Cybersecurity threats can be found anywhere—from emails to websites to even AI tools—and that means a company’s security operations center (SOC) professionals often have to be on high alert for the next fire to fight. And the next. And the next. Usually, organizations consider this to be a good thing because it means their SOCs are able to demonstrate their worth.
But, the reality is, the SOC firefighting model isn’t a good thing.
In fact, this approach is much more time consuming—not to mention much more costly. For example, when organizations are tasked with customizing traditional automation systems, it can take six to 18 months to complete and cost a whopping $1 million.
Also, certain firefighting activities can eat up an inordinate amount of the SOC professional’s workday. Then the next thing they know, they’ve lost valuable time by dedicating their efforts to foundational work, false positives, and repetitive tasks. An hour here for alert processing and four to six hours there to review threat intelligence reports can add up quickly—and take a real toll on analysts.
Luckily for SOCs, there is a better way.
Constantly fending off security alerts keeps SOCs perpetually on the defensive, when they should be taking a proactive approach to threat readiness. StrikeReady delivers this approach. Since 2019, the company has been providing a vendor-agnostic, AI powered Security Command Center that has full-spectrum risk visibility, intelligent threat management, and automated response from a single, integrated platform. The product unifies identities, assets, vulnerabilities, and advanced simulations in one place, which empowers SOCs to proactively defend against modern threats and stay ahead of an ever-shifting cyber landscape.
“StrikeReady is designed to help security teams escape the loop of perpetual reactivity,” said StrikeReady Chief Technology Officer Alex Lanstein. “Our platform doesn’t merely allow you to see threats faster. You can also control and reduce risks in real time, and close gaps before hackers get the opportunity to exploit them. This is a complete paradigm shift that moves SOCs from always dousing fires to preventing them from igniting.”
StrikeReady, which will be debuting the latest version of its AI-powered Security Command Center at RSA Conference 2025, helps SOCs make this shift from firefighting to proactive protection through its proprietary Large Action Model (LAM) that directly executes defensive actions across the environment based on user prompts. This empowers SOC experts to go beyond mere analysis, and instead allows them to optimize existing security investments by centralizing management, preemptively countering sophisticated threats, and continuously improving security efficiency through automation and instant control validation.
As a result, cybersecurity analysts are able to save time—and avoid burnout from constantly doing rote tasks—while the product allows companies to save a significant amount of money. Every hour spent processing alerts can be cut down to one minute. And the four to six hours that are usually dedicated to reviewing threat intelligence reports? That time can be decreased to a staggering four to six minutes.
In addition, StrikeReady further boosts a SOC’s efficiency through its built-in case management features that eliminate external ticketing and zero trust collaboration with both internal and external teams. This makes auto-documentation the SOC’s standard operating procedure.
“When there’s a cybersecurity threat, time is of the essence. However, when SOCs are only spending their time fighting the threats of today, they don’t have the resources needed to proactively manage the threats of tomorrow,” Lanstein said. “StrikeReady understands how high the stakes are for cybersecurity professionals, as well as the organizations they work for, and we deliver the risk resolutions they need to keep their systems safe from the bad guys.”
