What's the difference between "SOC Lite" and an enterprise SOC — which one fits our scale?

Look at it this way: the Lite plan is a burglar alarm—it goes off, can't stop the intruder, and just calls your phone. An enterprise SOC is an armed security guard at the front door who tackles the intruder, locks the exits and neutralizes the threat on the spot. That entire price difference comes down to dedicated human labor.

We tried cutting corners across our 60 endpoints and opted for a Lite-style tier. Our first ransomware incident hit on a Saturday night at 1:30 AM. The vendor sent an automated alert email Sunday morning at 10:00 AM. By the time we saw it on Monday morning, 4 production servers were fully encrypted. Remediation and downtime costs ended up exceeding 400,000 TL.

Hackers notoriously work 9 to 5 on weekdays and take lunch breaks too, so the Lite package is truly a fantastic security investment! Paying for a SOC package without after-hours monitoring and response is no different than paying for a dummy security camera hoping it deters someone.

if u don't have an in-house sysadmin on call 24/7 don't even touch the lite package. nobody reads midnight alert notifications on whatsapp, next morning everyone's just staring at each other.

If your budget doesn't stretch to 55.000 TL, propose a hybrid model to the vendor: Standard monitoring during business hours, and automated isolation authority strictly for critical (severity 1) alerts after hours and on weekends. That way you can lock in a price around 28.000-32.000 TL.

Since you handle B2B order management, what is your committed notification window to clients in your contracts in the event of a data breach? If you have a mandatory 24-hour response clause, a Lite package makes it impossible to meet that legal commitment.

Clarify three criteria before deciding: 1) Who will isolate the server during a late-night attack? 2) Does your internal IT team have the expertise to read and interpret log analysis? 3) If threat hunting isn't performed, who will detect spyware that sits silently on the system for months?

The source code of the software you develop and your clients' order data reside on those cloud servers. For a 50-person tech company, that data is your core capital. I strongly recommend cutting back on other operational expenses and keeping your security enterprise-grade.

The opposite happened to me, that's why I'm writing. When making a decision, first look at what data you have on hand.

If you have questions, write them; I'll answer as best I can.

I went through the same thing two years ago. If you don't write this down from the start it leads to arguments later.

If you don't write this down from the start, it leads to arguments later. Of course, it varies if your situation is different.

Let me share my experience. Don't hesitate to ask; those who don't ask always pay more.

Proven by experience.

I think differently... anyway taking measures without an inventory leaves doors you haven't seen open.

We experienced almost the exact same thing last year. If it's your first time, start small; scaling comes later.

Yes, that's exactly how it is with soc lite enterprise soc. Everything goes well for the first three months; problems arise in the fourth.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

This is exactly what we experienced. Everything goes well for the first three months; problems arise in the fourth.

I went through the same thing.

if I understood correctly, you're saying: If you get three different answers on a topic, the question was asked wrong.

There's a common mistake people make when doing this... The answer varies greatly by industry; there is no one-size-fits-all rule.

That's all, sorry if I went on too long.