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The Howler Episode 22: The Two Year Anniversary Special!

The Howler Podcast is two years old! In this special episode, Chelsea and Mary are joined by some surprise co-hosts as well as pack members from around the globe as they celebrate Arctic Wolf's one-of-a-kind culture. Interested in running with the pack? Explore careers at Arctic Wolf—one of the fastest-growing and exciting cybersecurity companies in the world, to learn about how you can join our Pack, create impact, and influence what’s next in security operations.

From CISO to SOC Managers: Why Leadership Continuity Matters in Cybersecurity

In today's digital-first world, cybersecurity is no longer just a technical concern - it's a business-critical priority. As threats evolve and become more sophisticated, organizations rely on skilled leaders to manage governance, strategy, and daily operations. While many companies invest heavily in tools and technology, fewer focus on ensuring continuity among their security leadership teams. From Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) to Security Operations Center (SOC) managers, leadership continuity is an often-overlooked element that can make the difference between resilience and vulnerability.

Threat Intelligence Isn't Just for SOCs: How Marketing, Legal, and Risk Can Benefit Too

Within a Security Operations Centre (SOC), threat intelligence is indispensable. It provides the context analysts need to cut through noise, correlate indicators of compromise (IOCs), and prioritise alerts based on real-world risk. Without it, SOC teams would be overwhelmed, drowning in log data, chasing false positives, and reacting blindly to incidents rather than proactively mitigating them.

Using AI in Security Operations: A Practical Checklist for the Modern SOC

AI is transforming how security operations centers (SOCs) work, but the hype can outpace the reality. You don’t need to build custom models or deploy cutting-edge platforms to benefit. Chances are, you already have AI-powered capabilities in your SIEM, SOAR, or security data platforms. The question is: Are they doing anything useful? This practical playbook lays out six key priorities to increase productivity and effectiveness while maintaining control.

The Cybersecurity Lifecycle: How Torq Automates Detection, Response, and Recovery

The cybersecurity lifecycle is the foundation of how security teams protect, detect, and recover from threats. From asset discovery to post-incident recovery, the lifecycle defines the processes organizations rely on to safeguard data and systems. But here’s the challenge: While the lifecycle provides a roadmap, operationalizing it in modern SOCs is messy. Disconnected tools, alert fatigue, and endless manual tasks slow down response times and create gaps that attackers exploit.

How using Cloud SIEM dashboards and KPIs for daily standups improves SOC efficiency

When we talk about emerging technologies and digitization, we often forget that while innovators work to bring the best security tools to market, malicious actors are concurrently working to identify loopholes and vulnerabilities in these new systems. Gone are the days when cyber attacks were a rare occasion; now, they happen almost daily.

How Arctic Wolf Managed Risk Helps Your Organization Manage the Attack Surface

With Arctic Wolf Managed Risk, organizations can monitor their risk score, discover and assess risks in the environment, report on assets and prioritize remediation activities to the entire security environment. Learn how Arctic Wolf Managed Risk empowers you to discover, assess, and harden your environment against digital risks by contextualizing the attack surface coverage across your networks, endpoints, and cloud environments.

Where Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) Overlaps With Security Operations

Imagine security data and analytics like a carnival’s hall of mirrors. From convex mirrors that show you a shorter, squatter version of something to the concave mirrors that show a highly magnified image, you see the same object in multiple ways. Every view gives you a different insight and provides a unique vantage point. Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) systems are different mirrors that allow security teams to create focused analytics models for different insights about your security posture.