Allan's guest this week is Erik Bloch. Erik Bloch is a cyber security leader, influencer, and pioneer. He currently sits as Senior Director of Detection and Response at Sprinklr, but has held many rolls in cybersecurity, including being a product manager for SIEM products more than once. 
 
This last point is relevant, because it makes it even more surprising that Erik is convinced that the SOC's utility has passed... 
 
Join Allan and Erik as they dive deep into why he thinks SOC is failing, the alternatives, what it takes to make an impactful change in incident response, and who to aim it towards. 
 
This conversation began when Allan read Erik's article on LinkedIn, “RIP SOC. Hello D-IR". 
 
Key Takeaways: 
 
01:16 Bio 
02:18 Erik’s article: why is SOC failing? 
05:01 What is the alternative? 
07:29 Implementing fundamentals where it counts 
10:15 Cloud Integration 
17:45 Cloud agnostic tooling solution 
23:27 The inevitability of a one-stop solution 
27:20 Targeting the right audience 
28:17 What surprises Erik in cyber security? 
30:24 Letting go is not easy 
 
Links: 
 
Learn more about Erik on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikbloch/'>LinkedIn</a>, and <a href='https://twitter.com/ejbloch'>Twitter</a>, and read his <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rip-soc-hello-d-ir-erik-bloch/'>LinkedIn article</a> 
Follow <a href='https://allanalford.com'>Allan Alford</a> on <a href='https://linkedin.com/in/allanalford'>LinkedIn</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/AllanAlfordinTX'>Twitter</a> 
Purchase a Cyber Ranch Podcast T-Shirt at the <a href='https://store.hackervalley.com/'>Hacker Valley Store</a> 
Learn more about <a href='https://hackervalley.com'>Hacker Valley Studio</a> and <a href='https://hackervalley.com/cyberranch'>The Cyber Ranch Podcast</a> 
Sponsored by our good friends at <a href='https://www.uptycs.com/'>Uptycs</a>

Allan's guest this week is Erik Bloch. Erik Bloch is a cyber security leader, influencer, and pioneer. He currently sits as Senior Director of Detection and Response at Sprinklr, but has held many rolls in cybersecurity, including being a product manager for SIEM products more than once. 

This last point is relevant, because it makes it even more surprising that Erik is convinced that the SOC's utility has passed... 

Join Allan and Erik as they dive deep into why he thinks SOC is failing, the alternatives, what it takes to make an impactful change in incident response, and who to aim it towards. 

This conversation began when Allan read Erik's article on LinkedIn, “RIP SOC. Hello D-IR". 

Key Takeaways: 

01:16 Bio 
02:18 Erik’s article: why is SOC failing? 
05:01 What is the alternative? 
07:29 Implementing fundamentals where it counts 
10:15 Cloud Integration 
17:45 Cloud agnostic tooling solution 
23:27 The inevitability of a one-stop solution 
27:20 Targeting the right audience 
28:17 What surprises Erik in cyber security? 
30:24 Letting go is not easy 

Links: 

Learn more about Erik on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikbloch/'>LinkedIn</a>, and <a href='https://twitter.com/ejbloch'>Twitter</a>, and read his <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rip-soc-hello-d-ir-erik-bloch/'>LinkedIn article</a>
Follow <a href='https://allanalford.com'>Allan Alford</a> on <a href='https://linkedin.com/in/allanalford'>LinkedIn</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/AllanAlfordinTX'>Twitter</a>
Purchase a Cyber Ranch Podcast T-Shirt at the <a href='https://store.hackervalley.com/'>Hacker Valley Store</a>
Learn more about <a href='https://hackervalley.com'>Hacker Valley Studio</a> and <a href='https://hackervalley.com/cyberranch'>The Cyber Ranch Podcast</a>
Sponsored by our good friends at <a href='https://www.uptycs.com/'>Uptycs</a>

Allan's guest this week is Erik Bloch. Erik Bloch is a cyber security leader, influencer, and pioneer. He currently sits as Senior Director of Detection and Response at Sprinklr, but has held many rolls in cybersecurity, including being a product man...

Allan's guest this week is Erik Bloch. Erik Bloch is a cyber security leader, influencer, and pioneer. He currently sits as Senior Director of Detection and Response at Sprinklr, but has held many rolls in cybersecurity, including being a product manager for SIEM products more than once. This last point is relevant, because it makes it even more surprising that Erik is convinced that the SOC's utility has passed... Join Allan and Erik as they dive deep into why he thinks SOC is failing, the alternatives, what it takes to make an impactful change in incident response, and who to aim it towards. This conversation began when Allan read Erik's article on LinkedIn, “RIP SOC. Hello D-IR". Key Takeaways: 01:16 Bio 02:18 Erik’s article: why is SOC failing? 05:01 What is the alternative? 07:29 Implementing fundamentals where it counts 10:15 Cloud Integration 17:45 Cloud agnostic tooling solution 23:27 The inevitability of a one-stop solution 27:20 Targeting the right audience 28:17 What surprises Erik in cyber security? 30:24 Letting go is not easy Links: Learn more about Erik on LinkedIn, and Twitter, and read his LinkedIn articleFollow Allan Alford on LinkedIn and TwitterPurchase a Cyber Ranch Podcast T-Shirt at the Hacker Valley StoreLearn more about Hacker Valley Studio and The Cyber Ranch PodcastSponsored by our good friends at Uptycs

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