The Race to Cyber Security
contain and protect, as well as to investigate and conduct a meticulous analysis for preventing similar incidences through a dedicated forensics team. The forensics team of a SOC is dedicated to evaluating necessary damage repair and implementing novel or near real-time responses.
The core trade for a professional is the old saying “practice makes perfect.” It’s a simple matter of constantly getting your hands dirty with the nitty-gritty work, repeatedly executing complex tasks in as versatile an environment as possible. This is the only way to become a professional and the only way to stay one.
Not all security issues are as dramatic as a direct attack, but are measured in how “ready” your organization is for the when scenarios. In the race to being secure, organizations many times fail to properly calibrate or stay up to date with internal components–whether it is infrastructure or personnel. A dedicated SOC has an onboarding team that ensures that specific security and IT elements like security incident event management systems (SIEM systems) are properly configured and calibrated, and that employees are properly trained to understand, analyze and act in response output.
Just like a Formula 1 team, when a SOC has a solid, strong and professional cyber security team, the synergy in the teamwork ensures optimal performance and protection within the dynamic and complex cyber security world. Professionalism is the key to effectively curtailing the dangers of cyber attacks. Ensuring a complete, professional and experienced team is what turns an ordinary team into a winning team.
As it is said, the whole is only as good as the sum of its parts.
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