24/7 coverage
Our team will watch your systems and users around the clock for suspicious activity, so you don’t have to.
Protect your business with a managed SOC
Seasoned experts
Experienced SOC analysts use the latest technology and intelligence data to proactively identify threats.
Seamless integration
Easily ingest security logs from any system, cloud service or vendor with our open-XDR architecture.
Cost-effective
Outsource your SOC to avoid the hassle and cost of building an in-house team, without compromising on security.
Expert SOC analysts
We’re proud to operate our own SOC team consisting of experienced security professionals. Our SOC analysts help organisations of all sizes to effectively manage their SIEM deployment and detect cyber threats 24/7/365.
When you choose to outsource your SOC to Defense.com you can be sure that your security is in the best hands. Our team are experts in their field and have a wealth of industry knowledge to help detect and respond to all types of cyber threats.
Advanced SIEM technology
Unlike most vendors on the market, we deliver our managed SOC service using our own proprietary SIEM technology.
Our cloud-native SIEM platform is designed to be fast, secure and reliable. Combined with our skilled SOC analysts to detect cyber threats and maximise security value.
Learn more about our SIEM
Expert SOC analysts
We’re proud to operate our own SOC team consisting of experienced security professionals. Our SOC analysts help organisations of all sizes to effectively manage their SIEM deployment and detect cyber threats 24/7/365.
When you choose to outsource your SOC to Defense.com you can be sure that your security is in the best hands. Our team are experts in their field and have a wealth of industry knowledge to help detect and respond to all types of cyber threats.
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Protecting the world’s leading brands
Mike Slater Head of IT, AgilicoI couldn’t have been more pleased with the service from Defense.com™, the team are always on hand for support and are quick to respond. I found the digital reporting through the platform particularly beneficial as it enabled us to clearly understand the risks, and quickly remediate them with the helpful guidance provided.
Managed SIEM service FAQs
SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) is a technology that collects and processes security logs from different sources to aid with security investigations. It was traditionally deployed as an on-premise solution, however it is now common to have a fully SaaS-based SIEM platform.
SOC (Security Operations Centre) refers to a team of security professionals that use technologies like SIEM to monitor for suspicious activity and threats. A good SOC team will help to continually tune your SIEM deployment to make sure that it is detecting threats as effectively as possible. SOC teams also rely on threat intelligence feeds to get information about new vulnerabilities and often provide remediation advice to help fix security weaknesses.
In simple terms, SIEM is the technology and SOC are the people.
Although they are similar in many ways, there is a fundamental difference between MDR (Managed Detection and Response) services and SOCaaS (SOC as a Service) or Managed SIEM.
The key differentiator is the ‘R’ in MDR. An MDR service typically involves responding to cyber threats, not just detecting them. As an example, this could include isolating an endpoint that is showing suspicious activity, or providing incident response support.
On the other hand, SOCaaS or Managed SIEM services usually focus on detecting threats and monitoring logs, rather than responding to them. Response actions with these services are often limited to providing remediation advice for security events that have been identified.
When you’re choosing between MDR vs SOC as a Service, it’s important to consider the security outcomes that you would like to achieve and who will be responding to threats. Depending on the needs of your business, you may choose to outsource everything to an MDR provider to free up your internal resources.
There are many benefits to outsourcing your SOC to a third party provider, however the main one is how cost-effective it can be compared to building a team in-house.
A SOC team will require at least 10 analysts to operate 24/7, taking into account different shift patterns. The cost of hiring, training and retaining staff can therefore quickly add up, especially with the lack of qualified cyber security professionals available.
Outsourcing your SOC is a much more cost-effective way to ensure that your business is being protected 24/7 by security experts, without the hassle and expense of maintaining your own team.
Some other benefits of an outsourced SOC include:
- No need to recruit and retain security professionals
- Access to qualified staff 24/7
- A wide range of threat intelligence data
- Only pay for what you need
- No need to worry about the maintenance or tuning of your SIEM deployment
The Defense.com Managed SOC service is included as part of our Managed SIEM or MDR solutions, which requires our proprietary SIEM technology to be deployed.
Our outsourced SOC service currently does not support or manage existing SIEM deployments from other vendors. However, in many cases we can integrate with other areas of your existing technology stack, such as endpoint protection, to help you keep costs and complexity to a minimum.
