The fourth annual Devo SOC Performance ReportTM shows that issues facing organizations since the start of the global pandemic in early 2020 continue to affect SOC performance, including challenges in hiring and retaining SOC talent. Based on the independent survey of more than 1,000 global cybersecurity professionals commissioned by Devo and conducted in the Summer of 2022, the report examines current SOC trends and challenges. The good news?

A SIEM solution has become an integral part of an organization’s security arsenal. But organizations often overlook the system’s capabilities, owing to a belief that SIEM functionalities are too complex and the architecture inscrutable. Regrettably, they neglect to meet the requirements of their organization with the features of the product. For instance, an organization that deals with the credit card information of customers needs to comply with the PCI-DSS requirement.

Protecting data is more mission-critical to businesses than ever before. Nearly every business process is tied to data, meaning that security teams need to streamline their monitoring, detection, and investigation processes. Centralized log management gives security teams the resources they need when they need them. Understanding how to use your log management solution for security monitoring can help you successfully mitigate risk and reduce cost.

We are excited to announce that Elastic has been honored with the 2022 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award for Threat Intelligence Platform of the Year, recognizing the cutting-edge threat intelligence capabilities of Elastic Security, which enable organizations to better understand current and emerging threats and respond more quickly to adversaries.

Sysdig has validated its security, monitoring, and compliance capabilities with multiple Azure-related services. The latest is Microsoft Sentinel, a SIEM(Security Information and Event Management) solution on Azure that works really well with Sysdig’s cloud workload protection capabilities. Sysdig and Microsoft have a common goal of helping customers ship cloud apps faster by helping them see more, secure more, and save time in troubleshooting deployed microservices.

Elastic continues to provide customers the ability to modernize their security operations programs. Today’s launch celebrates several initiatives that together equip customers to modernize security operations, including.

On Sept. 29th 2022, cybersecurity organization GTSC publicized a report outlining attacks they have seen in the wild targeting as-yet unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange. When successfully exploited this combination of vulnerabilities results in an authenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) attack. Until a patch has been issued, Microsoft has posted a security bulletin detailing a workaround.

The LogSentinel reactive security operations platform continues to integrate new cyber defense capabilities, source tracking and combat. The system integrates AI, XDR (EDR, NDR, MDR), scouting, surveillance, traceability, protection, response and confrontation capabilities.

Supply chain disruptions have had a devastating impact on the global economy. Suppliers and consumers feel the sting from rampant inflation to product shortages and factory closures. One leading cause of supply chain disruption — a dramatic increase in cyberattacks — is a significant concern for CXOs and IT executives.

Trustwave, a leading provider of Managed Security Services, has been named a Representative Vendor in the Gartner® 2022 Market Guide for Managed SIEM Services. In the report, Gartner analysts Al Price, John Collins, Andrew Davies, Mitchell Schneider, and Angel Berrios provide an updated definition of Managed SIEM Services along with how Managed SIEM, which is also known as a managed SoC or SoC as a service.