SOC Monitoring Options
- Various options in SOC monitoring.
- Every option comes with pros & cons.
- The choice depends on the business needs.
- Threat detection and compliance may differ with each choice.
Inhouse SOC
"Using purchased SIEM product"
“Organization has its own SOC team and SIEM tools”
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Log data remains within the corporate network. | High cost proposition. |
| SIEM is configured as per the business needs. | Keeping the team skills relevant to the threats. |
| Soc team is in-house. | Leads to employee burnout. |
Inhouse SOC
"Using a hosted SIEM"
“Organization owns the SOC team and relies on hosted SIEM”
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| SOC team is in-house. | Lead to employee burnout. |
| SIEM is configured as per business needs. | High cost proposition. |
| No need of additional resources to manage the SIEM internally. | In house SOC team may not be versatile with 3rd party SIEM. |
External SOC
"Using an in house SIEM"
“Organization owns the SIEM but subscribes for a SOC team“
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| The data is in-house. | High cost proposition. |
| SIEM is configured to business needs. | High cost proposition. |
| Meets the compliance obligations. | SOC team may not be comprehensive for business scenario. |
Externalised SOC
"Using a hosted SIEM "
”Organization subscribing hosted SIEM and using 3rd party SOC team“
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Incurs moderate costs. | Requires Extensive coordination. |
| No infra maintenance. | Potential delays in execution. |
| No hassle for staffing. | Siem product may not be fully configured for business needs. |
Fully managed SOC
"Managed Detection and Response "
” Organization completely relies on SOC as a service offering“
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Cost effective. | Your data is outside the organisation. |
| Customise as per the business needs. | Dependency on third party for your security. |
| Quick response time. | Developing is complex. |
Comparative Grid of SOC Options
| In House SOC | External SOC | Fully Managed | ||||
| FEATURES | On Prem SIEM | Hosted SIEM | On Prem SIEM | Hosted SIEM | Co-Managed | MDR (SOC as a Service) |
| Overall Cost | High | High | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| Skills Needed by Customer | Advanced | Advanced | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Low |
| Incident Maturity | Low | Low | Low | Low | Medium | High |
| Response Time | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
| Employee Burnout | High | Medium | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| Dependency | Nil | Moderate | Moderate | High | Moderate | High |
| Customisable | Low | Low | Low | Low | Medium | High |
MDR- a Solution to Many Challenges
- Dynamic threat landscape
- Gain visibility over the attack surface.
- Identify the emerging threats.
- Use defensive measures.
- Threat intelligence
- Prevent or mitigate cyberattacks.
- Helps in informed decision making.
- Provides data context.
- Talent sparsity
- Staffing is a critical challenge.
- High employee burnout rate.
- Bridges the talent gap and consistency.
- Expanding IT boundaries.
- Provides detailed cybersecurity posture.
- Protects the workloads.
- Shifting to cloud .
- Security Silos
- Identify the developing threats.
- Counter the developing threats.
- Combine security tools with threat intelligence.
- Insider threat management
- Provides access management tools.
- Guard against internal threats.
- Proactively monitor employee conduct.
- Data protection
- Monitoring the massive data.
- Monitors threats and mitigating data usage.
- Monitors across all the environments.
- Threat overview
- Provides clear understanding of threat actors.
- Increases the precision of threat detection .
- Increases incident response.
- Staying compliant
- Complies with regulatory requirements.
- Assists in fusing complaints.
- Assists in security risk activities.
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There are multiple SOC
monitoring Options
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- Every option has its own pros & cons.
- MDR helps you overcome many challenges.
- MDR provides detailed cybersecurity posture.
- MDR allows in informed decision making.
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