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Why You Need Total Assure's Security Operations Center (SOC) for Educational Institutions
Cyber threats can strike anytime, disrupting your educational system and compromising sensitive data. Total Assure's SOC services continuously monitor your systems, swiftly detecting and neutralizing these threats before they cause harm to your organization. With our SOC for education, you gain proactive protection, ensuring your institution remains secure and operational around the clock.
Total Assure combines cutting-edge technology with elite human expertise to hunt for, investigate, and neutralize threats across your entire digital environment. We don't just send you alerts; we deliver responses. The key benefits are clear: gain 24/7 peace of mind, stop active breaches before they cause damage, and free your team to focus on strategic initiatives, not chasing alerts.
Our solution provides:
- 24/7/365 Human-led Threat Monitoring
- Threat Intelligence Integration
- Actionable Reporting and Security Posture Advice
- SLA-driven Customer Escalation for Incidents
Learn About Our SOC for Education
Discover how Total Assure's SOC services protect educational institutions 24/7/365.
Testimonials
With Total Assure... We've been able to improve our overall security posture and block a lot of the bad traffic that we don't want coming at us.— Geoff WhiteASSCP Director
Our business operates with way less anxiety now over security issues knowing that we're always being monitored and Total Assure is providing us regular updates and notices of any unexpected findings.— Megan AltierMarlboro Chesterfield Pathology
Key Benefits of Our SOC for Educational Institutions
Experience comprehensive security coverage with our advanced SOC capabilities.
- Continuous Monitoring. 24/7/365 monitoring of your environment for threats and suspicious activities
- Rapid Response. Immediate threat containment and remediation to minimize educational institution impact
- Expert Analysis. Seasoned security analysts investigate and validate every alert
- Threat Intelligence. Proactive threat hunting powered by global threat intelligence feeds
- Compliance Support. Regulatory requirements met with comprehensive security monitoring and reporting
- Cost Efficiency. Security costs reduced compared to building in-house SOC capabilities
How it Works
Our process includes a four-stage cycle.
Collection
We ingest security signals and data from across your entire technology stack (endpoints, cloud, and network) into our security platform.
Detection
Our platform and our inhouse SOC sift through the noise to identify suspicious activities and potential threats that deviate from normal patterns.
Investigation
When a credible threat is detected, our U.S.-based analysts triage the alert, analyze its behavior, and determine its scope and risk. They hunt for adjacent signs of compromise, separating genuine threats from false positives.
Response
Based on pre-approved rules of engagement, our experienced SOC team takes decisive action to contain the threat. This could involve isolating a compromised endpoint from the network, terminating a malicious process, or blocking malicious email domains/senders to stop an attack in its tracks before it can escalate into a full-blown breach.
Powered by proven tools: our U.S.-based, inhouse 24/7/365 Security Operations Center (SOC) for Educational Institutions uses best-in-class cybersecurity technology through our partner, Splunk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: We already have an IT team. Will this replace them?
Not at all. We act as a powerful extension of your IT team or MSP. We handle the specialized, 24/7 work of threat detection and response, freeing your team from the overwhelming noise of security alerts so they can focus on strategic IT projects that drive your institution forward.
Q2: What happens when you find a real threat?
Our SOC team will immediately follow the response plan we established with you during onboarding. This typically involves containing the threat by isolating the device, followed by a direct communication to your designated points of contact with a clear explanation of what happened and what the next steps are.
Q3: Is MDR affordable for educational institutions?
Absolutely. Building an internal SOC with the same level of 24/7 coverage and expertise would cost several hundred thousand dollars per year in salaries and technology. Our MDR service provides a predictable, monthly operational expense that is a fraction of that cost, making enterprise-grade security accessible to educational institutions.
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