Capabilities of a modernized SOC for the public sector
A modern SOC helps public sector organizations address an ever-evolving threat landscape by providing a comprehensive, 360-degree view of the digital security stance. Integrating modern technologies helps organizations aggregate content from multiple sources, sort through and analyze the data that’s coming in, and then use it to make informed decisions to better protect their digital landscape.
The capabilities of a modern SOC can help increase a public sector organization’s cybersecurity posture in the following ways.
Connection of disjointed systems
A modern SOC can help fuse fragmented systems together to create a comprehensive view of the security of your entire digital landscape. This could include connecting individual tenants of separate public sector agencies or any on-premises tenants.
Integration of third-party data sources
Integration of data from third parties, such as regional and international partners and Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center, provides additional data on threats and attacks happening around the world. This type of integration can help public sector organizations stay ahead in this constantly evolving threat landscape.
Artificial intelligence
Public sector organizations can use artificial intelligence tools like Microsoft's Security Copilot to enhance the capabilities of the SOC’s analysts and hunters and make them better equipped to detect and defend against cyberattacks. AI helps filter through all of the data that is coming in and can drill down to the information that is most important for SOC teams to know. AI can augment teams to maximize impact.
In this video, Alvaro Vitta, Microsoft's Global Cybersecurity Lead for Public Sector, provides more information about the capabilities of a modernized security operations center (SOC) and the benefits to public sector organizations.