Modern SOC – 10 Essential Capabilities
GBSI institutional article on Modern SOC – 10 Essential Capabilities. Explore expert insights on Cybersecurity from the GBSI team.
An organizations cybersecurity strategy is implemented and coordinated by the security operation center (SOC). SOC handles security issues at both a technical and organizational level.
The main challenge to the cybersecurity industry is presented by malicious threat actors employing increasingly sophisticated tactics. There can never be sufficient numbers of skilled professionals to analyze and handle the volume of incidents organizations face. Security teams are bogged down on the front lines identifying, analyzing, and mitigating threats.
The modern SOC should be powered by data and visibility across the organization by creating a joint work surface for all team members. The SOC comprises three critical building blocks – people, processes, and technology. The building blocks are tied together through the frameworks of governance and compliance.
The following are the essential capabilities of a modern SOC:
In conclusion, the modern SOC should always provide real-time context on the threat landscape . Incorporating these capabilities makes the SOC a hyper-intelligent system that will offer transparency into threat environments, timely alerts, and context to evaluate an organizations security posture.
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