CYBER RISK MANAGEMENT SERVICES

SOC Assessment

Transform your SOC by aligning your unique threat profile and recommended best practices based on our real-life experience. Assess and test your current playbooks and processes to create a roadmap for SOC excellence that empowers your business to thrive.

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Why Unit 42

BENEFITS

Measure your defenses against evolving threats and apply customized recommendations to improve your SOC

With a Unit 42® SOC Assessment, you will understand the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities of your current SOC, based on your geography, industry and more. Define the target state of your SOC to improve your threat detection and response and reduce the risk to your organization.

Define your unique threat landscape

Discover and understand your expanding attack surface and establish a baseline of threats most likely to impact your business by collaborating with Unit 42 experts.

Transform your SecOps program

Align your people, process and technology by assessing existing playbooks, security tools and SOC structure against your unique threat landscape and apply cybersecurity best practices to improve your security operations.

Accelerate your customized SOC evolution

Regardless of your cybersecurity maturity, apply your new knowledge and tailor-made roadmap to support your organization’s business goals and improve the detection and response capabilities of your SOC.

SERVICE FEATURES

Here’s what we deliver

Our SOC Assessment combines threat intelligence and Unit 42 SOC expertise to help transform your SecOps program and reduce business risk.

RECOMMENDATIONS & REMEDIATION ROADMAP

THREAT PROFILE ANALYSIS AND HEATMAPS

ATTACK SURFACE OUTPUT

EXECUTIVE REPORT

METHODOLOGY

A collaborative, threat-focused engagement to improve your SOC

SCOPE

Understand Your Requirements

Discuss your SOC’s operating model, overall environment and requirements to tailor the engagement to your specific situation.

ASSESS

Threat Posture Assessment

Align on threat actor groups targeting you and risk-rank their associated tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).

DISCOVER

Attack Surface Assessment

Leverage Cortex Xpanse and Unit 42 experts to map out your external attack surface that requires protection.

ANALYZE

Attack Simulation

Simulate relevant adversarial behavior from the Threat Posture Assessment on critical assets to test your defenses.

ANALYZE

Intel-Led SOC Maturity Assessment

Evaluate your SOC against the proprietary framework of our Palo Alto Networks SOC to identify areas of improvement.

IMPROVE

Define Security Posture Improvements

Increase your cybersecurity maturity with a detailed report and roadmap including prioritized recommendations to mitigate risk.

WHY UNIT 42

World-renowned security experts, always in your corner

As an industry-leading threat intelligence, cyber risk management and incident response organization, it's our job to help you prepare and respond to some of the most challenging threats so that your team can get back to business faster. As threats escalate, we act as your trusted partner to advise and strengthen your security strategies.

WORLD-CLASS THREAT INTELLIGENCE

Unit 42 provides access to one of the world’s largest and most experienced threat intelligence teams. Our team of more than 200 cyberthreat researchers includes threat hunters, malware reverse engineers and threat modeling experts who enable you to apply a threat-informed approach to prepare for and respond to the latest cyberthreats.

TRUSTED EXPERTISE & EXPERIENCE

Unit 42 has assembled an experienced team of security consultants with backgrounds in public and private sectors who have handled some of the largest cyberattacks in history. We manage complex cyber risks and respond to advanced threats, including nation-state attacks, APTs and complex ransomware investigations.

INDUSTRY-LEADING TOOLS

Unit 42 security consultants leverage industry-leading Palo Alto Networks tools to jump-start your investigation by gaining necessary visibility across your endpoint, network, cloud and third-party data. This enables you to develop and execute a plan to get back to business as quickly as possible following an incident.

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