In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, where the threat landscape is continuously evolving, organizations face unprecedented challenges. An expanding attack surface, rising vulnerabilities, and a relentless onslaught of cyberattacks have significantly increased organizational risk.

Vulnerabilities are a major risk for organizations, and a major attack vector for threat actors. There were over 29,000 vulnerabilities published in 2023, amounting to over 3,800 more common vulnerabilities and exposure (CVEs) identifiers being issued last year than in 2022. But that doesn’t mean these most recent vulnerabilities are the only ones in a threat actor’s toolbox.

Does your security team have dozens of tools to manage, all with disparate user experiences, data models, and capabilities? Unfortunately, this is the result of many traditional SIEM solutions that lack the ability to integrate all features. This creates a big challenge for your SOC because analysts have to ensure they’re using the right tool at the right time to detect attacks. But today, there’s a better option.

In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, Security Operations (SecOps) teams face an ever-evolving landscape of threats and challenges. As a professional in the NetOps, SecOps, or CloudOps field, you understand the critical importance of staying ahead of cyber adversaries and safeguarding your network infrastructure. That's where Forward Networks steps in, offering innovative solutions that revolutionize SecOps by supercharging your network insights and capabilities.

The 2023 ransomware attack at the University of Manchester didn’t stop once the threat actors had successfully exfiltrated the personal identifiable information (PII) for faculty and staff, plus 250 GB of other data. When the university showed hesitation toward paying the ransom, they turned to a tactic that is becoming increasingly popular among cybercriminals — triple extortion.

In this episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, I'm joined by Andrew Santell. Andrew is an experienced security leader who worked for the U.S. Navy for over a decade before moving into the private sector. In 2021, he founded the Security Operations program at Netflix, and recently, he joined edge cloud platform Fastly, where he is the Director of Security Operations and Cyber Defense.

Time is a luxury your SOC can’t afford to waste. To keep your SOC efficient and effective, real-time analytics are crucial. Modern security data platforms give your team this ability by not indexing data on ingest, which ensures that security data is available for immediate analysis and allows your SOC to react swiftly to threats. Here are some of the other reasons why real-time analytics help keep your organization secure.