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The First Critical Step to Building the Modern SOC

The new Devo eBook, Building the Modern SOC, presents four evolutionary steps for creating a highly automated and efficient security operations center (SOC) that empowers analysts. This is the first in a series of blog posts that will introduce the four steps and highlight some of the most important concepts.

The First Critical Step to Building the Modern SOC

The new Devo eBook, Building the Modern SOC, presents four evolutionary steps for creating a highly automated and efficient security operations center (SOC) that empowers analysts. This is the first in a series of blog posts that will introduce the four steps and highlight some of the most important concepts.

Beyond Certification: Rethinking Training for Security Analysts

When we talk about training security analysts, you probably immediately think about earning certifications such as CFCE or OSCP. This year’s Devo SOC Performance ReportTM found that among survey respondents who don’t consider their SOC to be a high performer, only 31% of those organizations have a defined program for training analysts. While practical skills are vital in the SOC, they’re not the end-all, be-all of reaching the next career level.

Devo Leadership Recognized-What It Means for Customers

The Forrester Wave report for AIOps came out today, and Devo is a Leader! This is great news for Devo, but it’s really great news for our customers. Read more about it in our news release. AIOps is a broad category, so let’s unpack just what this recognition means. Forrester evaluated the Devo Data Analytics Platform against many competitive offerings in several key areas, including: That’s a broad collection of technical capabilities.

3 Ways SOC Automation Can Reduce Analyst Burnout

The 2020 Devo SOC Performance ReportTM presents security professionals’ responses to a variety of survey questions related to people, processes, and technologies within their security operations center (SOC). One of the more interesting topics in the report is the role security automation technologies can play in improving SOC performance and alleviating analyst stress caused by overwork and performing repetitive, mind-numbing tasks, which can lead to analyst burnout.

Imperatives for Today's Security Transformation

Industry research firm Gartner asked cybersecurity thought leaders to submit a video of themselves answering the question “What are your customers’ top security priorities?” for the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, a virtual event for the EMEA region held this month. Julian Waits, general manager of cybersecurity for Devo, was among those to whom Gartner posed the question. His video is below, and this blog post offers an expanded version of his response.

The Devo Cloud-Native SIEM Is Now Even Better

Since February, when we launched Devo Security Operations, the industry’s first cloud-native next-gen SIEM, we’ve kept our foot firmly pressed on the development pedal to add features and enhancements. Security Operations enables customers to transform their security operations centers (SOC) and protect their enterprises against cyberthreats.

Why Threat Intelligence Sharing is the Future of SOC Analyst Productivity

With all the cyberthreats around today, security operations center (SOC) analysts need the right tools to identify, respond to, and stop those threats. Increasingly, threat intelligence sharing is one of the key tools for preventing threat actors from breaching organizations’ network, infrastructure, and operational environments, including the cloud.

The Pain Remains: What the 2020 Devo SOC Performance Report Tells Us

Today we published the 2020 Devo SOC Performance ReportTM. The subtitle, A Tale of Two SOCs, underscores that there are two types of security operation centers (SOC): those that are performing reasonably well and those that are struggling. As someone who has worked in cybersecurity for more than 20 years, I find the results of our second annual SOC report informative, instructive, and also extremely irritating.