To survive the ever-increasing threat of cyber attacks, businesses need to be in a position to detect and react to incidents quickly. Many businesses suffer catastrophically due to cyber attacks because they fail to prepare. One of the best solutions for keeping your business safe is setting up a Security Operations Centre (SOC). A SOC is run by security professionals who work to monitor an organisation’s entire information domain in order to prevent, detect and respond to any potential threats.
EY’s 19th Global Information Security Survey 2016-17 reported that 44% of companies who participated did not have a SOC, putting them at great risk of attack. So why is a SOC so important, and how you can set one up in your business?
Establish what’s important to your business
To set up a SOC, you need to be clear what your business is trying to prevent against. What data and information do you have that could be stolen? What devices need protecting? What are your most critical assets?
Awareness of what you are looking for is key to detection and prevention. Look for incoming attacks before they look for you. You may want to create likely scenarios to establish how you would react to them if they actually happened.