As threats have continued to evolve, enterprises have made significant investments in security infrastructure and security operations is maturing. C-Suites and Boards are increasingly involved in security decision making and studies show that they are doubling down on security investments, which are expected to grow from $262.4 billion in 2021 to $458.9 billion in 2025.

Evolution of the SOC – From the Dark Ages to Enlightenment, shifting to an agile threat informed cyber defense program How important is the Security Operations Center (SOC) to a business and a security leader's overall success? The answer is a bit cloudier than one would believe, given the length of time the SOC has been part of our security program lexicon.

Inadequate cybersecurity is a severe issue that challenges SMBs and enterprises indiscriminately, putting them at risk. Reasons for the business impact include: To help businesses navigate cybersecurity risks, many delegate to internal or external security operation centers (SOC).

Jason Chan, a key member of the Torq Advisory Board, has spent more than 20 years working in pivotal cybersecurity roles. One of his most important positions was leading the information security organization at the video streaming behemoth Netflix for more than a decade. His Netflix team set the bar extraordinarily high, focusing on sophisticated risk assessment and management, and compliance management strategies and approaches.

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail,” said Benjamin Franklin. These words cannot be overstated in most business fields, especially when it comes to automation. Process automation has the potential to enhance operations in most organizations, but problems can emerge when they don’t plan and strategize around their automation objectives.

In this episode of the Future of Security Operations, Thomas speaks with Andrew DiMichele, Director of Security Operations at Redis, whose background is building security operations programs. Andrew's security journey began in the US Air Force Reserves and has brought him to CISCO, banking, IBM, and Citrix.