SOAR: Not Just a Buzzword, the Key to MSSP Success
Enabling Rapid Response with Security Automation
The solution to the challenge posed by having too much data to analyze and answer threats in real time is to leverage AI and automation to enable rapid response.
AI is a key element to SOAR success. Once data is normalized, AI can be used to evaluate the information, searching for trends and historical insights. This distills large data sets, making them actionable. The analysis enables security solutions to redefine the baseline of normal operations, and better understand what an unwelcome or threatening presence looks like. With this baseline established, AI-driven security playbooks for detection and response can be defined. AI solutions automatically carry out checks on network behavior, acting to isolate legitimate threats once detected. Because actions are informed by an in-depth analysis of threat trends and network behavior, false positives are reduced, ensuring high performance for authorized personnel on the network.
Rapid response capabilities are essential to the security of modern networks. Cyber attacks now move at machine speed, with cyber criminals leveraging machine learning and agile development to more effectively target security weaknesses and evade detection. Your customers do not have the resources to monitor events and respond to each incident in real time to reduce dwell time and breach impact. By assisting in implementing SOAR methodology, MSSPs create immense value for their customers that will continue to serve their networks as threats become more advanced.
Integrated Security Controls
Essential to the success of SOAR tactics in your customers’ networks is the ability to connect various to facilitate the sharing of data and threat intelligence. This allows separate tools, such as endpoint protections or segmentation tools, to act in conjunction when a threat is detected.
For example, each tool within the Fortinet solution set can be woven into a Security Fabric via API, supporting automation and rapid response functionality. As many organizations have strained or limited resources when it comes to security, having a partner that can facilitate the collaboration and sharing of intelligence between these tools is key SOAR success.
Final Thoughts
As cyber attacks become more sophisticated, immediate incident response times is crucial. This is where MSSPs can offer real value to customers, and why SOAR will be an essential offering for MSSPs moving forward. Organizations now seek MSSPs that can go beyond traditional offerings with greater security expertise and acumen. With SOAR, MSSPs enable customers to keep pace with advanced attacks, while minimizing strain on IT and security resources through the use of AI and automation.
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