Hidden, exorbitant costs erode ROI

The time has come to transcend the limitations of antiquated SOAR solutions. These were born in an era of traditional on-premises networks and relatively static attack surfaces, and they now falter against the sophisticated, multi-faceted attack strategies of today.

Organisations relying on these outdated SOAR systems struggle with unwieldy security stacks and exhausted SOC teams, at a time when cybersecurity talent is scarce. In this exploration, we delve into the core issues plaguing SOAR and unveil how hyperautomation offers a transformative solution.

The Weight of Monolithic Legacy

SOAR, an on-premises monolithic solution, is ensnared by its non-scalable architecture, making it cumbersome and slow to extend, update, and maintain. Consequently, its total cost of ownership (TCO) far exceeds the initial investment, eventually reaching a point where no amount of expenditure can extend its capabilities. The onboarding and troubleshooting costs further erode ROI, rendering the investment exceedingly high and the returns slow to materialise.

The legacy licensing structure of SOAR, devised in a bygone era, compounds the issue. Originally, it made sense to price based on user/analyst numbers, usage scale, data volume, and sometimes the number of security alerts handled. However, modern organisational goals prioritise efficiency and automation for expanding teams, making this approach increasingly cost-ineffective.

“Too many processes are still done manually. Business lines often expand their digital footprint without fully considering the cybersecurity consequences. According to IDC’s DataSphere, data is growing at 30% year over year. Without continually adding new point products and appliances (which also take time to install), none of the current detection and response platforms will scale, no matter how experienced or disciplined a security operations team is.” – IDC

The Hidden Costs of SOAR

  • Initial Setup and Implementation Costs: SOAR demands significant investment in automation development, setup, and deployment. Its complexity and time-consuming nature in setting up, extending, and updating push the TCO beyond the initial investment. Onboarding and troubleshooting further inflate costs, slowing any potential ROI.
  • Maintenance and Support for Self-Managed Infrastructure: Continuous monitoring, troubleshooting, and adjustments rapidly escalate costs, driving the TCO skyward and putting ROI out of reach.
  • Personnel and Professional Services: Building playbooks necessitates costly professional services. Hiring in-house SecOps professionals is also prohibitively expensive due to high demand and low supply, especially for smaller organisations.
  • Custom Development Requirements: Customising SOAR to align with organisational needs incurs additional costs, adding to the already substantial investment.
  • Reconfiguration and Maintenance of Rigid Playbooks and Processes: Adapting SOAR to prevent delayed response times and maintain agility is costly. Yet, security solutions must adapt to the evolving threat landscape, leaving organisations with a dilemma: pay up or stagnate.

 

QUANTU HYPERAUTOMATION SOLUTIONS: FASTER TIME TO ROI

Quantu revolutionises security automation with its innovative hyperautomation technology, designed to deliver faster and more cost-effective solutions. Our workflows are ready for implementation from day one, ensuring immediate value.

Frictionless Integrations

“Integrate Anything. Automate Everything.” This is the core philosophy behind Quantu’s integration capabilities. With Quantu Hyperautomation, integration potential is virtually limitless. Whether it’s a widely-used system or a niche application, we can connect to it if it can communicate. This flexibility is achieved through our open architecture, accommodating a wide range of systems and technologies via APIs, webhooks, or remote command line interfaces. By creating automated security workflows, Quantu not only simplifies integration but also enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of Security Operations.

No-Code Development (Democratisation)

In today’s DevSecOps-centric world, collaboration between development, security, and IT operations teams is paramount. However, this collaboration is hindered if Security Operations rely on complex configuration files understandable only to specialised engineers. No-code security automation eliminates this barrier. Visualised security rules and workflows on dashboards allow every stakeholder to understand the state of security operations, democratising cybersecurity management across the entire organisation. For maximum flexibility, existing code required for automations can be dragged and dropped into the visual workflow editor.

AI-Driven Case Management

Quantu’s case management solution automatically transforms large volumes of events and signals into contextually enriched cases. These cases are prioritised by severity, priority, and ownership, with intelligent signal correlation to open, update, enrich, or close cases, making human interaction optional. Quantu’s AI-driven approach enriches case context, ensuring human involvement only when necessary, such as for judgment calls. Alerts are sorted by priority, and intelligent analysis determines the next steps with flexible event-driven workflows connecting existing security tools to perform required actions.

Quantu Insights for Measurable Gains

Quantu Insights provides granular visibility into operational efficiencies and time reductions, allowing organisations to quantify cost savings. This feature, combined with our solution’s limitless integration capabilities, helps preserve existing security investments and avoid additional financial burdens.

No Professional Services Required

Hyperautomation requires no exorbitant professional services for extension and integration, making setup faster and less costly than SOAR. Clients using this solution report achieving ROI ten times faster than with legacy SOAR solutions. On average, clients employing these solutions deploy 55 workflow automations within their first year, a significant leap from the fewer than five typically achieved with legacy SOAR solutions. Quantu’s innovative approach to cybersecurity hyperautomation offers unparalleled efficiency and advanced threat management.

Quantu Hyperautomation Solutions Deliver:

  • 10x Operational and Productivity Boost: Automating critical aspects of case management significantly reduces the time and effort required to manage security incidents.
  • 18x Faster Customer Onboarding for MSSPs and MDRs: Automating the entire process ensures rapid deployment.
  • 70x Reduction in Time-to-Block Malicious Traffic: AI-driven analysis minimises human error, leading to more accurate threat detection and response.
  • 800% Improvement in Workflow Execution Time: Quantu’s system scales automatically according to organisational needs, ensuring consistent and effective security management.
  • No Hidden Costs: Quantu does not impose upfront investment for platform setup and administration. With lower investment in use case creation through no-code development, hyperautomation offers faster ROI and lower TCO.

 

Through myriad use cases, limitless integrations, and scalable architecture, Quantu empowers security teams to automate their most critical workflows, introducing speed and efficiency that legacy SOAR solutions cannot match.

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