Intelligence & Analytics November 12, 2020

Assessing Security Operation Centers Using a Balanced Scorecard

3 min read - Measuring the effectiveness of a security operations center (SOC) can be a daunting task, but a balanced scorecard approach can make the task easier. Existing SOC best practice tends to focus on operational metrics, such as response and cycle times.…

Threat Intelligence October 29, 2020

Building a threat identification program to better manage risk: The key pillars

6 min read - Often, in the world of information security and risk management, the question facing threat intelligence teams is amidst this sea of vulnerability disclosures, which ones matter the most to my organization? Which can impact us the most? And, how do…

Security Services October 22, 2020

Ensuring Your Security Operations Center is Ready for Operational Technology

4 min read - The mission of the security operations center (SOC) has evolved over the years. Building a security operations center used to involve onboarding as many device feeds as possible. Today, it’s more about having an integrated security information and event management…

Cloud Security October 14, 2020

Modernizing Your Security Operations Center for the Cloud

5 min read - Several factors are converging to exert pressure on how security operations centers (SOCs) traditionally function. Evolving information technology (IT) infrastructure, such as cloud migration, serverless services and endpoints being off-network, are straining existing SOC methodologies and tooling. The attack surface…

Intelligence & Analytics September 2, 2020

SOC 2.0: A Guide to Building a Strong Security Ops Team

4 min read - In a security operations center (SOC), your cybersecurity tools are only as good as the people using them and your SOC’s culture. What are the critical SOC roles? What qualities should you look for when hiring for them? And, what…

CISO August 25, 2020

Cybersecurity Operations: 5 Ways to Cut Costs Without Pain

4 min read - Cybersecurity frameworks are notoriously expensive to build and maintain. And, business leaders are frequently dissatisfied with their effectiveness. According to research conducted by the Ponemon Institute, enterprises spend an average of $2.86 million per year on their in-house security operations center…

CISO July 16, 2020

What Are Insider Threats and How Can You Mitigate Them?

5 min read - There are several types of insider threats that organizations should be aware of and each presents different symptoms for security teams to diagnose.

Application Security July 9, 2020

Updating Legacy Systems Amid Growing Cybersecurity Concerns

2 min read - Over the past few months, a shift to remote working has raised many security questions for businesses trying to protect their data. And, ensuring that legacy systems are secure is a key priority.  Keeping legacy systems up to date in…

Intelligence & Analytics June 24, 2020

Visibility and Threat Detection in a Remote Working World

6 min read - At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when governments around the world put stay-at-home orders in place, it was hard to imagine the state of work would permanently change. Yet, as organizations rapidly adopted and expanded systems to enable a…

CISO June 17, 2020

The Importance of People and Culture within the Security Operations Center

5 min read - Security operations centers (SOCs) have changed dramatically over the last decade. Gartner predicts that by 2022, 50 percent of all SOCs will transform into modern centers with integrated incident response, threat intelligence and threat hunting capabilities, up from less than 10 percent in…