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is managed cyber defence critical to keeping your security promise?",[206,209],{"path":203,"langcode":207},{"id":208},"en",{"path":210,"langcode":211},"\u002Fde\u002Finsights\u002Fmanaged-cyber-defence-moderne-security-operations",{"id":212},"de",{"id":214,"sharedMediaLegend":215,"mediaImage":216,"name":241},"172960",null,{"url":217,"width":218,"height":219,"alt":220,"title":215,"size":221,"mime":222,"variations":215,"headerMinimalVariations":223},"https:\u002F\u002Fcms.zuehlke.com\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fimages\u002Fmanaged_cyber_defence_team.jpeg",1920,1281,"Cybersecurity engineer in a night-time security operations centre monitoring code on screens, delivering managed cyber defence and cyber security services with 24\u002F7 security monitoring, stronger cyber defence strategy, and faster security response times.",135878,"image\u002Fjpeg",[224,229,230,235,240],{"name":225,"url":226,"width":227,"height":228},"FOCAL_POINT32_SMALL","https:\u002F\u002Fcms.zuehlke.com\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fstyles\u002Ffocal_point_3_2_small\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002Fmanaged_cyber_defence_team.jpeg.webp?itok=dN1zKK3B",800,533,{"name":225,"url":226,"width":227,"height":228},{"name":231,"url":232,"width":233,"height":234},"FOCAL_POINT169_MEDIUM","https:\u002F\u002Fcms.zuehlke.com\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fstyles\u002Ffocal_point_16_9_medium\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002Fmanaged_cyber_defence_team.jpeg.webp?itok=7poZL7Mn",1200,675,{"name":236,"url":237,"width":238,"height":239},"FOCAL_POINT169_LARGE","https:\u002F\u002Fcms.zuehlke.com\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fstyles\u002Ffocal_point_16_9_large\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002Fmanaged_cyber_defence_team.jpeg.webp?itok=B45aaIii",1600,900,{"name":236,"url":237,"width":238,"height":239},"managed_cyber_defence_team.jpeg",{"processed":243},"\u003Cp>Discover how managed cyber defence delivers 24\u002F7 security monitoring, faster response times, and board-level cyber risk protection for modern organisations.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"id":214,"sharedMediaLegend":215,"mediaImage":245,"name":241},{"url":217,"width":218,"height":219,"alt":220,"title":215,"size":221,"mime":222,"variations":215},[247,254,259,301,305,326,331,337,348,404],{"__typename":248,"id":249,"ctaLink":215,"pgSharedText":250,"pgSharedTitle":215,"pgSharedCtaLink":215},"ParagraphPgText","34258",{"value":251,"processed":252,"format":253},"\u003Cp>The traditional security operations model was built for a different era. Today, owning security tools is easy, but being protected is harder. The gap becomes real when something goes wrong outside business hours, under pressure, and there is no one clearly accountable at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>When an organisation invests in security monitoring, there is an implicit expectation: \"Someone is watching. If something happens, it will be caught.\" This reflects the core promise of modern security operations — continuous oversight and timely response. In market terms, this promise is often associated with Managed Detection and Response (MDR): a service model designed not just to detect, but to take accountable action.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That expectation is reasonable. Yet, for many organisations, it’s not being consistently met. Not because of poor intent or lack of investment, but because the traditional model of security operations was designed for a different era. It \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fnode\u002F26433\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Discover how to simplify cybersecurity for a more resilient future\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"c732c7c9-a040-481f-a71f-9a325b0568c6\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\">cannot keep pace with complex, modern environments, emerging technologies, and evolving threats any longer\u003C\u002Fa>, particularly when 24\u002F7 security monitoring and rapid response capabilities are required.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The world has changed. Threat actors operate continuously, and response time now defines the difference between contained incidents and business disruption. At Zühlke, we believe it’s time for a different approach, one built for today and adaptable to the future as requirements evolve.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>The traditional security operations model was built for a different era. Today, owning security tools is easy, but being protected is harder. The gap becomes real when something goes wrong outside business hours, under pressure, and there is no one clearly accountable at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>When an organisation invests in security monitoring, there is an implicit expectation: \"Someone is watching. If something happens, it will be caught.