Fully Managed Security Operations Centre (SOC)

CommSec provides a fully managed Security Operations Centre (SOC) that includes a comprehensive Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service.

Our certified cybersecurity engineers are highly trained to assess anomalies in your environment. They provide immediate alerts if any suspicious activity is detected, ensuring you are always informed and protected.

You also benefit from our use of cutting-edge tools, including Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), and our expertise in staying ahead of emerging security trends.

SOC-as-a-Service: Key Features

Asset Discovery and Continuous Monitoring

We begin by identifying all assets within your IT estate. Our SOC-as-a-Service then provides:

  • Continuous Vulnerability Assessments: Identify and address potential risks in real-time.
  • Intrusion Detection and Behavioural Monitoring: Detect unusual activity to mitigate threats.
  • Full Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM): Gain centralised oversight of your security environment.

Glacial Storage for Evidence Preservation

Our service includes Glacial Storage, which securely preserves untampered evidence. This ensures any collected data stands up in a court of law, should legal action be required against offenders.

Threat Intelligence with LevelBlue AlienVault OTX

We integrate LevelBlue AlienVault Labs Threat Intelligence OTX (Open Threat Exchange) into our services. This system ensures:

  • Real-time updates on global threat intelligence.
  • Immediate access to the latest threat data whenever an attack is detected at another customer site.

Why Choose CommSec’s SOC-as-a-Service?

By partnering with CommSec, you gain:

  • Access to certified cybersecurity experts.
  • Real-time protection backed by advanced AI and ML technologies.
  • Legal-grade evidence storage for complete peace of mind.
  • The latest threat intelligence to stay ahead of cybercriminals.

Most businesses;

  • Lack the in-house capabilities required to keep pace with changing business demands.
  • Compliance mandates, and emerging threats for strategic implementation of new IT security solutions.
  • Don’t have the capabilities to effectively monitor and manage the security infrastructure to ensure optimal utilization of current assets.
  • In-house IT staff spend far too much time on day-to-day operational security issues versus new strategic projects.
  • ACTIVE not REACTIVE: Depend on IT security tools and processes that provide a reactive, rather than proactive, approach to mitigating risk and minimizing data loss and downtime.

SOC-as-a-Service: Your Peace of Mind, 24/7/365

With our SOC-as-a-Service, you can rest easy knowing your network is monitored around the clock. We continuously review your network activity, detecting and responding to anomalies in real-time.

Our team of certified cybersecurity engineers is trained to assess threats and immediately alert you if something is amiss. Using cutting-edge tools powered by Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, we stay ahead of emerging security trends to protect your organisation.

Why choose us?

  • Expertise at Your Fingertips: Gain access to a team of experienced security professionals without the challenges of hiring, training, and retaining in-house staff.
  • Cost-Effective Security: Enjoy the benefits of a fully operational SOC at a fraction of the cost of building and maintaining one yourself.
  • Advanced Tools: We leverage state-of-the-art technology, so you don’t need to invest in expensive tools or their upkeep.

Our service includes:

  • Continuous monitoring and log reviews, 24/7/365.
  • Investigation of alerts using advanced techniques to identify and assess threats.
  • Immediate notification of any risks to your environment.
  • Support for remediation and expert advice to prevent future issues.

We follow a holistic People-Process-Technology approach, ensuring every aspect of your security is covered by industry best practices. Trust us to deliver a reliable and robust SOC service tailored to your needs.

The Technologies

What is a managed SIEM service?

SIEM technology is a combination of security event management (SEM) and security information management (SIM) technologies. It allows organizations to continuously monitor their on-premise and cloud IT infrastructure for threats and to provide the information needed to respond to attacks and to mitigate vulnerabilities.

CommSec has partnered with AlienVault to provide a world class managed Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) service organisations of all kinds in the Irish market.

LevelBlue (AlienVault) SIEM technology collects logs and events from IT systems, devices and networks. We use this data to detect, categorize and analyse security incidents. The SIEM monitors threats in real-time and correlates events against the Open Threat Exchange (OTX – the world’s most authoritative open threat information sharing and analysis network).

What is a firewall?

A Firewall is a network security device that monitors, and filters incoming and outgoing network traffic based on an organization’s previously established security policies. At its most basic, a firewall is essentially the barrier that sits between a private internal network and the public Internet.

Network firewalls are evolving to secure newer use cases, including cloud and sudden shift to growing remote workforce. Network firewalls can also offer additional capabilities, such as application awareness and control, intrusion detection and prevention, advanced malware detection, and logging and reporting.

We can install, configure, manage and support your firewall, whether on-premise or in the cloud. We deliver our resources, our expertise and our best in class change management, incident investigation and response management and integrated vendor support processes to ensure a fully effective firewall service protecting your network and services.

How Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) Work

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) are both parts of the network infrastructure. IDS/IPS compare network packets to a cyberthreat database containing known signatures of cyberattacks — and flag any matching packets.

What is Anti-Malware?

An anti-malware is a software that protects the computer from malware such as spyware, adware, and worms. It scans the system for all types of malicious software that manage to reach the computer. An anti-malware program is one of the best tools to keep the computer and personal information protected.

An anti-malware is designed to eliminate malware from the computer. Although it has similarities with antivirus, an anti-malware program is different from antivirus. An anti-malware program has more advanced features and broader coverage. It addresses spyware, spam, and other threat issues that antivirus doesn’t.

What is vulnerability management?

Every year, thousands of new vulnerabilities are discovered, requiring organisations to patch operating systems (OS) and applications and reconfigure security settings throughout the entirety of their network environment. To proactively address vulnerabilities before they are utilised for a cyberattack, organisations serious about the security of their environment perform vulnerability management to provide the highest levels of security posture possible.

Vulnerability management is generally defined as the process of identifying, categorising, prioritising, and resolving vulnerabilities in operating systems (OS), enterprise applications (whether in the cloud or on-premises), browsers, and end-user applications. An ongoing process, vulnerability management seeks to continually identify vulnerabilities that can be remediated through patching and configuration of security settings.

What is identity and access management?

Identity and access management (IAM) is a framework of business processes, policies and technologies that facilitates the management of electronic or digital identities. With an IAM framework in place, information technology (IT) managers can control user access to critical information within their organizations. Systems used for IAM include single sign-on systems, two-factor authentication, multifactor authentication and privileged access management. These technologies also provide the ability to securely store identity and profile data as well as data governance functions to ensure that only data that is necessary and relevant is shared.

IAM systems can be deployed on premises, provided by a third-party vendor through a cloud-based subscription model or deployed in a hybrid model.

On a fundamental level, IAM encompasses the following components:

  • how individuals are identified in a system (understand the difference between identity management and authentication);
  • how roles are identified in a system and how they are assigned to individuals;
  • adding, removing and updating individuals and their roles in a system;
  • assigning levels of access to individuals or groups of individuals; and
  • protecting the sensitive data within the system and securing the system itself.

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Terminology

SOC Security Operations Centre

SEM Security Event Management

SIM Security Information Management

SIEM SEM + SIM technologies

IDS Intrusion Detection Systems

IPS Intrusion Prevention Systems

USM Unified Security Management

OTX Open Threat Exchange

MDR Managed Detection & Response

XDR Extended Detection & Response

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