Wool Over Your Eyes: Why Your SOC Can't See the Wolf Coming
Another day, another vendor telling us our security operations center is basically a blind sheep wandering through a minefield. Thanks for that. Really needed the pep talk at 3 AM while I'm watching alerts scroll by like they're trying to win a race nobody asked for.
Look, I get it. The flock is in danger. The wolves are circling. And our beloved Shepherds upstairs are asking why we didn't predict the attack that came from a hole in the fence we didn't know existed. Classic.
The problem isn't that we don't have data. We're drowning in data. We've got so many alerts that my coffee has alerts. The real issue is that nobody can tell which blinking red light means "wolf actively eating lambs" versus "Larry from accounting clicked on fake grain again."
And yes, Larry clicked the thing. Larry always clicks the thing. I've sent Larry seventeen training modules. Larry has the threat awareness of a newborn lamb in a coyote convention.
So now the pitch is "real-time threat intelligence" and "proactive defense." Beautiful words. Gorgeous concept. You know what I'd love more than real-time threat intelligence? Real-time sleep. A single shift where the electric fence doesn't throw false positives because someone sneezed near it.
The vendors say we're "driving through fog with failing headlights." Bold of them to assume we have headlights. We've got a flickering lantern and a prayer. The Sky Pasture keeps pushing updates, the Shepherds keep cutting budgets, and I keep mainlining caffeine like it's a personality trait.
Remediation
Fine. You want actionable advice? Here:
- Actually tune your alerts. Yes, all of them. I know it's boring. Do it anyway.
- Stop pretending the Shepherds will fund proper tooling. Work with what you've got.
- Train the lambs. Again. Forever. Accept this is your life now.
- Get threat intel that's actually relevant to your pasture, not generic wolf sightings from three continents away.
- Sleep occasionally. Your threat detection is garbage when you're running on spite and energy drinks.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have 47 tickets and a Larry situation developing.
Original Report: https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/fix-soc-blind-spots-see-threats-to-your.html