An accomplished business leader with over 25 years of overall experience in the technology industry; Pinkesh brings a wealth of industry knowledge and experience, combined with a passion for innovation and a strong commitment to social responsibility. Apart from leading Ishan Technologies, Pinkesh is an active member of several industry forums such as the Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI), GCCI’s IT committee, GESIA, and the Shri Somnath Trust.
Pinkesh Kotecha, Chairman and MD, Ishan Technologies
Shared SOCs offer a way to organisation to manage the rising security complexity without having to pay a high-cost on security operations
India is entering a critical stage of its digital transformation thanks to the combination of cloud-native architectures and AI-enabled systems that are currently supporting mission-critical enterprise functions. Distributed compute environments, intelligence automation, and real-time analytics are enabling businesses to operate, innovate, and scale more rapidly. But here’s the thing: the more digital we become, the more exposed we get.
As organisations redesign their digital cores around elastic infrastructure and predictive intelligence, the cyber-risk environment becomes tougher to navigate. Resilience, compliance, and measurable security maturity can no longer sit on the sidelines. This is where Shared SOCs start to matter. They offer a way to manage this rising complexity without every organisation having to build its own high-cost, always-on security operation.
A Rapidly Expanding Threat Landscape
According to the India Cyber Threat Report 2025, there is still a lot of hostile activity going on, and national telemetry has started to show signs of exceptionally high detection rates across identity systems, cloud workloads, and API ecosystems.
The Talent Deficit and Operational Reality
While regulatory expectations rise, organisations continue to face a widening talent gap. According to ISACA’s State of Cybersecurity 2025, nearly 40% of cybersecurity teams are understaffed and 68% of organisations face continuous hiring challenges. Demand is highest in specialties such as cloud security, threat hunting, forensics, incident response, and architecture, where supply shortfall often exceeds 45–60%. Attrition, rising salary premiums, and the cost of operating 24×7 monitoring only deepen the operational burden, especially for mid-sized enterprises and GCCs.
Shared SOCs: A Scalable, Compliant and Practical Model
Against this backdrop, Shared Security Operations Centre (SOC) models have emerged as a practical, scalable and cost-efficient solution. These multi-tenant SOCs combine advanced telemetry pipelines, AI-driven correlation engines, behavioural analytics, automated workflow orchestration, and 24×7 monitoring eliminating the need for heavy upfront capital investment or specialist hiring.
More importantly, shared SOCs enable seamless compliance. The model centralises and standardises critical security functions log governance, event correlation, incident workflows, retention policy execution, SLA-driven response and breach reporting all aligned with India’s regulatory frameworks including CERT-In and sector regulators. Instead of managing compliance in fragmented silos, organisations gain continuous audit readiness and real-time governance dashboards, transforming compliance from a reactive process into a living operational capability.
Building Trust, Confidence and Digital Advantage
Beyond regulatory alignment, shared SOCs strengthen organisational trust a key differentiator in a digital economy where cybersecurity posture increasingly influences investment, partnerships, and ecosystem integration. Faster detection, rapid response, lower risk exposure, and visible cyber maturity create confidence among customers, investors, and regulators. This maturity directly supports faster due diligence cycles, smoother vendor approvals and enhanced eligibility for global value chain participation.
Shared SOCs also introduce intelligence multiplier effects. By aggregating telemetry across tenants, they enable early detection of emerging threat patterns and adversary behaviour that isolated organisations would not see. This collective intelligence improves the speed and accuracy of threat response, strengthening the entire ecosystem rather than individual entities in isolation.
The Road Ahead
As India moves deeper into an AI-enabled, cloud-first economy, the need for resilient, sovereign, and compliant cybersecurity infrastructure will only intensify. The next stage of digital transformation will be defined not just by the adoption of advanced technologies, but by the confidence with which organisations can secure and scale them. Shared SOCs provide that confidence enabling compliance, reducing operational complexity, and delivering enterprise-grade resilience at scale.
In a future governed by trust, sovereignty, and regulatory alignment, shared SOCs will form a critical pillar of India’s secure digital economy ensuring that innovation moves forward without compromising safety, transparency, or governance.
