Infoblox, a leader in cloud networking and security services, has announced the launch of its AI-driven security operations solution, SOC Insights, designed to boost its DNS Detection and Response solution, BloxOne Threat Defense. This innovative capability aims to reduce critical security operations challenges faced by security teams, including analyst burnout, alert fatigue, and the skills shortage.
Introduction to Infoblox
Infoblox is a pioneering company in cloud networking and security services. With a focus on delivering unmatched performance and protection, Infoblox provides real-time visibility and control over who and what connects to your network. This enables organizations to run faster and stop threats earlier. Trusted by Fortune 100 companies and emerging innovators, Infoblox is committed to revolutionizing the way organizations approach security and networking.
The Challenge: Overwhelming Security Events
Security operations centers (SOCs) face a daunting task in managing the sheer volume of security events that flood their systems every day. This deluge of alerts, network data, and threat intelligence can overwhelm even the most experienced analysts, leading to inefficiencies and increased risk. The traditional approach of relying solely on human analysts to sift through these events is no longer sustainable, as it can lead to alert fatigue, analyst burnout, and a higher risk of missing critical threats.
Introducing SOC Insights
Infoblox’s SOC Insights capability addresses these challenges by applying AI-driven analytics to vast amounts of security events, network, ecosystem, and unique DNS intelligence data. This powerful solution empowers security analysts to jump-start investigations that truly matter and dramatically reduce response time by turning complex data into actionable insights at AI-speed.
Key Features of SOC Insights
- AI-Driven Analytics: SOC Insights uses AI to analyze massive amounts of data, quickly correlating events and prioritizing them based on more than just malware risk ranking.
- Actionable Insights: The solution provides actionable insights that enable analysts to focus on the most critical threats, reducing the need for manual analysis and increasing efficiency.
- Streamlined Investigations: SOC Insights consolidates individual alerts into unique insights, eliminating the need for analysts to spend time tracking each alert or waiting on NetOps for user and device information.
- Enhanced Contextual Information: The solution provides easy access to device, event, and attacker infrastructure details, along with Infoblox’s unique DNS intelligence data, to help analysts better understand the context of a threat.
Benefits of SOC Insights
- Reduced Alert Fatigue: SOC Insights helps analysts quickly identify which events matter most, reducing the overwhelming number of alerts and increasing focus on critical threats.
- Improved Analyst Efficiency: By automating the analysis of vast amounts of data, SOC Insights frees up analysts to focus on high-priority tasks and reduces the risk of human error.
- Enhanced Threat Detection: The solution’s AI-driven analytics enable more effective threat detection and response, reducing the risk of missing critical threats and improving overall security posture.
Conclusion
Infoblox’s SOC Insights capability is a game-changer for security operations centers, enabling them to stay ahead of the evolving threat landscape while addressing the critical challenges of analyst burnout, alert fatigue, and the skills shortage. By leveraging AI-driven analytics and unique DNS intelligence, SOC Insights empowers security analysts to focus on what truly matters, ensuring faster and more effective threat detection and response.