Posts by Jason Mical

Threat hunting is one of the most critical activities performed by SOC teams. Once an alert triggers and a tier-1 analyst assesses it and sends …

A Checklist for Effective Threat Hunting Tools Read More »

During the past decade, security operations centers (SOC) have become an integral part of the cybersecurity programs of many organizations. When you think of a …

The Role of SOC Outsourcing in a Secure Enterprise Read More »

You’ve probably heard by now that we face a severe shortage of cybersecurity professionals with the skills and experience necessary to effectively defend against today’s—and …

Capitalize on Analyst Intuition for More Effective Cybersecurity Read More »

As someone who began working in security operations centers (SOC) more than 30 years ago, back when we were known as computer incident response teams …

How Devo Security Operations Transforms the Way SOC Analysts Work Read More »

Recently, Security Boulevard published an article I wrote about the role technology plays in the modern security operations center (SOC). It’s a topic near to …

The Role of Technology in the Modern SOC Read More »

Organizations build a SOC—a dedicated, centralized team of security experts—to effectively detect and respond to advanced threats. However, as SOCs deal with evolving threats and …

Are You Dealing with the Symptoms or the Cause of Analyst Burnout? Read More »

Endpoint detection and response solutions – EDR as it’s more commonly known – act as enterprise surveillance and thus deliver a rich dataset to security …

EDR: The richest data in your SOC Read More »

So, you want to know what threat hunting is Threat hunting emerged as a new way to proactively identify threats in your environment. For high-performing …

What is threat hunting? A look at past, present, and future of cyber hunting Read More »