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Protecting your enterprise and maintaining business continuity have never been more important. In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, many of our customers have been asking for advice on how they can rapidly shift their SOCs to support the new reality of a fully remote workforce, while maintaining a strong security posture.

Through our own transition to a remote SOC, we've seen first-hand the power of a centralized view of incidents, security focused case management and real-time collaboration among analysts working from their homes in different locations across the globe. The remote operating model has further amplified the need for seamless collaboration, speed and efficiency. We have internally addressed these pressing demands by leveraging Cortex XSOAR for automation, case management and real-time collaboration. We would like to share our journey and best practices, along with a series of resources, to help jump-start your transition to a remote SOC:

* **Best practices from Palo Alto Networks SOC leaders:** Register to view our on-demand webinar, "[Running Your SOC Remotely: How Cortex XSOAR will help you get there.](https://register.paloaltonetworks.com/webinarrunningyoursocremotely)**"** The webinar features Matt Mellen, head of Palo Alto Networks SOC, and Devin Johnstone, Staff Security Operations Engineer, as they detail their journey to fully remote operations, share best practices and answer questions.

To get started with the accelerated onboarding of your remote SOC, please [contact the Cortex XSOAR team now](https://register.paloaltonetworks.com/empoweryoursoc-cortexxsoarfree).

See a real-world use-case of how our SOC triages, investigates and responds to an incident with the powerful combination of [Cortex XSOAR](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2020/02/cortex-xsoar/) for case management and virtual collaboration, and Cortex XDR for detection, analytics, and investigation.

We are committed to supporting security operations teams in this time of need, and we will continue to roll out additional resources to help inform, educate and successfully transition your SOC to fully remote operations.

If you are new to Cortex XSOAR, we encourage you to take it for a test drive, and feel free to kick the tires while you are at it. Sign up for the free [Community Edition of Cortex XSOAR](https://start.paloaltonetworks.com/sign-up-for-community-edition.html) today.

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