Tag: soc
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TDL 019 – The Psychology Behind a Cyber Breach and the Leaders Who Survive It – Nim Nadarajah
Tags: access, ai, apple, automation, breach, business, cctv, ceo, cio, ciso, cloud, computing, conference, control, corporate, crowdstrike, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, dns, edr, email, finance, firewall, governance, group, healthcare, incident, incident response, infrastructure, injection, insurance, Internet, jobs, law, LLM, metric, microsoft, msp, network, office, powershell, privacy, programming, psychology, risk, saas, service, siem, soar, soc, software, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-trustLeading Through the Cyber Abyss In Episode 019 of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with Nim Nadarajah, CISO and Managing Partner of Critical Matrix, to explore the evolving landscape of cybersecurity leadership. From the “annual pilgrimage” of RSAC 2026 to the front lines of incident response, the conversation shifts from technical bits…
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AI SOC and SIEM Are Being Repriced
One of the more interesting messages going into RSA was not just that AI is reshaping security. It was that the market is changing what it rewards. I had the pleasure of attending the Piper Sandler investment day on Monday at RSA, one of my favorite events where I get to catch up with many……
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10 ChatGPT AI Prompts L1 SOC Analysts Can Use in Their Daily Work
Discover 10 practical ChatGPT prompts SOC analysts can use to speed up triage, analyze threats, improve documentation, and enhance incident response workflows. The post 10 ChatGPT AI Prompts L1 SOC Analysts Can Use in Their Daily Work appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-chatgpt-prompts-soc-analysts-incident-response/
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10 ChatGPT Prompts L1 SOC Analysts Can Use in Their Daily Work
10 ChatGPT Prompts L1 SOC Analysts Can Use in Their Daily Work First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/artificial-intelligence/10-chatgpt-prompts-l1-soc-analysts-can-use-in-their-daily-work/
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How to prepare for SOC 2 penetration testing
For organisations working towards SOC 2, penetration testing is often one of the more visible and scrutinised components of the audit process. While SOC 2 is not prescriptive in how controls must be implemented, it does require clear evidence that risks are identified, assessed, and addressed through effective security practices. SOC 2 penetration testing plays”¦…
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SIEM Detection is Failing. Here’s What Stronger Teams Do Instead.
Stop running your SOC like it’s 2012. Learn why modern detection engineering requires shifting away from legacy SIEM architectures toward a product-centric strategy that prioritizes data quality, contextual enrichment, and AI-native workflows over raw log volume. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/siem-detection-is-failing-heres-what-stronger-teams-do-instead/
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5 steps to strengthen supply chain security and improve cyber resilience
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, backup, breach, business, cloud, control, credentials, cyber, data, defense, detection, dns, edr, email, endpoint, exploit, framework, governance, identity, infrastructure, mfa, monitoring, msp, network, radius, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-trustAll software vendors and SaaS platformsOpen”‘source components embedded in your applicationsMSP or IT service providersCloud infrastructure and authentication servicesAPI integrations and automation workflowsOnce documented, classify each supplier by the impact they would have if compromised. A remote monitoring tool or authentication platform represents far greater risk than a basic productivity app. This prioritization helps you…
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5 steps to strengthen supply chain security and improve cyber resilience
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, backup, breach, business, cloud, control, credentials, cyber, data, defense, detection, dns, edr, email, endpoint, exploit, framework, governance, identity, infrastructure, mfa, monitoring, msp, network, radius, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-trustAll software vendors and SaaS platformsOpen”‘source components embedded in your applicationsMSP or IT service providersCloud infrastructure and authentication servicesAPI integrations and automation workflowsOnce documented, classify each supplier by the impact they would have if compromised. A remote monitoring tool or authentication platform represents far greater risk than a basic productivity app. This prioritization helps you…
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The noisy tenants: Engineering fairness in multi-tenant SIEM solutions
