and activity which can lead to early indications of an attack.
Learn more: SIEM Solutions for Security: What Vendors Won’t Tell You [Whitepaper]
How does SOC pricing work at Alert Logic?
We build our detection & response pricing, which includes our managed SOC, to meet your desired security outcomes in a cost-effective, scalable way. As there are no hidden fees, unexpected charges or cost uncertainty, you’ll be able to predictability budget for security.