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Train smarter, respond faster: Close the skill gaps in your SOC

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Train smarter, respond faster: Close the skill gaps in your SOC 2025-07-09 at 16:05 By Zeljka Zorz “In today’s fast-paced digital landscape” – as AI chatbots are fond of phrasing it – a cyber attack targeting your organization is a statistical certainty. But is your security team ready to respond when it happens? Can they […]

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How exposure-enriched SOC data can cut cyberattacks in half by 2028

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How exposure-enriched SOC data can cut cyberattacks in half by 2028 2025-06-30 at 08:33 By Help Net Security Gartner projects that by 2028, organizations enriching their Security Operations Center (SOC) data with exposure insights will reduce the frequency and impact of cyberattacks by 50%. This bold forecast underscores a crucial shift: proactive exposure management is

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Why the SOC needs its “Moneyball” moment

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Why the SOC needs its “Moneyball” moment 2025-06-25 at 09:05 By Help Net Security In the classic book and later Brad Pitt movie Moneyball, the Oakland A’s didn’t beat baseball’s giants by spending more – they won by thinking differently, scouting players not through gut instinct and received wisdom, but by utilizing relevant data and

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The path to better cybersecurity isn’t more data, it’s less noise

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The path to better cybersecurity isn’t more data, it’s less noise 2025-06-11 at 08:31 By Sinisa Markovic In cybersecurity, there’s an urge to collect as much data as possible. Logs, alerts, metrics, everything. But more data doesn’t necessarily translate to better security. SOCs deal with tens of thousands of alerts every day. It’s more than

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Enterprise SIEMs miss 79% of known MITRE ATT&CK techniques

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Enterprise SIEMs miss 79% of known MITRE ATT&CK techniques 2025-06-09 at 07:32 By Help Net Security Using the MITRE ATT&CK framework as a baseline, organizations are generally improving year-over-year in understanding security information and event management (SIEM) detection coverage and quality, but plenty of room for improvement remains, according to CardinalOps. MITRE ATT&CK enhances SOC

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The cloud security crisis no one’s talking about

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The cloud security crisis no one’s talking about 2025-06-05 at 08:33 By Help Net Security Security teams are overwhelmed by a flood of alerts, most of which lack the context needed to accurately assess and espond to threats, according to ARMO. Respondents report receiving an average of 4,080 security alerts per month – or 136

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Zscaler to Acquire MDR Specialist Red Canary

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Zscaler to Acquire MDR Specialist Red Canary 2025-05-28 at 00:32 By SecurityWeek News Zscaler signals a big push into the security-operations market with the announcement of plans to buy Denver-based Red Canary. The post Zscaler to Acquire MDR Specialist Red Canary appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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SentinelOne’s Purple AI Athena Brings Autonomous Decision-Making to the SOC

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SentinelOne’s Purple AI Athena Brings Autonomous Decision-Making to the SOC 2025-04-29 at 19:01 By Kevin Townsend Athena marks a major leap in SOC automation, enabling real-time detection, triage, and remediation with minimal human oversight. The post SentinelOne’s Purple AI Athena Brings Autonomous Decision-Making to the SOC appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Coaching AI agents: Why your next security hire might be an algorithm

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Coaching AI agents: Why your next security hire might be an algorithm 2025-04-24 at 08:31 By Help Net Security Security teams are drowning in alerts. The sheer volume of threats, suspicious activity, and false positives makes it nearly impossible for analysts to investigate everything effectively. Enter agentic AI, capable of completing hundreds of tasks simultaneously

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Exaforce Banks Hefty $75 Million for AI-Powered SOC Remake

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Exaforce Banks Hefty $75 Million for AI-Powered SOC Remake 2025-04-21 at 17:07 By Ryan Naraine San Francisco startup closes a hefty $75 million Series A funding round led by Khosla Ventures and Mayfield. The post Exaforce Banks Hefty $75 Million for AI-Powered SOC Remake appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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When AI agents go rogue, the fallout hits the enterprise

