SOC-As-A-Service

What Are the Benefits of SOC-as-a-Service?

SOC-as-a-Service goes beyond what traditional managed security service providers (MSSPs) and managed detection and response (MDR) vendors have on offer. Legacy MSSPs aren’t positioned to offer advanced security operations center (SOC) capabilities for threat detection and response. SOCaaS has some crossover with MDR, but provides a more comprehensive, flexible, transparent, and, most importantly, more effective approach to threat detection and response.

SOC-as-a-Service brings a number of benefits, including:

1. Faster detection and remediation: SOC-as-a-Service providers reduce the burden on in-house security teams. They monitor security 24/7 and use automation and data science to speed up detection and deliver high-confidence alerts. Higher-confidence alerts mean faster and more efficient detection and remediation.
2. Lower cyber risk: Working with a SOC-as-a-Service provider reduces the risk of a breach and the probability of incurring costs (legal fees, regulatory fines, customer service costs, etc.) and brand damage associated with a successful attack.
3. Enhanced business agility and scalability: Between IoT, remote work, acquisitions, and service expansions, businesses are growing and changing more quickly than ever. SOC-as-a-Service supports secure growth, since businesses can alter and scale their outsourced SOC consumption as needed for their priorities.
4. Cost reduction: Companies pay for SOC-as-a-Service as a monthly operating expense, based only on consumption. For the majority of businesses, this is more cost-effective than the capital and operating expenses for establishing and staffing an on-premise SOC.