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.

Security teams using legacy SOAR platforms often face struggles with scattered information, limited collaboration tools, and inflexible response playbooks. Managing knowledge, automating tasks, and communication can be complex and resource consuming. Let’s see how integrating Torq, Notion, and Slack address these challenges to improve and streamline security processes.

It has been over a year and a half since the latest generative AI revolution descended upon the world. All IT markets have seen a wave of both new AI products, as well as AI-driven capabilities in existing products being introduced with a breakneck pace.

To kick off season 5 of the Future of Security Operations podcast, I’m joined by Mandy Andress. Mandy is the Chief Information Security Officer at Elastic, a leading platform for search-powered solutions, and has more than 25 years of experience in information risk management and security. Before Elastic, Mandy led the information security function at MassMutual and established and built information security programs at TiVo, Evant, and Privada.

Organizations face an ever-evolving array of cyber threats that require swift and intelligent responses. Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are at the forefront of this battle, tasked with detecting, analyzing, and mitigating threats to safeguard valuable assets. To bolster their defenses, many enterprises are turning to innovative solutions such as ThreatQ™ and Infoblox SOC Insights, which offer advanced capabilities for threat intelligence management and network security.