Threat Detection

One of the primary reasons we need to have a SOC in place is to detect threats within the environment. It is the SOC’s responsibility 24/7/365 to do all they can to detect any activity that may be a threat to the organization. This requires the ongoing scanning and analyzing of all activity within the environment to identify any anomalies. This is not an easy task and there is a lot involved to ensure efficient threat detection is in place. Throughout this section, we will cover everything you should consider as part of threat detection within your cybersecurity operations.

Asset Management and Visibility

Before we go into any more technical areas, one area that cannot be ignored is your assets. If you do not know what is within your environment, how will you ever be able to detect if there are any threats within those assets? Because of this, it is critical that you dedicate the time to ensure you have full visibility into all your assets and that...