Understanding a security operation center

In very large organizations such as an Internet Service Provider (ISP), you will often find a Network Operation Center (NOC). The NOC is responsible for monitoring the day-to-day network operations, performance, and services of a corporate network on a 24/7 basis. Even in large private organizations, there is usually an NOC that monitors the network to ensure everything is working as expected and to resolve any network outages, and to perform maintenance and upgrades. As more cyber attacks are occurring every day, the need for a dedicated team of persons with a specialized skill set to help safeguard and fight against cyber attacks is now ever-increasing. This is where the need for an SOC comes in to help us. An SOC is a type of operation center that is designed to monitor all security events on an enterprise network and remediate any threats.

An SOC can be implemented as an in-house solution or outsourced to a Managed Security Service Provider...