1. Consider a Platform-Based SOC to Unite Disparate Tools
Integrating technologies is akin to orchestrating a symphony where all the instruments play in harmony, enhancing the overall performance and efficiency — when it works, it’s beautiful; if it doesn’t, it can be chaos, said Eyal Altman, senior vice president and chief digital and IT officer at electronic manufacturer Littelfuse.
One major challenge is that organizations have different tools in their security operations centers that are not designed to co-exist. This discontinuity can create potential blind spots, said David Falcon, senior solution architect and systems engineer at Palo Alto Networks. Sometimes, he explained, “you can work to get the tools to talk to each other,” but it’s not always possible. “We want to move away from this kind of piece-by-piece-by-piece and take a more platform-based approach. It all comes down to visibility.”
A platform-based SOC significantly enhances security by offering a unified, comprehensive view of an organization's cybersecurity posture, enabling real-time analysis and rapid response to threats across the entire digital landscape.
Securing IoT devices is also a crucial step because any new device introduced to an IT ecosystem can become an entry point for an attacker, explained Beau Perna, senior director of supply chain strategy at CDW.