5 reasons why MDR managed service should be part of your cybersecurity strategy
Organizations can choose to have an internal team in place to manage their cybersecurity. They can also outsource their cybersecurity management, for example through a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service, which is a proactive cybersecurity management service.
Here are 5 reasons why an outsourced MDR service should be part of your cybersecurity strategy:
1- Setting up an internal monitoring team (SOC) is expensive
If you want to manage your cybersecurity internally, you need to set up a Cybersecurity Operation Center (SOC). You need to hire cybersecurity specialists and train them to handle the cyberattacks that target you. You will need between 4 and 5 people to monitor the security of your network in 24/7 mode. You also need to deploy and maintain cybersecurity tools. Setting up an in-house SOC can cost around $1 million or more. This cost is not realistic for a small business and even for some large companies.
2- The shortage of qualified resources in operational cybersecurity
It is currently difficult to find expert resources in operational cybersecurity to show an internal SOC. Yet to be effective, an SOC must have seasoned resources with proven experience in the field. If your SOC is made up of juniors, you are putting your organization at risk of being hacked.
Furthermore, if a key component of your SOC leaves you, you may have a very difficult time replacing it. Ultimately, your SOC will be weakened and this will reduce your ability to respond to the multiple cyber attacks that target you.
3- With MDR you have access to a more seasoned and experienced monitoring team
Outsourced MDR teams such as StreamScan are composed of experts who have several years of experience in cybersecurity monitoring and incident response. Our MDR analysts are true cyber threat hunters, continuously monitoring the security of multiple organizations' IT assets and seeing ever-changing attack scenarios, which constantly sharpens their reflexes.
Our MDR team collaborates with our incident response team and our R&D team. So when they find attack variants or new attacks while monitoring an IT infrastructure, they will propose new detection signatures that are then validated by the R&D team, before being injected into our CDS cyber threat detection technology.
Our MDR analysts are therefore much more experienced than an organization's internal SOC team, whose experience will be limited to attacks that target that organization. They are therefore ideally suited to protect a computer network.
4- With MDR you have access to several expertises in the same team
StreamScan's MDR team is composed of experts with various profiles: intrusion detection, intrusion trace analysis, reverse engineering of malicious code (ransomware, viruses, etc.), cyberthreat hunters, etc.
All of these profiles work together on a daily basis to monitor your IT assets. For example, when a potentially malicious file downloaded by a user is identified, the malicious code analysis specialist reproduces the user's browsing scenario. He downloads said malicious code and analyzes it to verify whether it is really malicious or not. It will then issue recommendations based on the nature and purpose of the malicious code.
When a suspicious movement is identified in the network, the cyberthreat hunter further investigates before validating if the said movement has implications on the network security. In this case, automatic blocking actions can be quickly implemented to contain the suspicious activity.
5- MDR costs less than setting up an internal SOC team
StreamScan's MDR service costs you a fraction of the cost of setting up an internal SOC.
Our MDR team will also act as an extension of your internal IT team and take care of your security while you focus on other aspects of your IT.
We work in partnership with your internal IT team to strengthen your security and keep you safe from cyber attacks.
Talk to one of our experts or call us at +1 877 208-9040.