Tags: ai, apache, api, cloud, compliance, control, crowdstrike, data, defense, detection, edr, endpoint, fedramp, finance, framework, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, login, microsoft, monitoring, risk, saas, security-incident, service, siem, soc, software, strategy, threat, tool, update, vulnerability24/7/365 SOC monitoring: Round-the-clock coverage backed by global experts to validate and prioritize alerts.Proactive threat hunting: Active searches for hidden threats rather than just waiting for automated triggers.AI and machine learning integration: Leveraging everything from basic anomaly detection to “Agentic AI” to reduce noise and accelerate investigations.Active incident response and containment: Capabilities to isolate endpoints…
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Comp AI: The open-source way to get compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR
Getting a startup through a SOC 2 audit has long meant months of manual evidence collection, policy writing, and repeated back-and-forth with auditors. A growing number of … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/07/comp-ai-open-source-compliance-platform/
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MITRE ATTCK v19 Drops April 28: How to Prepare Your SOC for the Defense Evasion Split
MITRE ATT&CK v19: What the Defense Evasion Split Means for Your SOC What’s Changing in ATT&CK v19 MITRE ATT&CK v19 drops April 28, 2026. The biggest change: Defense Evasion (TA0005), the framework’s most bloated tactic, is being split into two new tactics with distinct operational meanings. We covered the rationale and early previews back in……
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Why Security Researchers and Red Teams Are Turning to Workflow Automation
Security researchers and red teams adopt workflow automation to cut alert fatigue, enrich data, and scale operations across SOC, intel and recon tasks. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/security-researchers-red-teams-workflow-automation/
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Multi-OS Cyberattacks: How SOCs Close a Critical Risk in 3 Steps
Your attack surface no longer lives on one operating system, and neither do the campaigns targeting it. In enterprise environments, attackers move across Windows endpoints, executive MacBooks, Linux infrastructure, and mobile devices, taking advantage of the fact that many SOC workflows are still fragmented by platform. For security leaders, this creates a First seen on…
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Authentication is broken: Here’s how security leaders can actually fix it
Tags: access, attack, authentication, backup, business, communications, control, credentials, cryptography, data, exploit, fido, firmware, Hardware, healthcare, identity, login, mfa, microsoft, okta, passkey, privacy, resilience, risk, soc, technology, update, windowsSector snapshots: Where it breaks (and why that matters): Healthcare. Clinicians need tap and go speed with zero tolerance for downtime. One large hospital attempted to pair advanced HID SEOS credentials, which use privacy-preserving randomized IDs, with a clinical SSO platform that expects static IDs for user recognition. This architectural mismatch forced a choice between…
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7 ways to improve your business resilience with backup and recovery
Tags: attack, automation, backup, business, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, data, dns, HIPAA, identity, malware, metric, network, PCI, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, soc, threat, vulnerability2. Ensure off-site backup copies : Local backups are fast, but they are also vulnerable to the same physical disasters and ransomware attacks that hit your primary servers. If your production environment and your backups are on the same network segment without air-gapping, a single compromise becomes a total extinction event. The Fix: Adopt a 3-2-1 strategy (3 total copies of data, 2 different media…
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5 Steps to break free from alert fatigue and build resilient security operations
2. Prioritize outcomes over ticket volume : Stop focusing on how many alerts are cleared. This may be a metric for a better understanding of where automation or headcount are necessary but prioritize outcomes. Instead, the right questions are: How quickly did you contain a threat? Did we disrupt business operations or keep recovery swift and effective? A practical, outcome-driven SOC measures: Dwell time: How long before a threat was neutralized? Mean Time to Contain: How quickly…
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6 critical mistakes that undermine cyber resilience (and how to fix them)
Tags: attack, automation, backup, best-practice, business, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, endpoint, guide, identity, intelligence, malware, metric, network, ransomware, resilience, risk, soc, strategy, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityGuide to Managing Strong Personalities During a Cybercrisis. Mistake 2: Fragmented asset and risk views: Fragmented asset and risk views make it difficult for teams to understand what is actually in their environment and where the most pressing exposures reside. When devices, configurations, and identity data live in separate tools or are maintained inconsistently, gaps…
