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OK, so I’m Sanjay Seth, I’m sitting at my desk, I’ve had my third coffee so I’m bouncing off the walls and I want to tell you about my time at DefCon, where the hardware hacking village has left me doubting what I really know about the security of our stuff. I’ve been doing this since the early 90s, beginning as a lowly network admin way back in ’93 (yep I remember wrestling those clunky boxes for voice and data over the PSTN), survived the Slammer worm debacle first hand, I now own and run my own cyber-security company – P J Networks. I’ve spent the last few months assisting three banks with their evolution to zero trust, and these engagements have taught me more about the grimy reality of enterprise networks than an entire season of tech conferences. And here’s my point – I still think the magic to rock solid business network reliability isn’t the technology alone, it’s intelligent pro-active management – and that’s why MSSPs and Managed NOC services are a game changer!
Your network is sort of like an engine for a high-performance car. Sure, you can slap an engine together with the high dollar stuff, but if no one’s there tweaking the knobs and checking the oil and spotting problems before they go kaplodey? You’re in for a long stretch of heart ache. Managed Network Operations Centers (NOCs) perform this work for your IT environment. Trusted Managed NOCServices P J Networks Managed NOC ensures constant online monitoring, troubleshooting and optimization of your network round the clock to make your network near-zero down-time.
I know what you’re thinking: Can’t we just keep this in the family? I have my trusted IT team. Kind of, but the analogy is about to get spicy. Consider if you were to demand of your mechanic that he or she be an automotive designer, car builder, engine builder and driver. Tough gig, right? IT teams at many organizations are under attack — as they manage daily fires, strategic projects, compliance, and now escalating cybersecurity threats. NOC services management opens up bandwidth for your team to concentrate on business-growing activity rather than working just to keep the lights on.
Trust me. Early in my career during the Slammer worm debacle — a vile, fast-moving worm that sped across networks in 2003 — I saw countless IT teams scrambling 24/7 with no central command and no automation. Networks were breached, businesses lost millions. It’s not just annoying; it’s expensive, too. IDC has reported that the average cost of network downtime is $5,600 per minute.
Maintained NOCs not only ensure downtime is kept to a minimum, but can anticipate problems before they occur. Here’s some food for thought:
That is to say, operationally, your business can be run smoother, more secure and cheaper.
Picture this: Banks. Security is their mania. And rightly so. I was called in to upgrade network security where (all) trust needed to be rebuilt from scratch. Being able to do that smoothly and without any interruption, that was the power of a Managed NOC. Our teams at PJ Networks tracked banks’ networks in real-time even as we enact micro-segmentations, multi-layers of authentication and anomaly traffic analysis.
Could we have done it with just their in-house team? Sure, but it would have been slow, risky deployment and too much burn-out overload. Butcher, however, and NOC services, were the unsung heroes in the background, pushing fixes silently in the background from alert to fix before end-users (or worse) – hackers – could even feel a hiccup.
And orchestrating all of this is akin to fielding a pit stop crew during a Formula 1 race realistic reliability under constant stress.
Think of your network as a kitchen for a Michelin-star restaurant. Without the right chefs tending to your ovens and stoves, that soufflé’s going to fall every time. But at a Managed NOC — think of it as your brigade de cuisine — it’s all choreographed precisely. Hot dishes are served, consistent and your customers (or consumers) are happy.
AI is overhyped and misconceived as “everything AI.” Now don’t get me wrong—I have much respect for AI, but I have also seen too many organizations get burned by solutions that promised the moon and delivered odd insight at best. Real value here comes from automation combined with seasoned expert eyes on glass, 24/7.
Your network is dynamic and complicated. Attacks, misconfigurations, hardware failures — they don’t wait for the latest AI algorithm to learn your pattern. Managed NOC engineers at PJ Networks are make-no-mistake veterans that understand everything about the old tech and infuse the new in it wisely – from ROBUST FUN with legacy routers combined with modern next-gen firewalls.
To further illustrate the ROI and operational benefits in talks with stakeholders, visuals go a long way:
I would advocate for these visuals to be such simple dashboards (or bar/line charts or heat maps) that you can have with you as you pitch to CFOs or board members because numbers are nothing without visuals.
I’ll confess—I was skeptical at the outset. Photos or it didn’t happen.’ Guy who fought with MUX gear in the pre-internet days (remember them?) It was like debugging a blender with wires), I had a lot of stigma for Managed NOCs at first. But then I saw the kind of relief and real savings PJ Networks’ clients were experiencing for myself, and I was sold. IT leaders, you’re going to need to get ahead of the curve. Uptime is no longer optional — it is obligatory.
Your networks are the circulatory system of your entire thing. And in this cyber environment, anything less than 24/7 dependability is a vulnerability.
So if you’re tired of the fire drills, the late-night calls about the server being down, and want to give all that frustration to the vendor so they can question reality as well—give me a holler. Shall we discuss how PJ Networks’ Managed NOC can keep your business well-oiled?
Because the thing is — your network shouldn’t have to be treated late in the game to advance your business, or when it is in crisis. And believe me, after close to 30 years in the trenches, that’s worth taking the fourth cup of coffee for.