\" This reflects the core promise of modern security operations — continuous oversight and timely response. In market terms, this promise is often associated with Managed Detection and Response (MDR): a service model designed not just to detect, but to take accountable action.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That expectation is reasonable. Yet, for many organisations, it’s not being consistently met. Not because of poor intent or lack of investment, but because the traditional model of security operations was designed for a different era. It \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen\u002Finsights\u002Fthe-complexity-trap-in-cybersecurity\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Discover how to simplify cybersecurity for a more resilient future\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"c732c7c9-a040-481f-a71f-9a325b0568c6\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\">cannot keep pace with complex, modern environments, emerging technologies, and evolving threats any longer\u003C\u002Fa>, particularly when 24\u002F7 security monitoring and rapid response capabilities are required.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The world has changed. Threat actors operate continuously, and response time now defines the difference between contained incidents and business disruption. At Zühlke, we believe it’s time for a different approach, one built for today and adaptable to the future as requirements evolve.\u003C\u002Fp>","full_html",{"__typename":248,"id":255,"ctaLink":215,"pgSharedText":256,"pgSharedTitle":258,"pgSharedCtaLink":215},"34259",{"value":257,"processed":257,"format":253},"\u003Cp>Here is a question worth asking: if it’s 3 am on a Sunday morning, and an alert fires in your environment, what happens next?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For many organisations, the honest answer is that it depends. It depends on how the alert is classified, on whether it crosses a severity threshold, and on the current staffing levels and shift patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This is not a criticism of individual providers. It is simply a consequence of how the industry evolved. Security operations grew out of IT operations, which grew out of business-hours support and the implicit assumption that most alerts could wait. That assumption no longer holds.\u003C\u002Fp>","The gap between security tools and real protection in cyber defence",{"__typename":260,"id":261,"columns":262,"listItems":263,"text":298,"title":299,"variant":300},"ParagraphPgContentList","34264","2col",[264,275,283,291],{"id":265,"icon":266,"link":215,"logo":215,"media":215,"text":270,"title":274},"34260",{"id":267,"file":268},"170294",{"url":269},"https:\u002F\u002Fcms.zuehlke.com\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002F2024-07\u002Fdouble-arrow-right-icon.svg",{"value":271,"processed":272,"format":273},"\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdigital-strategy.ec.europa.eu\u002Fen\u002Fpolicies\u002Fnis2-directive\">NIS2\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fnode\u002F25770\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"1ea65536-008a-476d-b4cf-3da8f0a5a1e6\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\">CRA\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eiopa.europa.eu\u002Fdigital-operational-resilience-act-dora_en\">DORA\u003C\u002Fa>, and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sec.gov\u002F\">SEC\u003C\u002Fa> disclosure rules mean response times are no longer just operational metrics but compliance requirements.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdigital-strategy.ec.europa.eu\u002Fen\u002Fpolicies\u002Fnis2-directive\">NIS2\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen\u002Finsights\u002Fcyber-resilience-act-how-the-eu-security-regulation-affects-business\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"1ea65536-008a-476d-b4cf-3da8f0a5a1e6\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"Cyber Resilience Act: how the EU security regulation affects business\">CRA\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eiopa.europa.eu\u002Fdigital-operational-resilience-act-dora_en\">DORA\u003C\u002Fa>, and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sec.gov\u002F\">SEC\u003C\u002Fa> disclosure rules mean response times are no longer just operational metrics but compliance requirements.\u003C\u002Fp>","content_list","Regulatory frameworks now have teeth",{"id":276,"icon":277,"link":215,"logo":215,"media":215,"text":279,"title":282},"34261",{"id":267,"file":278},{"url":269},{"value":280,"processed":281,"format":273},"\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fnode\u002F25821\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"c8d11376-e235-45b8-942b-a8fd161c227b\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\">Insurers increasingly ask detailed questions\u003C\u002Fa> about monitoring coverage and response capabilities, and the answers affect premiums and coverage terms.