How long does it take your security teams to detect a potential threat, correlate relevant data, and initiate a response action? The 555 Benchmark for Cloud Detection and Response is a goal-oriented framework developed to challenge organizations to detect a threat within 5 seconds, investigate within 5 minutes, and respond within 5 minutes. It’s not just something you can implement or use to solve your cloud security struggles. It’s about testing and improving your cloud security operations and processes to reduce the risk of material breaches, reputational damage, and financial loss. 555 is a framework by which you can shift your organization’s security mindset, because you have 10 minutes or less to stop a cloud attack.
Introducing the 555 guides for CISOs and practitioners
Sysdig published two guides to support and encourage organizations to strive for 10-minute incident response.
One is for the practitioners who work in and around the SOC, the ones who are in the trenches and on the front lines.
“Tools alone are not enough to detect and respond to cloud attacks in real time. You must also adopt new mindsets about security — new skills, an updated outlook, and refined finesse.”
The 555 Guide for Cloud Security Practitioners
The other is for the CISOs and senior security leaders who are leading teams through battle and providing strategic and tactical reports to other business functions and the board regarding security value, risk, and impact.
“Depending on an organization’s size and industry, the cost of unplanned downtime can vary between $138,000 and $540,000 per hour.”
With these two guides, security personnel at every level can engage in constructive discussions using shared language to drive real progress. By following the strategies outlined, they can implement changes that modernize and speed up cloud security practices, turning what were once ambitious goals into actionable results.
Enterprise security is like a symphony orchestra, with the CISO as the conductor. An oboist probably can’t fill in for a violinist, but there is a mutual respect for each other’s role and responsibilities. The two contribute their unique skills to the overall performance, just as SOC analysts, developers, IT, infrastructure, and other business functions contribute unique skills to the overall performance of organizational security. The coordination and harmony between different elements are crucial for creating a seamless and secure environment, and just as important to establishing and maintaining speedy threat detection and response.
What you’ll learn
These guides facilitate all levels of security professionals in maturing and modernizing the SOC and incident response processes together through proactive actions requiring collaboration, integration, and automation.
- Collaborate cross-functionally inside and outside of security and technical teams to bring new and innovative perspectives to security processes.
- Integrate your existing API-driven security tools with modern cloud-native tools for visibility across your entire environment and simplification of security processes.
- Automate as much of your detection, investigation, and response actions as possible.
Fast and Automated Incident Response = Less Attack Risk = Lower Chance of Materiality = Business and Operational Value of Security.
If your organization is operating in the cloud, now is the time to up your game. You might be surprised to learn that there are ways to modernize your cloud threat detection and response processes without spending an exorbitant amount of money. Orchestrate your people, processes, and tools, and harmonize the security efforts of the business.
Read and share the 555 Guide for CISOs and Security Leaders and the 555 Guide for Cloud Security Practitioners, and get ready to elevate your cloud threat detection and response to the next level. Start your journey towards better, faster security today by securing every second.