SOC For All: Why Every Company Can Now Afford One
Summary: A vendor-authored article states that a medium-sized enterprise building a basic in-house SOC can expect to spend roughly $1.5M to $2M annually, about $1M on staffing and $500K to $700K on technology. It cites the VikingCloud 2025 SMB Threat Landscape report finding one in three SMBs was hit by a successful cyberattack last year, and SACR's 2025 AI SOC Landscape Research finding 40% of alerts are never investigated and 90% of those investigated prove to be false positives.
Key Takeaway: The legacy model required a 7-person staff across three daily shifts just to hold 24/7 coverage, and the article notes that under MSSP and MDR arrangements the breach's legal, financial, and operational consequences almost always remain with the customer. With 40% of alerts going uninvestigated, the question is whether your coverage gap is a headcount problem or a triage problem.
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