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SOC/Detection Maturity Review

Two-day review of your SOC and detection chain. Not how many alerts come in. Whether the right alerts lead to action in time.

Why this investigation

What it delivers, recognisable per role.

For the CISO

An independent verdict on whether the detection chain covers what it should. And where the blind spots are.

For the SOC manager

Insight into where the team loses capacity to noise. And where the actual detection gaps are.

For the Head of IT

A telemetry review. Which logs are missing, and which deliver nothing.

For the CFO

Insight where the SOC investment yields return. And where money disappears into tooling that does not contribute.

For the detection engineer

Independent peer review of detection rules. Which work, which produce noise.

For the board

An independent verdict on whether the detection function delivers what is expected of it. Not whether the tooling works, whether the organisation steers it.

The challenge

Many alerts is not the same as good detection.

Most SOC teams drown in alerts while the real attacks disappear in the noise. The question is not whether the dashboard blinks. Whether the right signals lead to action at the right moment. We test whether that is the case.

What you get

A review on process, telemetry and team.

  • Final report with findings on three core dimensions: process, telemetry, team.
  • A list of detection gaps, weighted on actual attack relevance.
  • Concrete recommendations to reduce noise and increase relevance.
  • A prioritisation with the first three improvement steps.
How it works

Four phases, three weeks duration.

01

Intake

Short session in which we determine scope and environment. Which SOC functions, which vendors, which interlocutors.

02

Investigation

Two-day review with SOC manager, detection engineers and IT. Plus a sample of detection rules and alerts.

03

Analysis

We weigh findings against current attack techniques and the existing detection chain.

04

Report

Final report with grounded findings and concrete follow-up steps. Within three weeks of intake. Including debrief.

Investment

A scoped review. Not an open-ended track.

A SOC/Detection Maturity Review is a scoped investigation. Not an open-ended track. Duration is three weeks from intake. The investment depends on scope (number of SOC functions, vendors, available telemetry). We discuss that in a first conversation.

The senior who does the work

Rasham Rastegarpour

Senior detection architect. Spent years vendor-side at ReliaQuest, Blackberry-Cylance and Balbix.

Knows the detection market from the inside. Runs the review and writes the report in person.

30 minutes. No pitch. Clarity.

In a first conversation we determine whether a SOC/Detection Review fits your question.