The Challenge: Enabling Remote SOC Operations Without Increasing Risk

Security Operations Centers (SOCs) play a critical role in real-time threat detection, incident response, and network monitoring across an organization’s IT and OT environments. However, providing remote access to SOC analysts, threat hunters, and incident responders introduces significant security and operational challenges.

Traditional remote access methods, such as VPNs and RDP, expand the attack surface, increasing exposure to credential theft, lateral movement, and persistent threats. SOC analysts handle highly classified threat intelligence, logs, and forensic data that must remain within secured environments, making sensitive data exposure a major concern. Compliance and chain-of-custody risks also arise when remote access to SIEMs, forensic tools, and response platforms is not properly logged, monitored, and controlled. In addition, traditional access solutions often lack granular controls, making it difficult to restrict SOC team members to only the systems they need.

To effectively investigate and respond to threats while maintaining security, SOC teams require a secure, auditable, and controlled remote access solution that protects critical infrastructure from external risks.
 

The Solution: Fantom – Secure, Isolated Access for SOC Analysts

Fantom provides a hardware-enforced, controlled remote access environment that enables SOC teams to securely connect to threat monitoring and incident response systems without creating new attack vectors or exposing sensitive data.

By eliminating VPNs and persistent connections, Fantom reduces the attack surface, preventing nation-state threats and advanced adversaries from exploiting remote access. SOC analysts operate within a fully controlled environment where file transfers, clipboard sharing, USB access, and local storage are blocked, ensuring that forensic evidence, logs, and classified intelligence remain protected. Granular access controls allow SOC managers to define who can access specific security tools, for how long, and under what conditions, enforcing strict least-privilege policies. Every session is logged, monitored, and tamper-proof, supporting regulatory compliance across industries such as finance, healthcare, and critical infrastructure.

With Fantom, SOC teams can remotely investigate threats and respond to incidents while ensuring that SIEMs, forensic platforms, and security appliances remain secure from external risks.
 

How Fantom Enhances SOC Security

By removing VPN and RDP-based attack surfaces, Fantom eliminates vulnerabilities associated with traditional remote access. Remote analysts work in a controlled, air-gapped environment, ensuring that sensitive data remains protected. Unauthorized copying, downloading, or storing of threat intelligence is prevented, reinforcing data security policies. Access is strictly granted for pre-approved security tools and systems, reducing the risk of unauthorized entry. Full session visibility and compliance tracking enable security audits and regulatory adherence.

Enable secure remote SOC operations with Fantom, ensuring analysts can investigate and respond to threats without compromising security or compliance.