A SOC (Security Operations Center) watches your network and devices 24x7x365 for signs of attack. Not just viruses – suspicious behavior, unauthorized access attempts, lateral movement, data exfiltration, and everything else that signals someone is in your environment who shouldn’t be.
We provide SOC monitoring through RocketCyber. Here’s what that actually means for your business.
What Gets Monitored
- Endpoint activity – Unusual process execution, privilege escalation attempts, suspicious file modifications
- Authentication events – Failed login attempts, logins from unusual locations, brute force attempts, impossible travel
- Network traffic patterns – Communication with known malicious IPs, unusual data transfers, C2 beaconing
- Firewall events – Blocked intrusion attempts, port scans, policy violations
- Email security events – Phishing attempts that made it past filters, credential harvesting pages accessed
What Happens When Something Is Detected
- Alert generated – RocketCyber flags the suspicious activity with severity and context
- Investigation – Is this a real threat or a false positive? The SOC analyzes the evidence.
- Response – If it’s real: isolate the device, kill the process, block the IP, contain the threat. Immediately.
- Notification – We contact you with what happened, what we did, and what to do next (if anything).
- Remediation – Full cleanup, root cause analysis, and hardening to prevent recurrence.
Why Small Businesses Need a SOC
Attackers don’t work 9-5. Most ransomware deploys at 2am on a Saturday when no one is watching. Without 24×7 monitoring:
- An attacker gets in Friday evening via phishing
- They spend Saturday mapping your network
- Sunday they disable your backups
- Monday at 3am they deploy ransomware across everything
- You arrive Monday morning to encrypted screens and a ransom note
With SOC monitoring, that attack is detected at step 1 or 2 – unusual login, credential use from unexpected location, lateral movement. Alert fires, response begins, threat contained before ransomware ever deploys.
The Cost Reality
Building your own SOC costs $500K+/year minimum (analysts, tools, infrastructure, 24×7 coverage). SOC-as-a-service through our managed IT gives you the same protection at a tiny fraction of that – included in your flat monthly rate, not a separate line item.
Compliance Value
SOC monitoring satisfies requirements in CMMC (continuous monitoring), SOC 2 (security event monitoring), HIPAA (information system activity review), and ISO 27001 (monitoring and logging). It’s one of the most impactful controls you can implement for both security and compliance.
Need IT help? Seashore IT provides managed IT for businesses with 5-250 computers across the Western US. Flat monthly rate, 30-60 minute response, 24x7x365. Call (833) 997-6886 or email info@seashoreit.com.
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