It is not possible for organisations to protect against every single threat, but having the capabilities to quickly detect and respond to them is vital to mitigate the risk of a breach and prevent damage to organisational assets, functions and reputation.
Changes in the way organisations operate; e.g. the shift to remote working and the increasing use of personal devices for work, have further increased the attack surface available and created more opportunities for threat actors to compromise organisations of all sizes.
These increasing risks mean organisations need better ways to protect their business, brand and assets. Approaches that go beyond preventative security measures and focus on how they can identify and respond to threats effectively before they impact on business are essential in the modern IT world.
With many adopting early warning and response solutions to augment their security stack and strengthen their security posture. Threat detection is one of the fastest-growing areas of cybersecurity, but a shortage in cybersecurity talent means organisations are having to do more with less resources.
The escalating complexity of threat detection and response
Robust threat detection and incident response requires continuous monitoring of networks, cloud environments and critical devices to identify and act upon potential threats. Scaling your in-house security teams to manage threat detection with traditional approaches can quickly become costly and complex.
Beyond the initial cost of hiring and employing a dedicated threat detection team and overcoming the shortage of cybersecurity talent, organisations must also consider the ongoing training and development costs and infrastructure investment required to ensure the teams are equipped to effectively protect against threats.
Faced with rising costs, complexity and a lack of in-house cybersecurity professionals, organisations are turning to managed threat detection and response services, such as MTI’s Managed SIEM services, powered by AT&T’s Alien Labs.
With a Managed Threat Detection and Incident Response service you can rapidly establish or scale your security measures and compliance efforts without hiring constraints or upskilling challenges. This will typically reduce costs and ensure you have a high quality service available quickly.
Out-tasking your threat detection and incident response also frees up the time of your in-house security and IT resources, enabling them to focus on strategic projects as opposed to labour intensive and specialised tasks.
MTI’s Managed Threat Detection and Response is a powerful alternative
The service ensures your critical IT assets are being monitored 24×7 by an advanced security operations center (SOC) and by expert SOC analysts with decades of managed security expertise.
| Continuous proactive monitoring | Integrates with other security tools | Built on unified security management |
| Powered by AT&T Alien Labs threat intelligence | Faster threat detection and classification | Personalised onboarding workshop |
| Seamless orchestration and automation | Improved incident response and custom plan | Built in correlation rules to identify anomalous behaviour |
Benefits of a Managed Threat Detection and Response service
- Easily integrates with your existing security and IT tools through AlienApps to extend the security monitoring and orchestration capabilities.
- Built on the award-winning AT&T Unified Security Management (USM) platform, combining multiple essential security capabilities into one unified console.
- Combines continuously updated threat intelligence from AT&T Alien Labs and the Open Threat Exchange (OTX) to help identify and prevent emerging threats.
- Helps in-house security teams respond quickly and effectively when an incident occurs. Enabling them to conduct incident investigations on actionable alarms and then escalating the threat based on its severity.
- Time to detect data loss or breach significantly improved, meaning fast remediation is possible
- Provide instant scale to accommodate IMACs
- Reduce false positive alerts with UBA