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6 metrics IT leaders can’t afford to ignore for business resilience
Tags: access, attack, automation, awareness, backup, business, cloud, compliance, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, endpoint, identity, incident response, metric, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, soar, soc, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability2. Mean time to respond (MTTR): From triage to containment : It’s not enough to spot threats”, you have to contain them fast. MTTR tracks how quickly your team can isolate and neutralize incidents. Integrated SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) workflows now drive a 500% year-over-year increase in orchestrated alert response actions, according to our latest SOC report. The difference? Teams leveraging automation have moved from after-the-fact…
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5 critical steps to achieve business resilience in cybersecurity
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, backup, breach, business, communications, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, endpoint, identity, malicious, mfa, msp, password, ransomware, resilience, soc, threat, tool, updateLooking for end-to-end coverage of your environment? Check out N-able Unified Security Solutions. 2. Transition from manual to automated response : SOC teams can’t keep up with the flood of alerts”, N-able handled 2 alerts per minute on average in 2025. That’s why automation and Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) saw a 500% YoY surge”, almost one in four responses are now…
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12 Agentic AI Startups To Watch In 2026
Agentic AI startups to watch in 2026 include early-stage vendors that showcased tools for agentic identity security, AI agent governance and agentic SOC platforms at RSAC. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/12-agentic-ai-startups-to-watch-in-2026
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12 cyber industry trends revealed at RSAC 2026
Tags: access, ai, application-security, authentication, awareness, business, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, edr, endpoint, firewall, gartner, governance, identity, infrastructure, insurance, metric, microsoft, monitoring, mssp, phishing, programming, risk, risk-management, service, siem, skills, soc, software, startup, technology, threat, tool, trainingLegacy security vendors have the inside track on AI, for now: As far as AI technology consumption for cybersecurity, most CISOs I spoke with were open-minded while leaning toward their existing vendors, at least in the short term. This may buy legacy security vendors a bit, but not much time.Remember what happened in the cloud…
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The SOC Analyst Was Never Meant to Be a Ticket Processor. Autonomous Triage Proves It.
71% of SOC analysts report burnout and 67% of alerts go uninvestigated. The triage model is broken. Here’s how AI-autonomous platforms are transforming the analyst role from reactive ticket processor to strategic security advisor. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/the-soc-analyst-was-never-meant-to-be-a-ticket-processor-autonomous-triage-proves-it/
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The $250K Single Point of Failure Hiding in Every SOC
One architect, 200 static playbooks, zero backup plan. The real consolidation problem isn’t tool count, it’s architectural dependency. Here’s what replaces it. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/the-250k-single-point-of-failure-hiding-in-every-soc/
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5 Questions That Expose Whether an “Agentic SOC” Actually Works in Production
Agentic SOC is the hottest label in cybersecurity AI. Before you evaluate any platform using it, ask these five questions, and understand why architecture matters more than the name. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/5-questions-that-expose-whether-an-agentic-soc-actually-works-in-production/
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5 Questions That Expose Whether an “Agentic SOC” Actually Works in Production
Agentic SOC is the hottest label in cybersecurity AI. Before you evaluate any platform using it, ask these five questions, and understand why architecture matters more than the name. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/5-questions-that-expose-whether-an-agentic-soc-actually-works-in-production/
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Arctic Wolf CEO Nick Schneider On Delivering ‘Superior’ Security With New Agentic SOC Platform
The debut by Arctic Wolf of what it’s calling the “world’s largest agentic SOC” (Security Operations Center) will deliver massive opportunities for MSPs and other partners as the company aims for rapid delivery of improved security outcomes using AI agents, CEO Nick Schneider tells CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/arctic-wolf-ceo-nick-schneider-on-delivering-superior-security-with-new-agentic-soc-platform