Building Blocks for Next-Generation Security Operations

Regardless of industry, company size, or number of security professionals on staff, every organization needs to protect its environment by monitoring systems for potential threats and responding quickly in the event of a compromise. With mounting challenges facing security operations centers (SOCs), both from external threats and internal stressors, building next-generation SOCs to improve capacity for detection and response is increasingly critical.

The proliferation of data, duties, and technologies presents critical challenges for SOCs. The SOCs of today bear little resemblance to SOCs of the previous decade. Sprawl is a common indicator of how SOCs have changed: The breadth of data collected has grown exponentially; the scope of duties is larger; and the number of technologies being used and supported is increasing.