Visibility itself is not a new capability.   Since the early days of SIEM, security platforms have offered the means to collect, and correlate signals across networks.  Today’s tools go-further with real-time telemetry, AI-powered insights, and unified coverage across endpoints, identities, cloud workloads, and networks. But despite this maturity, many organisations struggle to translate visibility into action. Whether due to budget constraints, competing priorities, or a lack of understanding that visibility and coverage are foundational to security. And even when visibility exists, it’s what happens next that separates secure from exposed.  
 
A familiar challenge continues to confront many Security Operations Centers (SOCs):  alert volumes outpace analysts capacity. CrowdStrike notes in their report that even well-equipped teams can become overwhelmed by alert volume. It’s not a lack of detection, but because teams have become overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information requiring judgment or decision.

The Speed of Compromise

According to the 2025 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report, the average breakout time has compressed to just 48 minutes, with the fastest observed compromise occurring in 51 seconds.  
 
Perhaps more concerning, nearly 80 per cent of successful intrusions involved no malware whatsoever. Today’s attackers don’t break in; they log in, using valid credentials and native tools to quietly move within environments. 
 
When adversaries can move laterally in under an hour, traditional SOC models often struggle to keep up. The detect-investigate-escalate approach remains effective, but only when it’s streamlined, well-supported, and designed for speed. At THEOS, we focus on enabling fast, informed action where it matters most, starting at the first point of detection.

The Response Gap

At the recent THEOS × CrowdStrike executive event in Hong Kong, security leaders, legal counsel, and insurance experts aligned on a key insight:  

Detection is working. But detection without direction leads to operational risk, not resilience.  

CrowdStrike Falcon’s Next-Gen SIEM delivers industry-leading visibility. But in many of our conversations with security teams, a recurring concern emerged: alert queues continues to grow,   SOC teams are stretched thin,  and response efforts are often delayed by process bottlenecks. Some organisations, as much as 67% of alerts go unanswered—not because the tools are broken, but because response workflows haven’t kept up with the threat landscape. The result is not a technology gap. It’s a response gap. 

And the cost of that gap isn’t just operational—it’s business-critical. 

Every minute between detection and containment increases attacker dwell time, data exposure, and audit risk. Visibility without timely response creates compliance gaps, disclosure delays, and erodes stakeholder trust. When security teams can’t act quickly, the entire organization becomes exposed—not just to attackers, but to regulatory and reputational fallout. 

Why Traditional SOCs Struggle to Respond

Even the most advanced platforms can’t prevent incidents if security teams lack the capacity or clarity to act.  
 
Many SOCs continue to rely on escalation models that were designed for a slower, more predictable threat environment. Level 1 analysts forward alerts without sufficient context or decision-making authority. Level 2 teams become buried in queues while managing shifting priorities across multiple concurrent incidents. Level 3 experts find themselves pulled away from strategic detection engineering to handle basic triage functions.  
 
This hierarchical structure, while logical in theory, creates delays that modern attackers exploit. When every decision requires escalation and every escalation requires approval, the organisation’s response time stretches beyond the attacker’s operational timeline. 

The Managed Threat Detection and Response Evolution

At THEOS, our implementation of  Managed Threat Detection and Response takes a different approach . We’ve focused on designing integrated workflows that closes the gap between detection and response, reducing friction, speeding containment, and delivering outcomes faster. Our MTDR service centers on three operational principles:  

    • Unified detection across endpoint, identity, cloud and operational technology (OT) environments. 
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    • Contextual investigation informed by deep familiarity with client environments. 
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    • Coordinated response that enables immediate containment and supports legal, executive, and communication needs. 
       

This structure creates a single operational flow that eliminates the delays and disconnects of traditional SOC models. Organisations gain access to expert-led response at the speed modern threats demand, without the friction of multiple end or handoffs. 

Modern organisations need operations that are simple, bold, and fast. Not because the threats are simple, but because complexity slows response. Not because boldness is trendy, but because cautious tuning and dashboard stacking won’t stop a breach. And not just because speed sounds nice, but because it’s essential when your adversaries move in seconds. 

With THEOS, you gain clarity into what’s happening in your environment, control to respond decisively, and confidence that when something goes wrong, expert direction is already in motion. 

Operational Restructuring for Speed

At THEOS, we’ve redesigned our team structure around speed, context, and outcomes. Our L1 analysts are trained  and empowered to make real-time decisions, supported by proven playbooks and direct oversight from senior oversight. Our L2 specialists acts as embedded technical advisors, staying close to frontline activity while monitoring emerging threats. And our L3 experts remain focused on proactive hunting, detection engineering, and intelligence, avoiding the distractions of reactive triage. 
 
This structure ensures high-quality analysis and fast response—delivering a modern MDR model purpose-built for the APAC threat landscape.  

Let’s Close the Gap—Together

At our executive  event in Hong Kong, the message was clear: the technology foundation for effective threat detection exists today. Visibility platforms deliver the information that security teams need to identify and understand threats. What remains missing is the action layer—the expert direction that transforms alerts into decisions and uncertainty into control. 

For organisations ready to evolve beyond alert fatigue toward action-driven security operations, the path forward requires more than additional technology investment. It demands a fundamental reconsideration of how security operations are structured, staffed and empowered to respond at the speed of modern business. 

If you’re looking for a faster, more effective way to handle detection and response, let’s talk. THEOS MTDR delivers expert-led services for organizations that need full-service MDR. We provide the speed, context, and outcomes modern threats demand.  

About THEOS Managed Threat Detection and Response (MTDR)

THEOS MTDR is built for speed, context, and outcomes, not just alerts. We deliver expert-led, adversary-informed detection and response tailored to the realities of modern threats across Asia-Pacific. 

Powered by advanced telemetry from CrowdStrike, Microsoft, and Claroty, and enriched with regional threat intelligence, THEOS MTDR connects the dots across endpoint, identity, and operational technology environments. 

Our analysts detect threats in context, investigate signals across domains, and respond with precision—giving organizations the clarity and speed they need to contain attacks. 

Named CrowdStrike’s 2025 Growth MSSP of the Year in APJ, THEOS is the trusted MDR partner for APAC enterprises that demand visibility, speed, and expert response.