Cyber Defense Magazine Special Annual Edition for RSA Conference 2021

Why does our success story matter? The answer is simple - despite many companies making significant
cybersecurity investments, there was still a substantial need for self-sustain cybersecurity operations.
Focusing on the customer – we always want to set them up for success, and as I stated earlier – if they
cybersecurity customer is winning, the service provider is winning.
Our success highlights this need; Enter the rise of SecOps-As-A-Service and the shift to integrated
cybersecurity.
SecOps as a Service: Defining the Next Generation of Cybersecurity
Despite our success, companies were still getting breached and hacked despite the millions of dollars
spent acquiring “cutting-edge” cybersecurity tools. This led to the rapid, unsustainable growth of
conventional SecOps, forcing organizations to look at innovative ways to address their risk landscape.
It was clear, however, to us, that delivering a transformational, innovative approach to delivering
sustainable cybersecurity operations was working. Here’s how we at Difenda approach this problem
streamlined service offerings to cater to an outcome-based approach. This was a deliberate decision
made to focus on building deep-rooted capabilities in threat life cycle management, which included:
• Threat Modelling
• Threat Detection
• Threat Response
And then the ‘Ah-ha’ moment in 2019. The critical moment still defines our strategy today. We partnered
with Microsoft to beta test their latest solution—Azure Sentinel.
We knew our customers wanted to consolidate. They wanted better visibility into their cybersecurity
processes. They needed to turn data into a competitive advantage to enable decision-making. They
needed data to be accessible to justify decisions to internal leadership, boards, and other stakeholders.
What Microsoft was offering was the answer. It was the realized dream of a unified cybersecurity solution.
It was the first real example of what SecOps as a service and integrated cybersecurity could be. It was
the rise of the connected solution, one that leveraged all data available to allow companies to make the
best decisions possible. It was a solution that best used the latest technological innovations.
We were sold.
We knew exactly what a unified Microsoft solution could do against modern threats. And since then,
we’ve established deep expertise and capabilities in providing best-in-class MDR services using
Microsoft’s comprehensive portfolio of security technologies. And the best thing for our Microsoft clients?
A service provider that focused on it.
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