• 24 June, 2025
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24/7 Network Monitoring: Essential for Business Continuity and Cybersecurity

It’s 10:15 a.m., time for coffee No. 3, and I’m at my desk mulling over something that’s been a top-of-mind issue for me lately — 24/7 network monitoring. It’s this simple: More than 30 years in the networking and cybersecurity industry has shown me that if you’re not watching your network 24-7, you’re basically leaving your company’s most critical operations sitting there with the doors unlocked.

When I got my start as a network admin in 1993, it was a matter of keeping the PSTN mux systems humming and hoping not to freak out too badly when the Slammer worm hit — everyone had to be on deck trying to hold the line. Flash forward to today, having assisted banks to migrate to zero-trust architectures and having just returned from DefCon hardware hacking village (yes, I’m still buzzing from that), and I am more sure than ever that continuous monitoring is the sine qua non of business continuity.

What is 24/7 Network Monitoring?

Here’s the deal: 24/7 network monitoring is the process of monitoring every packet, connection, and device in your network, every minute of the day, day in, day out. No breaks, no naps — because cyber threats and operational problems do not adhere to business hours.

It’s a tireless watch dog that:

• Detects suspicious activity and/or abuses as they occur
• Flags failures or outages before they turn into real emergencies
• Assists IT teams with fast troubleshooting through actionable alerts

And no, it’s not merely some passive log-checking system. It’s proactive monitoring — imagine a pit crew that taps at the car and constantly checks it while driving, keeping it from ever losing speed (and fixing it in new ways before you feel, as your drivers, that something’s off.)

Important things you need to know about NOC 24/7 and why choose PJ Networks

Main features from NOC 24/7 MetroFramework from PJ Networks

Our NOC is the focal point of 24×7 monitoring of your Networks across India. HOW We’ve built our 24/7 network monitoring service with strict emphasis on:

• Proactive analytics: We monitor your site in real-time and find performance issues, suspect traffic, and security threats before they even affect end user.
• Real time alerts and escalation: Automated notifications go directly to our team of experts and your IT staff reducing mean time to detection (MTTD) and mean time to resolution (MTTR).
• Fast response: Our specialists can quickly react to an incident, whether they’re taking your team through the process or resolving issues remotely wherever this is feasible.
• Full coverage: Everything from firewalls and routers to servers and endpoints is under constant monitoring.
• Customized dashboards: That way, you have full visibility, in a way that works for your business.

No cookie-cutter strategy here—we understand that every network is unique. But this is what I love: We layer our deep local expertise with a global perspective. PJ Networks has been a part of the cybersecurity community in India for years, this is not just the monitoring, these are INTELLIGENT MONITORING and monitoring customized especially for your environment.

Methods and Tools Used

We don’t trust hype or the latest buzzwords (hint: I’m still suspect of anything that claims to be “AI-powered”). Instead, we rely on battle-tested, enterprise-class technology. Our core toolkit includes:

• Fortinet Solutions: High-performance firewalls and UTM’s that balance maximum protection with high performance — with zero compromise on throughput.
• Zabbix: With the capability to perform real-time data collection and graphic visualization, Zabbix also functions as a powerful open-source monitoring system.
• SIEM Integrations: Correlating logs and security events from across your infrastructre to ensure your alerts matter and you’re not drowning in noise.
• Custom Scripts & Automation: After years of experience it has become clear to us that automation saves lives, and time. Automated runbooks means we’re not only finding problems, but starting to fix them immediately.

Benefits for Businesses

I’ve witnessed firsthand how PJ Networks’ NOC, with its 24/7 monitoring and support can move IT operations from firefighting to guardian mode. Here’s why it matters:

• Maximized Uptime: Time is money, downtime is reputation. We monitor on an ongoing basis to catch and fix problems before they result in outages.
• SLA Compliance: Achieving service levels is essential to any IT manager. Our monitoring ensures that you’ll meet those uptime and response targets without breaking a sweat.
• Improved Cybersecurity Position: Threats are constantly changing and we have to be constantly diligent. Our preemptive guarding plugs the holes and resolves the risks before they become serious.
• Cost Savings: The rest of the story is simple, really, and we hate to break it to you: Stay ahead of the game and save your business the time and resources involved with sweeping incident response and patching. Apply to the issue early and cut down on your IT team’s budget.
• Peace of Mind: The single largest intangible advantage. Being aware that your network is watched 24/7 allows your teams to concentrate on strategic projects, not simply “putting out fires.

Real-Life Example: To Trust or Not to Trust, That Is the Banking Question

Not so long ago, we teamed up with three major banks in India to move them forward with a zero-trust architecture (a security model where nothing is considered trustworthy by default).

This all sounds nice on paper, but there’s a catch: A zero-trust model with anything less than round-the-clock monitoring is akin to securing a fortress and then failing to post guards at the gate overnight.

Our PJ Networks NOC went into action quickly:

• In all network zones, enabled persistent monitoring on all segments.
• Added custom alerting for suspicious lateral movements
• Facilitated fast incident detection and response

The result? In the weeks after the upgrade, one bank identified and isolated a ransomware attempt in minutes—bringing large-scale disruption to a halt. Their compliance team was happy as well; audit reports clearly evidenced, such as monitoring and incident handling.

That was a proud moment — one that reminded me exactly why I do this.

How to Start Work with NOC of PJ Networks

It’s not exactly rocket science to get your business up and running with proactive 24/7 monitoring, but it does require some thinking ahead. Here’s our approach:

1. Assessment Phase: We assess your existing network environment, gaps, and business requirements.
2. Bespoke Monitoring Plan: We plan a monitoring strategy according to the assessment.
3. Deployment & Integration: With our tried and proven tools and in-house scripts, we set up monitoring agents, dashboards, alerts and integrate seamlessly.
4. IT Team Onboarding: We partner with your IT staff—training, knowledge transfer, and establishing communication procedure.
5. Go Live and Continuous Improvement: After NOC is live, we don’t like to sit and relax – periodic reviews to fine-tune performance also include feedback.

Quick Take

• Business continuity and cybersecurity are both areas where 24/7 network monitoring is not an option.
• Proactive detection, Real time alerting and Quick explained PJ Networks Implemented Siem solution at NOC.
• We are Fortinet, Zabbix and heavy automation users.
• Uptime, SLA adherence, and security posture are good for business.
• Recent Wins with Banks Demonstrate the Power of Ongoing Monitoring in Complex Environments.

Conclusion

Three more cups of coffee and decades in the trenches have brought me to this: Here’s what I want you to know —Do not wait for disaster to prepare to defend your lines. Here to provide local experience in India’s cybersecurity space for over 30+ years is PJ Networks. Our 24/7 monitoring doesn’t just monitor your network; it provides peace of mind, now.

From overseeing large enterprise networks to growing that mid-sized business, keeping an eye on the network is what separates the winners from the losers in today’s cyber-threat world.

Ready to Change the Way You Monitor Your Network? Contact PJ Networks Pvt Ltd- because your network deserves a safeguard that never rests.

Sanjay Seth
Cybersecurity Consultant
PJ Networks Pvt Ltd