Automate Security Operations With The Multilayered Fortinet Automated SOC Solution
Automate Security Operations With The Multilayered Fortinet Automated SOC Solution
Executive Overview
As the threat landscape becomes more complex, organizations struggle to keep up
with increasing risk. The security operations center (SOC) is expected to defend
against unrelenting, ever-more sophisticated cyberattacks. However, according to
a recent study, more than half of respondents believe that the security operations
environment has become more difficult to manage over the last two years.1
81% of organizations
Unfortunately, these difficulties come at a time when the cybersecurity skills shortage believe that their security
is worsening. Another study found that 3.4 million additional workers are needed operations have been
globally to secure assets effectively—a year-over-year increase of 26%.2 negatively impacted by the
skills shortage.4
It’s important for enterprise security leaders to have a comprehensive toolset that
includes:
n Behavior-based sensors that can be deployed across the digital attack surface for early detection and response
n A centralized platform for analytics and synergistic response
n Outsourcing and consulting services for operational readiness, staff augmentation, and assisted response
Fortinet can help fill the skills gap with all the necessary components for automated security operations. Organizations that
fully deployed artificial intelligence (AI) and automation had a mean time to detect and contain that was 74 days faster, with an
average cost of a breach that was $3M less than those with no AI and automation.3
The Automated SOC: Keeping Pace with a Constantly Evolving Cyber-Threat Landscape
The cybersecurity threat landscape is rapidly evolving, and many companies are not able to adapt quickly enough. Depending
on the organization, this can be due to a limited number of skilled personnel, operational complexities, or inadequate
technology—or a combination of the three. Fortifying against accelerating cyber threats demands security solutions that shift
workloads away from overburdened and understaffed SOC teams while empowering them to achieve more.
By using intelligent security automation, these tools not only reduce mean time to detection (MTTD) and mean time to response
(MTTR) but also improve operational efficiency. The result is that security teams can provide more robust protection, reducing
risk without increasing headcount.
With Fortinet, organizations can implement best-practice processes and roll out technology that provides both robust security
and SOC automation—actions that can help mitigate staffing challenges while improving the overall security posture.
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This means that smaller, multi-function teams need to be selective about the products they have in their cybersecurity
technology stack. According to Gartner, 80% of organizations are either currently or planning to consolidate security vendors to
provide an integrated security architecture for an expanded attack surface—while improving efficiency.6 As many organizations
have learned from experience, adding another disconnected tool to the stack makes security operations more complex.
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Although extensive visibility can help organizations quickly detect potential threats, their response tends to be fragmented
and slow, thanks to lengthy manual workflows. But security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) solutions enable
security teams to use automation to speed incident response and reduce risk.
Building on the capabilities of FortiAnalyzer and FortiSIEM, FortiSOAR helps an organization optimize its security processes by
leveraging well-defined security playbooks. It automates repetitive tasks and responses to frequent threats and uses ML to
eliminate false positives so that teams can focus on the alerts that matter. As a result, security teams can become proactive
rather than reactive, freeing up analyst time for more strategic tasks.
Teams with more modest SOAR requirements that are using FortiAnalyzer can access the FortiSOAR container, which supplies a
version of the Fortinet SOAR technology within FortiAnalyzer. This adds tighter orchestration and an automated threat response
functionality with the convenience of an out-of-the-box deployment.
The MDR Service is designed for customers of the FortiEDR advanced endpoint security platform. MDR provides organizations
with 24x7 continuous threat monitoring, alert triage, and incident handling by experienced analysts and the platform. MDR is
designed to help organizations defeat even the most advanced attacks.
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To do so, Fortinet experts monitor the alerts produced by FortiEDR for customers.
This team reviews and analyzes every alert, proactively hunts threats, and takes
actions on behalf of customers to ensure they are protected according to their
risk profile. Additionally, the FortiGuard team provides guidance and next steps to
incident responders and IT administrators.
While many incidents can be addressed by FortiEDR and the MDR Service,
sometimes organizations will need more customized services, which are available
through the FortiGuard Incident Response and Readiness Service. This FortiGuard 90% of organizations currently
service assists customers with the analysis, response, containment, and automate at least some security
operations processes, and
remediation of security incidents to reduce the time to resolution, limiting the overall
35% plan to purchase security
impact on an organization. In addition to serving FortiEDR customers (whether or
operations tools to automate and
not they have subscribed to the MDR Service), FortiGuard Incident Response and
orchestrate security operations
Readiness Service can also help organizations that have not deployed FortiEDR for a in the next 12 to 18 months.9
specific incident or breach investigation.
1
“SOC Modernization and the Role of XDR,” ESG, October 24, 2022.
2
“2022 Cybersecurity Workforce Study,” (ISC)2, accessed November 7, 2022.
3
“Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022,” IBM Security, July 2022.
4
“SOC Modernization and the Role of XDR,” ESG, October 24, 2022.
5
“Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022,” IBM Security, July 2022.
6
Peter Firstbrook, et al., “Top Trends in Cybersecurity 2022,” Gartner, February 18, 2022.
7
“2023 State of Security Report,” Cybersecurity Insiders, accessed November 9, 2022.
8
“Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022,” IBM Security, July 2022.
9
“SOC Modernization and the Role of XDR,” ESG, October 24, 2022.
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