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Explore how 24x7x365 monitoring by the CyberMaxx SOC team ensures constant vigilance and rapid response, providing robust, proactive cybersecurity for your business.
Understanding Proactive Cybersecurity
Many cyberthreats are still going undetected for too long. In 2022, it took an average of 277 days for organizations to identify and contain a data breach.
Proactive cybersecurity, which involves identifying threats and dealing with them before they cause irreversible damage, is designed to shorten this time. It contrasts a reactive cybersecurity approach, which involves reacting to incidents that have already compromised system security. This can often leave security teams feeling as if they are always one step behind.
The three core principles of a proactive cybersecurity strategy are outlined below:
- Continuous threat detection. This involves constantly scanning the organization’s network in an attempt to find threats. It may involve using machine learning to find unusual patterns in data that could indicate a compromise. For instance, this could include attempted logins from unknown locations, or repeated attempts to access sensitive data.
- Immediate incident response. As soon as security experts identify a potential threat, they quickly take action to help mitigate its effects on a client’s environment. This typically includes actions such as killing the process, quarantining files, and blocking network traffic. Then, they share relevant information about the threat with stakeholders.
- Ongoing system monitoring. After a threat has been identified, assessed, prioritized, isolated, and dealt with accordingly, experts continue to monitor the system. This helps them to spot any activity that could indicate a future threat to the organization.
Role of the SOC Team
Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are teams of people who actively monitor client environments and respond in real-time. Through continuous monitoring, it aims to improve the organization’s threat detection.
A SOC team works around the clock to help the organization maintain a proactive security posture. It maintains a thorough inventory of everything that needs to be protected and the tools used to protect it.
It enacts or assists with enacting an organization’s incident response plan.This outlines each individual’s responsibilities in the event that something goes wrong. It also provides regular comprehensive assessments designed to test the organization’s vulnerability to potential threats.
To stay ahead of adversaries, organizations should have a dedicated SOC team that has expertise in handling complex security threats. This can enhance coordination and efficiency in response efforts.
Benefits of 24x7x365 Monitoring
Continuous monitoring allows organizations to automatically monitor suspicious behavior 24 hours per day, seven days per week, 365 days per year. It does this by analyzing inbound and outbound network traffic, system logs, application activity, and endpoint event streams.
24x7x365 monitoring helps organizations detect threats more quickly and reduces the burden on security teams. This means experts can focus their attention on other tasks, such as responding to security alerts when they do occur. This way, they can respond to incidents more rapidly and effectively. They can also spend more time taking steps to put extra security measures in place, which can help avoid similar breaches in the future.
Swift Action and Rapid Response
It’s important to respond to threats as soon as possible after they’re detected. Quick action helps minimize damage and reduce the amount of data that attackers can access. It also helps organizations contain the incident as quickly as possible, increasing the chance that the organization will be able to continue as normal.
An SOC team has an important role to play when it comes to coordinating responses. As soon as an incident is discovered, team members conduct a thorough investigation to assess its severity. They also try to determine how it has impacted the organization and who has been affected. This will allow the team to prioritize the incident accordingly.
They can then take steps to contain the incident, and report it to relevant stakeholders. This is typically done through a secure instant messaging platform such as Slack, or a centralized incident response platform. Team members should document findings, logs, and actions taken throughout the process for future reference.
Overall Benefits to Business Security
Proactive cybersecurity offers many benefits when it comes to improving business security. It helps organizations to significantly improve their security posture by offering comprehensive protection against threats. It also helps to increase operational efficiency by reducing the chance of downtime and operational disruptions.
A robust security strategy also makes it more likely that organizations will meet regulatory and compliance requirements. This reduces the likelihood of fines as a result of non-compliance, increases customer trust, and improves the organization’s reputation.
Protect Your Organization with Proactive Cybersecurity
24x7x365 monitoring and swift response by the CyberMaxx SOC team ensures constant vigilance and proactive cybersecurity. This safeguards your business around the clock and reassures your customers that their data is protected.