Security Operations Center

Security Operations Center (SOC) is a unit within any company that checks the performance of information security systems and responds to incidents.

The SOC consists of company employees with the necessary IS skills. The main tools for the unit’s work are SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), IRP (Incident Response Platform), SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation and Response) and SGRS (Security Governance, Risk-management and Compliance).

All of these systems help SOC staff analyze and monitor events, respond to threats and false positives, organize preventive measures, and provide reports and automate actions.

Scope of application

. SOC Division:

• controls information systems and infrastructure both within the company and outsourced to third parties;
• conducts preventive measures to reduce the risk of leakage of confidential information;
• monitors events online and responds to incidents in a timely manner;
• regularly checks enterprise infrastructures for vulnerabilities, weak zones, and analyzes IS violations;
• filters false threats or incorrect triggering of information protection tools;
• analyzes incidents that have occurred to prevent similar incidents in the future;
• provides reports on the current state of the company’s infrastructure and information protection

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. The creation of SOC in the organization brings and economic benefit: the cost of providing information security of the enterprise is reduced, the risk of information theft is reduced.

Implementation

. SOC can be integrated into the current infrastructure of the organization in two ways: internal or external.

In the first case, the unit is created by own efforts within the company. Preliminary analysis of the current state is carried out, risks for the organization in case of information leakage are assessed. A separate room is provided for the SOC, specialized software and equipment is purchased.

If an organization has no experience in creating such a center, it is worth going straight to the second option. Otherwise, you may spend resources but fail to achieve your goal.

In the second case, the organization creates a SOC by outsourcing. Monitoring and analysis of events in this case are handled by employees of an external company that has the necessary certificates and qualifications.

Security Operations Center is necessary for those organizations that want to reduce the risk of confidential information leakage. A SOC can be created either with in-house resources or with the help of third-party organizations.