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen\u002Finsights\u002Fcyber-security-insurance\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"c8d11376-e235-45b8-942b-a8fd161c227b\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"Cyber insurance product development – challenge & opportunity\">Insurers increasingly ask detailed questions\u003C\u002Fa> about monitoring coverage and response capabilities, and the answers affect premiums and coverage terms.\u003C\u002Fp>","Cyber insurance is evolving",{"id":284,"icon":285,"link":215,"logo":215,"media":215,"text":287,"title":290},"34262",{"id":267,"file":286},{"url":269},{"value":288,"processed":289,"format":273},"\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fnode\u002F26325\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"bda6086f-ce1e-4fbc-ac76-abf37833cffd\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\">Modern threats, including those augmented by AI\u003C\u002Fa>, operate faster than traditional response models were designed to handle.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen\u002Finsights\u002Fcybersecurity-trends-2025-the-challenges-that-will-shape-the-future\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"bda6086f-ce1e-4fbc-ac76-abf37833cffd\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"Cybersecurity trends 2025: The challenges that will shape the future\">Modern threats, including those augmented by AI\u003C\u002Fa>, operate faster than traditional response models were designed to handle.\u003C\u002Fp>","Attack speed has increased dramatically",{"id":292,"icon":293,"link":215,"logo":215,"media":215,"text":295,"title":297},"34263",{"id":267,"file":294},{"url":269},{"value":296,"processed":296,"format":273},"\u003Cp>Hybrid work, cloud adoption, and digital transformation have created environments that require continuous vigilance.\u003C\u002Fp>","The attack surface has expanded permanently","Cybersecurity has evolved into a board-level business risk shaped by regulatory pressure, operational exposure, and accelerating threat dynamics:","Why security operations must adapt to a new risk landscape","icon",{"__typename":248,"id":302,"ctaLink":215,"pgSharedText":303,"pgSharedTitle":215,"pgSharedCtaLink":215},"34265",{"value":304,"processed":304,"format":253},"\u003Cp>The world has changed. The question is whether security operations have changed with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>The fire department principle in cyber defence: assuming all threats are urgent\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Consider how we think about fire protection. Most businesses do not build their own fire station, and they do not expect their facilities team to fight fires. Instead, they rely on specialists who do nothing else, professionals whose main job is to respond immediately when the alarm sounds, regardless of the time of the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>We would never accept a fire service that triages calls by priority and promises to investigate \"medium-severity smoke\" within 8-24 hours. The very idea seems absurd, because we recognise how quickly a small incident can become a major one, where response time determines the outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yet, this is precisely how much of today’s cyber defence services still operate. Not because providers are negligent, but because the model evolved that way. Tiered response made sense when alerts were fewer, systems were simpler, and attackers were slower. Today, that model creates a gap between detection and action, and it is in that gap that breaches tend to happen. This is where MDR-style operating models are meant to help: closing the distance between “we saw something” and “we did something” immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"__typename":260,"id":306,"columns":307,"listItems":308,"text":324,"title":325,"variant":300},"34269","1col",[309,314,319],{"id":310,"icon":215,"link":215,"logo":215,"media":215,"text":311,"title":313},"34266",{"value":312,"processed":312,"format":273},"\u003Cp>Providing genuine 24\u002F7 coverage is not just a matter of assigning out-of-hours responsibility. Once shifts, holidays, sick leave, and turnover are taken into account, most organisations need at least five to six experienced analysts to maintain consistent, reliable security operations at all times.\u003C\u002Fp>","True 24\u002F7 coverage requires depth",{"id":315,"icon":215,"link":215,"logo":215,"media":215,"text":316,"title":318},"34267",{"value":317,"processed":317,"format":273},"\u003Cp>Experienced security analysts are in short supply and come at a premium. In Switzerland, salaries commonly reach CHF 100,000 to 150,000 or more. Building and retaining a full team represents a significant ongoing investment, even before considering tools and infrastructure.\u003C\u002Fp>","Talent is scarce and expensive",{"id":320,"icon":215,"link":215,"logo":215,"media":215,"text":321,"title":323},"34268",{"value":322,"processed":322,"format":273},"\u003Cp>Incident response skills are developed through handling real incidents – lots of them. An internal team working within a single environment will inevitably see fewer scenarios than dedicated security operations supporting multiple clients. That broader exposure builds judgement, speed and confidence that are nearly impossible to replicate in-house.