What is a SOC?

A Security Operations Center (SOC) is a specialized group within an organization's IT department. The sole purpose of the SOC is to continually monitor the company’s network and infrastructure in order to prevent cyber-attacks and data breaches. This group is also tasked with incident response and recovery, meaning responding to security incidents when they happen, recovering any lost data, and logging details of the attack for further research and prevention measures.

SOCs are staffed with highly skilled security experts who work together to detect threats and stay on top of the latest news and best practices in cybersecurity.

See Also: Risk Operations Center

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