SOC as a Service UK
24/7 SOC as a Service for UK Companies - MDR, SIEM, NCSC & FCA Aligned Monitoring
Praxis-Q delivers 24/7 SOC-as-a-Service for UK organizations - managed detection and response, SIEM, threat hunting and incident response aligned to NCSC guidance and FCA operational-resilience expectations.
SOCaaS UK
SOC as a Service UK
24/7 SOC as a Service for UK Companies - MDR, SIEM, NCSC & FCA Aligned Monitoring
The Problem
Attacks do not keep office hours, yet most UK SMEs cannot staff a 24/7 SOC. NCSC guidance and FCA operational-resilience rules expect continuous monitoring few can deliver in-house.
What We Do
- Onboard
- Detect
- Triage
- Respond
- Report
What You Get
- 24/7/365 monitoring and threat detection
- Managed detection and response (MDR)
- SIEM correlation and threat intelligence
- NCSC-aligned monitoring and reporting
- FCA operational-resilience support
- Incident response and threat hunting
Why weeks, not months
AI-assisted evidence review, one client portal
Every SOCaaS UK engagement runs on the Praxis-Q compliance platform. You upload evidence per control, AI scores it against the requirement, and your auditor reviews in the same workflow — from scoping through to the issued, publicly verifiable certificate.
AI evidence scoring
Every upload is scored against the control before an auditor sees it — gaps surface in minutes, not at the review meeting.
One client portal
Scoping, evidence, auditor queries and status live in one place. No email chains, no spreadsheet trackers.
Auditor sign-off
Praxis-Q auditors review inside the same workflow, so review rounds shrink and the certificate issues sooner.
It's Not the Same as a SOC 2 Report
The acronym overlap between a Security Operations Center (a monitoring function) and SOC 2 (an AICPA attestation report) causes genuine confusion. Praxis-Q's SOC-as-a-Service is the former - continuous log monitoring, alert triage and incident response - and while it produces evidence that helps a SOC 2 audit or ISO 27001 certification succeed, subscribing to it doesn't itself constitute either of those separate attestation or certification outcomes.
Why UK Frameworks Expect Continuous Monitoring
Cyber Essentials Plus's certification cycle runs annually, but the underlying expectation - and increasingly the practical reality checked during reassessment - is that the five controls it tests are maintained continuously, not re-established just before each renewal. ISO 27001's surveillance audit cycle is built on the same premise: the certification body checks each year that the ISMS is still operating as originally certified, and gaps in ongoing monitoring evidence are a common surveillance audit finding. UK GDPR's Article 32 'appropriate technical measures' obligation is similarly interpreted as an ongoing state, not a one-time achievement.
Build vs Buy for UK Mid-Market Organisations
Staffing a genuine 24/7 monitoring capability internally requires shift coverage, SIEM tooling, and the alert-tuning expertise to keep the signal-to-noise ratio manageable - a cost structure that rarely makes sense for a mid-market UK organisation below a certain scale. Praxis-Q's SOC-as-a-Service delivers that continuous coverage on a shared-service model, letting clients meet the ongoing monitoring expectation their compliance frameworks assume without carrying a dedicated internal team's fixed cost.
Integrating With Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO 27001 Evidence
Praxis-Q configures monitoring and alerting specifically to generate the artefacts a Cyber Essentials Plus reassessment or an ISO 27001 surveillance audit will request - patch management records, access review logs, incident response timelines - structured so they slot directly into the relevant evidence request rather than needing reformatting each time a certification or audit cycle comes around.
Engagement Model
Onboarding starts with a log source and asset inventory review, followed by monitoring configuration against the client's actual environment over the first two to three weeks. Ongoing service includes 24/7 alert monitoring, triage, and escalation with incident response support when action is needed. Praxis-Q reviews coverage quarterly as the client's environment and compliance obligations evolve.