Security Operations Center (SOC) teams are under more pressure than ever – managing constant alerts, investigating threats, and responding to incidents at a relentless pace.
This blog will examine the challenges SOC teams face in today’s cyber threat landscape, including alert fatigue and resource limitations.
Recent cyberattacks have disrupted major retailers like Marks & Spencer and Dior and led to emergency security patches from Microsoft and Google for actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, a breach at the educational software provider PowerSchool has resulted in extortion threats against US school districts, highlighting the significant downstream risks of compromised SaaS platforms.
Criminals are always looking for new ways to attack your users, and finding a new avenue to put their phishing messages or malware in front of your staff is crucial for them. Microsoft Teams (with over 320 million monthly active users) provides just such a platform, and until recently it didn’t have anywhere near the same protections as email.