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When AI agents go rogue, the fallout hits the enterprise 2025-04-17 at 08:45 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Jason Lord, CTO at AutoRABIT, discusses the cybersecurity risks posed by AI agents integrated into real-world systems. Issues like hallucinations, prompt injections, and embedded biases can turn these systems into vulnerable targets. Lord

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Google Targets SOC Overload With Automated AI Alert and Malware Analysis Tools

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Google Targets SOC Overload With Automated AI Alert and Malware Analysis Tools 2025-04-09 at 20:50 By Ryan Naraine Google plans to unleash automated AI agents into overtaxed SOCs to reduce the manual workload for cybersecurity investigators. The post Google Targets SOC Overload With Automated AI Alert and Malware Analysis Tools appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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Security Operations Firm ReliaQuest Raises $500M at $3.4B Valuation

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Security Operations Firm ReliaQuest Raises $500M at $3.4B Valuation 2025-04-01 at 15:53 By Eduard Kovacs ReliaQuest has announced a new growth funding round that brings the total raised by the firm to over $830 million. The post Security Operations Firm ReliaQuest Raises $500M at $3.4B Valuation appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Spring clean your security data: The case for cybersecurity data hygiene

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Spring clean your security data: The case for cybersecurity data hygiene 2025-03-25 at 08:41 By Help Net Security Spring cleaning isn’t just for your closets; security teams should take the same approach to their security operations data, where years of unchecked log growth have created a bloated, inefficient and costly mess. The modern Security Operations

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How AI and automation are reshaping security leadership

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How AI and automation are reshaping security leadership 2025-03-18 at 16:02 By Help Net Security The contemporary SOC is transforming as it starts to realize the benefits of GenAI and utilize the manifestations of autonomous agentic AI, according to Tines. Additionally, the promise of security automation is coming to fruition. In theory and practice, security

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Security Teams Pay the Price: The Unfair Reality of Cyber Incidents

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Security Teams Pay the Price: The Unfair Reality of Cyber Incidents 2025-02-06 at 14:04 By Joshua Goldfarb The blame of security incidents may be shared—but the burden of response always falls on the security team. Here’s how to prepare for the inevitable. The post Security Teams Pay the Price: The Unfair Reality of Cyber Incidents

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Conifers.ai Scores $25M Investment for Agentic AI SOC Technology

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Conifers.ai Scores $25M Investment for Agentic AI SOC Technology 2025-01-30 at 20:48 By SecurityWeek News Backed by SYN Ventures, Conifers.ai plans to use “agentic AI” technology to tackle complex security operations center (SOC) problems. The post Conifers.ai Scores $25M Investment for Agentic AI SOC Technology appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Resecurity introduces AI-powered GSOC at NATO Edge 2024

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Resecurity introduces AI-powered GSOC at NATO Edge 2024 2024-12-06 at 15:03 By Help Net Security Resecurity, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, unveiled its advanced Government Security Operations Center (GSOC) during NATO Edge 2024, the NATO Communications and Information Agency’s flagship conference. This year’s event, held from December 3 to 5, emphasized emerging technologies in

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Best practices for staying cyber secure during the holidays

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Best practices for staying cyber secure during the holidays 2024-12-03 at 07:07 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Sean Tufts, managing partner for critical infrastructure and operational technology at Optiv, discusses best practices for keeping businesses secure amidst a barrage of threats during the holiday season. Pause large changes in your

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Deploy a SOC using Kali Linux in AWS

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Deploy a SOC using Kali Linux in AWS 2024-11-25 at 07:04 By Mirko Zorz The Kali SOC in AWS project enables the deployment of a Security Operations Center (SOC) in AWS, utilizing the Kali Linux toolset for purple team activities. This environment is ideal for honing skills in security operations, threat detection, incident response, and

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