KHIPU Webinar: A Phased Roadmap for SOC Excellence in Higher Education
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TOPIC | A Phased Roadmap for SOC Excellence in Higher Education |
SPEAKER(S) | Gareth Trollip (Associate Director: Cyber Command) Darren Fisher (Regional Sales Manager) |
SPEAKER(S) BIO | For over 16 years, Darren has been at the forefront of technology sales in South Africa, specialising in transforming complex business challenges into strategic advantages. His passion is architecting cutting-edge cybersecurity, cloud, and network solutions for the enterprise, government, and education sectors, ensuring they are resilient, efficient, and future-proof. Gareth Trollip has been in Cyber Security for 15 years with a focus in Managed Detection and Response and Automation. |
ABSTRACT | Higher Education institutions face a unique cybersecurity challenge – balancing open collaboration and research accessibility with the need to secure identities, sensitive data, and increasingly complex digital environments. For many institutions, the idea of building a Security Operations Centre can feel overwhelming, expensive, and difficult to operationalise. At KHIPU, we believe the SOC journey should be practical, phased, and aligned to your institution’s existing investments – not a disruptive ‘rip and replace’ exercise. Where is your institution on the SOC Journey? Stage 1 & 2: Foundational Visibility & Monitoring Strengthen perimeter visibility and begin operating like a SOC by layering 24×7 monitoring and analyst expertise across your existing Microsoft Defender or Sentinel environments. Stage 3 & 4: Behavioural Detection & Unified Security Move beyond traditional alerting with AI-driven endpoint protection and centralised visibility across network, cloud, and identity environments to detect and stop lateral movement. Stage 5: The Autonomous SOC The future state – an intelligent, automated SecOps environment powered by AI and orchestration, reducing manual workloads and enabling your IT and security teams to focus on strategic initiatives. KHIPU’s ‘Analyst-in-a-BOX’ Approach We understand that many HEITSA members have already invested in security technologies such as EDR and SIEM platforms. Our approach enables institutions to enhance their existing environments with 24×7 monitoring, expert analysts, and automated XSOAR-driven workflows, helping teams reduce alert fatigue, improve response times, and mature their SOC capabilities without replacing current technology investments. Join KHIPU & HEITSA as we unpack the SOC Journey and discuss how Higher Education institutions can strengthen cyber resilience through a phased and practical security approach. In this session, you will discover how Higher Education institutions can take a phased, realistic approach to SOC maturity while maximising existing security investments. We look forward to sharing practical insights, real-world approaches, and actionable next steps to help your institution strengthen its cyber resilience journey. |
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