When we talk about training security analysts, you probably immediately think about earning certifications such as CFCE or OSCP. This year’s Devo SOC Performance ReportTM found that among survey respondents who don’t consider their SOC to be a high performer, only 31% of those organizations have a defined program for training analysts. While practical skills are vital in the SOC, they’re not the end-all, be-all of reaching the next career level.

The Forrester Wave report for AIOps came out today, and Devo is a Leader! This is great news for Devo, but it’s really great news for our customers. Read more about it in our news release. AIOps is a broad category, so let’s unpack just what this recognition means. Forrester evaluated the Devo Data Analytics Platform against many competitive offerings in several key areas, including: That’s a broad collection of technical capabilities.

The 2020 Devo SOC Performance ReportTM presents security professionals’ responses to a variety of survey questions related to people, processes, and technologies within their security operations center (SOC). One of the more interesting topics in the report is the role security automation technologies can play in improving SOC performance and alleviating analyst stress caused by overwork and performing repetitive, mind-numbing tasks, which can lead to analyst burnout.

Industry research firm Gartner asked cybersecurity thought leaders to submit a video of themselves answering the question “What are your customers’ top security priorities?” for the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, a virtual event for the EMEA region held this month. Julian Waits, general manager of cybersecurity for Devo, was among those to whom Gartner posed the question. His video is below, and this blog post offers an expanded version of his response.

Since February, when we launched Devo Security Operations, the industry’s first cloud-native next-gen SIEM, we’ve kept our foot firmly pressed on the development pedal to add features and enhancements. Security Operations enables customers to transform their security operations centers (SOC) and protect their enterprises against cyberthreats.

With all the cyberthreats around today, security operations center (SOC) analysts need the right tools to identify, respond to, and stop those threats. Increasingly, threat intelligence sharing is one of the key tools for preventing threat actors from breaching organizations’ network, infrastructure, and operational environments, including the cloud.