Palo Alto Networks: Bridging the Gap between Cloud Security and the SOC

Integration and communication between Cloud Security and the Security Operations Center (SOC) is now a top priority for effective security. Cloud Security teams focus on securing cloud infrastructure, managing identity and access, and ensuring data protection, while SOC teams monitor, detect, and respond to threats in real time. Effective collaboration between these teams is crucial to addressing the unique challenges and dynamic threats seen increasingly today targeting cloud platforms.

Despite their shared goal of safeguarding organisational assets, Cloud Security and SOC teams often operate in silos, leading to communication gaps and inefficiencies. Bridging this gap requires unified strategies, shared tools, and streamlined processes that enable real-time information sharing and coordinated responses. By integrating Cloud Security with the SOC, organisations can enhance threat visibility, improve incident response times, and fortify their security posture.

In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Brad LaPorte, Advisor at Lionfish Tech Advisors, speaks to Dan Flaherty, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Palo Alto Networks, to discuss:

• The gap between cloud security and the SOC

• The importance of prioritizing cloud visibility for the SOC

• A platform approach for stronger cloud security

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction and Background

01:10 - Organizational Disconnect: DevSecOps vs. SOC

23:59 - The Need for a Unified, Centralized Platform

27:45 - The Future of Cloud Security: Unified, Ubiquitous, and Uninterrupted

30:33 - Conclusion