Outsourcing Teaming, Testing, and Trust with Third Parties

A few months back, ThreatTalk guest Amit Singh helped us consider some of the reasons a recent SANS 2022 SOC Survey showed so many organizations turning to ‘outsourcing’ to bolster their SOC capabilities. His Australian/New Zealand cybersecurity company, 3columns, has loaned him to us again to help us drill down into the pros and cons of outsourced Pen Testing, Red Teaming, and Purple Teaming which the SANS report showed to be the top 3 most outsourced SOC functions. Unless your security team is well-funded to do everything internally, this episode is a ‘must-listen.’

Amit Singh, Technical Director, 3columns

Amit has more than 18 years’ experience in the cyber security industry. With extensive experience designing network, network security, cloud security solutions and establishing Cyber security frameworks like ISO27001, NIST or SABSA across a wide range of industries including; government, large enterprise, healthcare, banking and service provider environments. Amit’s vast industry knowledge and experience makes him a leader in his field and ideally placed to service all of your businesses cyber safety requirements. He holds CCIE R&S , SP, Voice, Security, CCDE and CISSP certifications.

Bob Hansmann, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Infoblox

Bob Hansmann has been in security for over three decades addressing everything from insider threats to advanced multi-vector, zero-day attacks. Over his career, he has helped many of today’s leading security vendors pioneer and introduce many new technologies as a developer, architect, product manager, and marketer. He currently heads a family with three generations of CTOs, developers, and security analysts, so he sometimes finds it hard to differentiate work from family time.