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A Start-up view on Automated Deployments
Why “mediocrity” is your friend (for now at least) SOC.OS is a security alert correlation, enrichment and prioritisation tool that was born in an internal incubator program at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence. In June 2020, the SOC.OS team and product...Read more
6 min read
Alix Wilcock
2021-02-04

The Needle in the Needlestack
After a great deal of time spent on video calls to friends and family describing the rollercoaster year the SOC.OS team has just had, I often found myself answering questions such as; Is a cybersecurity alert like a mobile notification?...Read more
10 min read
Team SOC.OS
2021-01-13

Lateral Movement 101
Lateral movement is often mentioned in write-ups of multi-stage cyber-attacks. But what is it? Otherwise known as MITRE ATT&CK®’s Tactic TA0008, lateral movement is used by adversaries to navigate their way through a victim’s network. Typically, they’ll exploit vulnerabilities and...Read more
3 min read
Nuala Armstrong-Walsh
2020-12-23

Life as an Intern at SOC.OS
I joined SOC.OS in August of 2020, approximately a month and a half after their spin out from BAE Systems Applied Intelligence. At SOC.OS, the team are dedicated to fostering an environment of constant improvement – that of the product...Read more
4 min read
Nuala Armstrong-Walsh
2020-12-17

Mapping Alerts to the MITRE ATT&CK® framework.
In the ongoing fight against cyber-threats, alert mapping is a useful tool for security analysts. It allows organisations to build an “alert library” via which they can better understand and contextualise threats going forward. As such, it’s fundamental to what...Read more
3 min read
Nuala Armstrong-Walsh
2020-11-23

Defending your castle with MITRE ATT&CK®
Using the common language of MITRE ATT&CK to structure cybersecurity for your SMB and protect your digital estate. A knowledge gap is the discrepancy between what is known and what should be known. What is known is: The widely held...Read more
6 min read
Dave Mareels
2020-10-19