Unify now or pay later: New research exposes the operational cost of a fragmented SOC

New research from Microsoft and Omdia reveals how fragmented tools, manual workflows, and alert overload are pushing SOCs to a breaking point.
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February 17

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Unify now or pay later: New research exposes the operational cost of a fragmented SOC

By Rob Lefferts, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Threat Protection

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