Tag: Security Operations Center
The cybersecurity skills gap isn’t a hiring problem
The cybersecurity talent shortage remains a major challenge in the United States. The number of professionals has not kept pace with demand, and while AI is helping close some gaps, organizations still need skilled people. Despite years of hiring efforts,...
The MSP playbook for agentic AI
For years, AI helped security teams detect threats faster while humans remained responsible for taking action. Agentic AI changes that model. Today’s tools can isolate endpoints, disable accounts, block traffic, and launch remediation workflows automatically. The speed benefits are clear,...
How MSPs can fix burnout (hint: it’s not more people)
SOC burnout has become a festering issue in the MSP world. Symptoms include analysts cycling through client environments, drowning in alerts, and quietly heading for the door. But the experts working closest to the problem say the conversation has been...
Tales from the security operations center (SOC)
With the frequency and variety of cyberattacks increasing daily, the need for comprehensive security measures has never been more critical. For analysts staffing a security operations center (SOC) for a global extended detection and response (XDR) service, each day brings...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Sophisticated phishing campaign identified
This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory focuses on a sophisticated phishing campaign that uses a Microsoft Word document lure to distribute a trio of threats. The threats are Agent Tesla, OriginBotnet, and RedLine Clipper, and are designed to gather a wide range...
5 Levels of security operations center maturity
For MSPs that offer cybersecurity services, the security operations center (SOC) has emerged as a critical strategy for protecting client networks. While security software tools can help prevent some types of attacks, the SOC offers the threat detection, investigation and...
Expanded XDR capabilities strengthen Barracuda’s security offering
The rise in cyberattacks such as ransomware, spear phishing, and the overall intensified cyberthreat landscape, continues to raise concern for businesses across the globe. With these evolving concerns and threats in mind, Barracuda has announced new enhancements to the Barracuda...
