What is a Security Operations Center (SOC)?
Unsure what a Security Operations Center (SOC) is? This blog explains what a SOC does and why it’s crucial for organizational cybersecurity. What is a Security Operations Center (SOC)? A Security Operations Center (SOC ) is a centralized function dedicated to improving an organization’s cybersecurity posture by unifying and coordinating all cybersecurity technologies and operations. Pronounced “sock” and sometimes referred to as an Information Security Operations Center (ISOC), a SOC is an in-house or outsourced team of IT security professionals who monitor the organization’s entire IT infrastructure around the clock. The primary mission of the SOC is to detect, analyze, and respond to security incidents in real-time, ensuring a proactive defense posture against cyber threats. Key Functions of a SOC Asset Inventory: Maintaining a comprehensive inventory of all assets, including applications, databases, servers, cloud services, and endpoints, and the security tools used to p...