24/7 SOC Guide

Cyber threats don’t keep office hours. A typical working week leaves 75% of the time outside 9am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, and attackers know it. But 24/7 security means more than leaving a dashboard open overnight. It takes the right mix of people, processes, technology and the ability to respond when something happens at 2am.

Our 24/7 SOC Guide follows a single night shift, from 18:00 to 09:00, to help you work out how much coverage your organisation really needs, what it has to achieve, and whether to build, share or outsource it.

Inside the guide

• Why out-of-hours coverage matters, and why attackers target evenings, weekends and holidays
• The difference between 24/7 monitoring and 24/7 detection and response
• What a 24/7 SOC really needs: people, processes, technology and the ability to act
• Whether Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001 and the UK NIS Regulations require 24/7 monitoring
• The staffing maths: why covering one seat around the clock takes six or more analysts
• Where AI and automation fit, and the questions to ask any provider about how they use AI
• The 2am test: a simple way to check what would really happen if an incident started tonight
• Three ways to deliver 24/7 security (in-house, co-managed or managed detection and response) and how to choose between them

Who the 24/7 SOC Guide is for

Written for IT directors, heads of IT, security leaders and CISOs weighing up how to protect their organisation around the clock.

Prefer a quicker read first? Our online guide to 24/7 SOC coverage covers the essentials and includes an interactive readiness check.

Download the guide and find out whether your organisation is ready for 24/7 security.