Posted by Trevan Marden on Apr 20, 2018

If you are thinking of buying a managed detection and response (MDR) service, then you already know how these services can help your organization achieve security and compliance while reducing costs. These services can help by extending your team and offloading certain tasks related to security monitoring to a third-party, freeing up your team to better focus their efforts. But do you know what to look for in managed detection and response vendors? What sets some providers apart from others? Here are four important items to consider when buying an MDR:

Posted by Trevan Marden on Mar 23, 2018

SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) has been around a while and forms a pillar of many security programs, collecting and correlating data from a wide range of network devices to identify and alert on anomalous activity. This activity may indicate a potential attack or malicious actor posing a real threat to your network security. However, enterprise-class SIEM software products are advanced solutions and require constant tweaking and tuning of alerts to quiet unnecessary noise and provide actionable information on viable threats. These solutions require a team of staff to monitor alerts around the clock to interpret and respond to potential incidents. These solutions can also be very costly to purchase and deploy. However, managed SIEM services can avoid these hurdles and start delivering value to your organization almost immediately. If you’ve been putting off your SIEM projects because you don’t have enough staff or thought it would cost too much, you should consider a managed SIEM solution.  Here are three reasons to look at managed SIEM:

Posted by Miguel De Los Santos on Mar 20, 2018

As a Solutions engineer, we have the privilege of listening to mid-sized and large organizations that are struggling to keep up with the ever-changing cyber security landscape. This blog post will provide insight and hopefully educate those with one or more of the following signs that a Security as a Service was needed yesterday.

Let’s pause though. What is Security as a Service? This is a software-as-a-service security program that comprehensively identifies threats, helps mitigate risk and meet compliance. Generally, this is comprised of a balance between People, Process, and Technology.

 

Posted by Trevan Marden on Mar 16, 2018

Is your team overwhelmed and under-resourced? Extend your team and gain a 24x7 SOC without hiring for a single new position. Given the shortage of security talent in the market today, it can be extremely difficult to hire and retain qualified staff even if you have the resources. For those who don’t, it can be near to impossible.