Cybersecurity Field Guide #8.0
Modernizing Your Security Operations
Prioritizing visibility, agility and reliability in threat detection and response are essential to enhancing security operations and overall business maturity. This guide explores key questions to consider when navigating market offerings and building a modern SecOps strategy.

The Topics and Summaries
State of the SOC
A security operations center (SOC) is the heart of an organization’s cybersecurity defense. As the threat landscape evolves, the definition of a SOC is also changing.
Security and business leaders must understand the reality of their SOC capabilities when developing a modern security operations strategy to tackle current threats.
Download the field guide to learn:
- What defines a modern SOC
- How to build a SOC strategy
- Top industry priorities for SOC modernization
SecOps Market Offerings
As advanced persistent threat (APT) groups and ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations continue to multiply, the security operations market landscape is equally evolving.
Organizations seeking to tackle these threats by scaling their SecOps program can benefit from an overview of key drivers and considerations for these current market offerings:
- In-house, fully managed and co-managed SOC options
- Managed offerings for endpoint detection and response (EDR), managed detection and response (MDR) and fusion centers
- Automation and AI/ML capabilities for a SIEM, data lake and other tools
Optiv’s Approach
Optiv follows the advise, deploy, operate model to ensure clients are supported from the strategizing to deployment to maturity of their security solutions. With offerings such as our MDR service, we help organizations shift to a proactive defense, increase risk awareness, shorten response times and remain resilient.
Learn about key differentiators when it comes to protecting clients from emerging and continuous threats:
- Enhanced detection and response continuously managed by Optiv on a 24/7/365 basis
- Vendor-inclusive threat management that provides visibility across the entirety of a client’s tech stack
- Expert advising on technology implementation, transformation and consolidation to ensure compliance and efficiency
Take a Look Inside
A modern security operations strategy involves an intricate balance of people, processes and technology. Optiv shares guidance on how security leaders can set specific, realistic goals for nurturing each of these areas to grow a SecOps program at scale.
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