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IDC PlanScape: DevSecOps/Outsourced SOC Integration

Publisher IDC
Published Jan 22, 2026
Length 10 Pages
SKU # IDC20787000

Description

This IDC PlanScape offers guidance on how organizations can integrate outsourced security services seamlessly with internal DevSecOps tools, platforms, and teams. Specifically, it details the challenges that commonly arise for customers of outsourced security services providers, as well as actionable tactics and strategies for mitigating those difficulties as part of a holistic DevSecOps strategy that draws on internal and external cybersecurity resources to full effect."Outsourcing the SOC and other security functions can solve many operational challenges in areas such as cybersecurity hiring and scalability," says Christopher Tozzi, adjunct research advisor with IDC's IT Executive Programs (IEP). "But it also creates new difficulties, especially when it comes to connecting external security teams, tools, and dataflows to a company's internal DevSecOps assets."

Table of Contents

10 Pages

IDC PlanScape Figure

Executive Summary

Why Is DevSecOps/Outsourced SOC Integration Important?

Communication difficulties

Incomplete mitigation solutions

Limited cybersecurity service offerings

Cost management challenges

Onboarding difficulties

Missed contractual promises

Security and privacy risks

Inability to outsource "ownership" of cybersecurity

What Is DevSecOps/Outsourced SOC Integration?

Who Are the Key Stakeholders?

How Can My Organization Take Advantage of DevSecOps/Outsourced SOC Integration?

Define clear scopes of service

Filter outsourced SOC alerts

Push — don't pull — data to external SOC systems

Require documentation

Implement automations

Seek insights from operations staff

Assess providers as part of postmortems

Define external security service provider roles in playbooks

Advice for Technology Buyers

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