The Ultimate Guide to Security Operations Centres
A curated Irish edition of IndustrialDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Security Operations Centres (SOCs).
What to know about Security Operations Centres
A Security Operations Centre (SOC) serves as the critical hub for monitoring, detecting, and responding to cybersecurity threats within organisations. Covering a wide spectrum of digital environments, SOCs integrate advanced technologies such as AI, machine learning, and automation tools to enhance threat detection and incident response capabilities.
Exploring recent developments in this field reveals insights on evolving challenges like alert fatigue, skills shortages, and the increasing complexity of cyberattack surfaces. Readers can learn how organisations leverage innovations in SOC-as-a-Service, AI-driven threat hunting, and next-generation platforms to build adaptable, efficient security operations tailored to their needs.
Whether you are an IT professional, security analyst, or business leader, following stories under the 'Security Operations Centre' tag offers valuable perspectives on managing cyber risk, improving operational efficiency, and preparing your organisation for the dynamic cybersecurity landscape ahead.
Irish Security Operations Centres News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
ManageEngine automates final TLS certificate deployment
Shorter TLS validity periods are set to increase outage risk and admin workload, prompting ManageEngine to automate post-renewal deployment.
Integrity360 boosts FBD cyber defences across Ireland
Tighter regulation and rising cyber threats are pushing insurers to bolster defences for customer data and operational systems.
ManageEngine rolls out Zia Agents for IT automation
The rollout gives enterprise IT teams autonomous task execution across service, security and endpoint management, with built-in privacy controls.
Renaissance partners with CyberSmart to widen Ireland reach
Irish businesses will gain access to a single platform for threat detection, compliance and staff training as a new channel deal broadens coverage.
Irish firms face ransomware resilience gap, report warns
Many organisations overestimate their ability to recover from ransomware, as 57% of Irish respondents reported at least one attack in two years.
eSentire awards bursary to MTU cybersecurity student
The award will fund and place Munster Technological University student Bartosz Lipinski in eSentire's Cork security operations centre amid a widening EU skills gap.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Security Operations Centres
Searchlight Cyber launches pre-emptive threat platform
CrowdStrike named leader in IDC MarketScape MDR study
Citrix adds managed observability & developer services
Menlo expands AI agent security for Copilot & Gemini
Cato launches AI threat prevention for cyber attacks
Featured News
Lumana's focus on vertical applications for AI video surveillance platform
Lumana's Principal Product Manager says its camera-agnostic AI platform is expanding beyond security into retail, healthcare and smart cities.
Check Point CTO on AI's double-edged sword
AI is shrinking the gap between vulnerability disclosure and real-world exploitation to hours, forcing security teams to adapt fast.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
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Check Point: Hackers are already in. Act accordingly
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in hours or minutes, leaving many organisations compromised before defenders spot the breach.
Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious
Behavioural analytics is becoming essential as AI agents can pursue tasks so efficiently that they may cause damage without any malicious intent.
Exclusive: Reco COO on securing the AI inside your SaaS stack
Reco COO Zoe Hillenmeyer says enterprises typically underestimate their AI agent exposure by a factor of ten and that gap is widening.
Reviews
Expert Columns
When AI memory, simulation and provenance collide
Supercharged security: Cyber risk in the age of frontier AI
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Why faster AI is exposing slower security thinking
AI does not invent cyber risk, it accelerates it
Your annual penetration testing is already out of date
What Swiss Cheese teaches us about choosing MDR
While OT security is maturing, risk is not slowing down
Stop confusing demos with POCs - Your pipeline depends on it
Your Immune System Doesn't Wait. Neither Should Your Security
Unlocking intelligence with access control
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Security Operations Centres News
Irish tech leaders see stronger returns & AI focus
Irish tech leaders report stronger returns on digital spend than global peers, as AI strategies sharpen and cyber risk climbs the agenda.
Qualcom invests EUR €500,000 in secure AI services
Qualcom launches EUR €500,000 secure AI push in Ireland, creating new practice, hiring specialists and partnering with NROC on services.
AI-driven cybercrime surges at scale, Flashpoint warns
Stolen credentials and AI-generated phishing are accelerating attacks, as Flashpoint tracked 22 million illicit discussions and 7.4 million infected hosts.
NIST seeks input to modernise vulnerability database
Security teams could gain more useful risk signals as NIST weighs changes to the National Vulnerability Database amid surging flaw volumes and AI use.
Cyber attacks rise 16% as ransomware surges in July
Ransomware victims jumped 49% in July, while organisations worldwide also faced 16% more cyber attacks year on year.
Security chiefs more worried than staff over AI governance
Senior security leaders are increasingly focused on how AI vendors handle sensitive data, as adoption in security operations becomes routine.
Cloud security report finds gaps differ by provider
Multi-cloud security teams face different risks on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, with misconfigurations high across all three providers.
SonicWall launches endpoint security service for MSP market
Smaller businesses could gain cheaper ransomware protection as managed service providers get a new endpoint security option from SonicWall.
Google adds cluster-wide network policy to GKE preview
The preview could help GKE users enforce cluster-wide security without clashing with namespace rules, especially in multi-tenant environments.
Netskope launches DataSec Command Centre for data security
Fragmented defences are leaving most security teams unable to trace sensitive data after incidents, according to Netskope research.
PDQ adds ticketing integrations & macOS vulnerability tools
IT teams can now handle Mac and Windows vulnerabilities in one workflow, while support agents gain ticketing links that cut manual lookups and errors.
DXC & Primary launch AI Zero Trust security service
Enterprises adopting AI in production face tighter governance and compliance risks as DXC will manage Primary's Zero Trust platform.
Iveda completes EU AI Act readiness for video analytics
The readiness push could help the Arizona-based group win European customers as regulators scrutinise video analytics more closely under the EU AI Act.
SonicWall launches Gen 8 NSv virtual firewall range
Customers can now scale firewall protection from a single branch to enterprise cloud estates without changing SonicOS or management tools.
RiskProfiler launches KnyX Autonomous Investigations
Security teams can now automate repetitive threat triage and response as AI agents assess alerts, gather evidence and act under policy controls.
Proofpoint joins Google security programme as partner
Businesses can now tie email and collaboration defences into Google Cloud, as Proofpoint gains formal backing for tighter security integration.
CrowdStrike launches AI security challenge with AWS
Defenders will test prompt-injection tactics against AI agents as CrowdStrike and AWS offer USD $100,000 in prizes for a virtual red-team contest.
Tenable launches free CyberAgents Exchange for AI security
Security teams can now reuse and share AI cyber tools in one free, vendor-neutral marketplace, as Tenable seeks to curb duplication and lock-in.
Elisity launches CLI for customer-run AI security agents
Customers can now run their own AI agents against Elisity's platform to continuously verify Zero Trust policies and spot drift faster.
Linux Foundation seeks AI security incident sharing rules
A proposed framework could help firms share AI security failures confidentially, as concern grows over agentic systems that act across corporate tools.