\u003C\u002Fp>","Expertise comes from exposure","Building internal security operations in-house can seem like the obvious answer. The logic is understandable as it offers direct control and keeps the capability close to the business. But the economics of sustaining true 24\u002F7 security monitoring and response are challenging:","Why most organisations cannot manage cyber defence on their own",{"__typename":248,"id":327,"ctaLink":215,"pgSharedText":328,"pgSharedTitle":215,"pgSharedCtaLink":215},"34270",{"value":329,"processed":330,"format":253},"\u003Cp>This is not a criticism of internal teams; many do excellent work. It is simply an acknowledgment that 24\u002F7 security operations, just like fire response, demand dedicated capability and constant readiness. For many, that level of focus is difficult to sustain internally and is often best delivered by specialists.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>What effective security operations look like in a managed cyber defence model\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>If the traditional model has limitations, then what does an effective alternative look like? Strong security operations are not defined by the number of tools in place, but by how quickly and consistently threats are turned into informed action. In practice, effective cyber defence comes down to a small number of characteristics that can be seen, tested, and trusted:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\"ea28919df5407dc0bd9d79807a32bd635\">\u003Cstrong>Response to all alerts, not just critical ones.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Attackers know which alerts are routinely deprioritised. Effective security treats every alert as potentially significant until proven otherwise.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\"ed6bd159e61578a6f21e5b0578d36929f\">\u003Cstrong>Speed measured in minutes, not hours.\u003C\u002Fstrong> If an alert appears in the middle of the night, investigation should begin within minutes, not wait until the next business day.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\"eeb0f9fcf8e93d44bab976d7d4fdec8ed\">\u003Cstrong>Transparency you can verify.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Response times, actions taken, and outcomes should be visible in real time, not inferred from monthly summary reports.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\"e47aa284a2cea57defdffcc79a152ed3e\">\u003Cstrong>Deep understanding of your environment.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Generic playbooks lead to generic results. Effective security requires genuine knowledge of your infrastructure and business context.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\"e6f8417c2c55d671b6dc3009381f58c17\">\u003Cstrong>Partnership, not just service delivery.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Protection works best when there   is direct communication with people who know your systems, rather than tickets disappearing into a queue. \u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>","\u003Cp>This is not a criticism of internal teams; many do excellent work. It is simply an acknowledgment that 24\u002F7 security operations, just like fire response, demand dedicated capability and constant readiness. For many, that level of focus is difficult to sustain internally and is often best delivered by specialists.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>What effective security operations look like in a managed cyber defence model\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>If the traditional model has limitations, then what does an effective alternative look like? Strong security operations are not defined by the number of tools in place, but by how quickly and consistently threats are turned into informed action. In practice, effective cyber defence comes down to a small number of characteristics that can be seen, tested, and trusted:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Response to all alerts, not just critical ones.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Attackers know which alerts are routinely deprioritised. Effective security treats every alert as potentially significant until proven otherwise.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Speed measured in minutes, not hours.\u003C\u002Fstrong> If an alert appears in the middle of the night, investigation should begin within minutes, not wait until the next business day.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Transparency you can verify.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Response times, actions taken, and outcomes should be visible in real time, not inferred from monthly summary reports.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Deep understanding of your environment.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Generic playbooks lead to generic results. 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