With employees working remotely and accessing resources and services across public, private, and hybrid clouds through several devices and networks, the attack surface for malicious actors continues to grow.

SOC teams can harden their security posture by combining security and IT operations solutions to defend against these attacks. But balancing the deluge of alerts and staffing adequately can become a challenge as the SOC needs to also continually add to their stack as new threats emerge. This guide helps SOC managers determine where to leverage automation in their workflows to significantly reduce resourcing and budget constraints while ensuring the best security for their organization.