How to Solve Skill Gap and Poor Performance in Your SOC

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Ask any CISO or SOC manager what’s holding their team back, and you’ll likely hear the same thing: “We just don’t have enough skilled people.”

Maybe your junior analysts are still getting their bearings. Maybe your experienced ones are buried in repetitive tasks. Maybe both. Either way, the result is the same; slow detection, missed threats, and a constant uphill battle to stay ahead of attackers.

While training sounds like the obvious fix, it’s expensive, time-consuming, and hard to scale. What SOCs really need are smarter tools that empower analysts to do their jobs more effectively from day one.

Speed Up Threat Detection Without Adding Headcount

ANY.RUN’s interactive sandbox brings malware analysis to life. Instead of waiting for automated reports or digging through logs after the fact, your analysts can interact with the malware in real time, just like an attacker would.

They can click through dropped files, open network connections, explore the registry, and trigger execution paths; all inside a controlled environment. This hands-on approach doesn’t just speed up understanding but also surfaces threat behaviors that static tools often miss.

Potential threat analyzed inside ANY.RUN sandbox

Whether it’s a simple info-stealer or a multi-stage ransomware dropper, the sandbox shows exactly what’s happening, when, and how. That clarity means your team can triage faster, respond smarter, and stay ahead of threats, without hiring more people to do it.

Level up analyst performance, reduce training costs, and improve threat response, without growing your team. Try ANY.RUN now

Simplify Complex Analysis for Every Analyst

You don’t need a reverse engineering expert to make sense of today’s threats. ANY.RUN’s sandbox is designed to be super intuitive, giving analysts of all levels a clear path through even the most complex samples.

Everything is visual and interactive. You can trace execution flows, follow network activity, and grab indicators with just a few clicks. And if something’s unclear? The built-in AI assistant explains the behavior in plain language, helping analysts understand what the malware is doing and why it matters.

Summary provided by AI Assistant inside ANY.RUN sandbox

It’s like having a senior analyst on standby, guiding your team through the process. Even newcomers can engage with real-world attacks confidently and learn faster because of it.

Reduce Onboarding and Training Time

Traditional SOC training takes weeks, sometimes months, and often pulls senior analysts away from critical tasks just to bring newcomers up to speed. ANY.RUN’s sandbox changes that.

New analysts can dive into real-world malware cases from day one, with guided tutorials and intuitive explanations that walk them through each step. There’s no need to sit through long training sessions or wait for someone to explain what’s happening; the sandbox does the teaching.

Quick ANY.RUN sandbox tutorial you can find easily in the FAQ section

Improve SOC Efficiency Through Smarter Collaboration

Strong SOCs aren’t just fast, they’re coordinated. ANY.RUN’s sandbox helps your team work better together by making threat data clear, shareable, and structured.

Each analysis session generates a clean, ready-to-share report with all the key artifacts: behaviors, screenshots, dropped files, and more.

Comprehensive report generated by ANY.RUN sandbox

There’s even a dedicated IOC tab where all indicators are automatically collected and sorted, making handoffs between analysts, incident responders, or threat intel teams seamless.

Instead of redoing work or digging through raw output, your team can stay aligned, respond faster, and reduce duplicated effort. This will help you build a more efficient, better-connected SOC.

Real-World Example: Catching a Phishing Attack in Seconds

One recent phishing sample came disguised as a simple email with a big green “Play Audio” button, which is a classic lure. In ANY.RUN’s sandbox, analysts could safely click through and observe the full attack chain in real time: from redirection and CAPTCHA bypass to a fake Microsoft login page.

View analysis session

Phishing email exposed inside ANY.RUN sandbox

In the top panel, the tags instantly identify it as a Tycoon2FA-related threat, so analysts know what they’re dealing with at a glance.

Tycoon detected by ANY.RUN sandbox

Even junior team members could follow the flow thanks to the interactive interface, automated hints, and clear visual tagging. Everything is visible on the screen; from the original phishing email and the “Play Audio” button to the final fake Microsoft login page designed to steal credentials.

Fake Microsoft login page designed to steal credentials

And if the analyst feels stuck? Enabling automated interactivity keeps the analysis moving. The sandbox can take over routine actions, like solving CAPTCHAs, so the full attack chain is revealed without interruption. It’s especially helpful for junior analysts, giving them the confidence to keep going while still learning from real threats.

CAPTCHA solving that can be done automatically by enabling Automated Interactivity

All key data, URLs, IPs, domains, file hashes, is automatically collected in the IOC panel, and a shareable report is ready within seconds, without the need for digging and spending a lot of time on the analysis.

IOCs collected inside interactive sandbox

Equip Your SOC with Tools That Drive Performance

If you’re looking to close skill gaps, reduce response times, and make the most of the team you already have, it’s time to put the right tools in their hands.

ANY.RUN’s interactive sandbox helps your analysts grow faster, detect smarter, and collaborate better, without adding complexity to your stack or pressure to your headcount.

With ANY.RUN, you can:

  • Cut onboarding and training time with intuitive tutorials and in-sandbox guidance
  • Let junior analysts safely engage with real-world threats from day one
  • Speed up triage and analysis with real-time, hands-on investigation
  • Automatically collect and organize IOCs for faster response
  • Generate structured reports for easier collaboration and documentation
  • Spot complex, multi-stage threats that automated tools often miss
  • Enable better decision-making without constant oversight

Try ANY.RUN for 14 days and see how your SOC can perform at its best.

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