Saryu Nayyar is CEO of Gurucul, a provider of behavioral security analytics technology and a recognized expert in cyber risk management.
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Whether it’s hosted in-house or outsourced to a managed security service provider (MSSP), most enterprise organizations have a security operations center (SOC). This is a centralized function charged with monitoring, detecting, investigating and responding to cyber threats across the enterprise. It’s a critical function for reducing risk and protecting the business operations of any organization.
Given the average cost of a data breach in the U.S. now exceeds $9 million for a single event, a SOC is an important investment. Organizations should be looking for ways to make their SOC as effective as possible in mitigating the potential harm from cyber threats.
To gather more insight into how to do that, my company conducted a survey of attendees at the 2022 Black Hat USA conference, one of the largest gatherings of cybersecurity practitioners in the country. We asked security professionals who work in a SOC about the types of attacks that vex them the most, what technologies they believe they need to succeed and their plans for the…
