Operational cyber readiness for SMEs

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SOC, IR, readiness, MDR: differences for an SME

A guide to understand what you are actually buying: monitoring, response, readiness or a mix of services with very different roles.

Team PresidioSec

Incident response and cyber resilience for SMEs

2026-04-15

Four different jobs, often confused

A SOC monitors. An MDR externalizes part of the monitoring and defensive action. IR intervenes once the incident is real. Readiness prepares roles, playbooks, templates and decisions before any of that is needed.

For an SME the problem begins when those terms are compressed into a vague promise. The result is buying one service while expecting another.

Where PresidioSec fits

PresidioSec does not promise EDR, MDR or a 24/7 SOC. The core is operational readiness for SMEs, plus a specialist incident-support lane that can be activated when needed.

That distinction makes the purchase more honest: you know what is always available in the subscription and what is activated separately as human support.

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