Is the SOC Dead? w/ Erik Bloch

Allan's guest this week is Erik Bloch. Erik Bloch is a cyber security leader, influencer, and pioneer. He currently sits as Senior Director of Detection and Response at Sprinklr, but has held many rolls in cybersecurity, including being a product manager for SIEM products more than once.

This last point is relevant, because it makes it even more surprising that Erik is convinced that the SOC's utility has passed...

Join Allan and Erik as they dive deep into why he thinks SOC is failing, the alternatives, what it takes to make an impactful change in incident response, and who to aim it towards.

This conversation began when Allan read Erik's article on LinkedIn, “RIP SOC. Hello D-IR".

Key Takeaways:

01:16 Bio
02:18 Erik’s article: why is SOC failing?
05:01 What is the alternative?
07:29 Implementing fundamentals where it counts
10:15 Cloud Integration
17:45 Cloud agnostic tooling solution
23:27 The inevitability of a one-stop solution
27:20 Targeting the right audience
28:17 What surprises Erik in cyber security?
30:24 Letting go is not easy

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