Many customers have a large fleet of various security tools, which can be divid into two types: restrictive (systems that strictly control a particular setting, such as user access to information) and active (i.e. systems that can respond to changes in the customer’s infrastructure; an example here is IDS solutions that analyze traffic flow). At the same time, if for systems of the first type it is possible to build a static process,, then systems that analyze the current state of the infrastructure require the mandatory participation of an analyst who can correctly interpret the signals receiv from them and conduct an investigation into each information security incident.
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To solve this problem, there is a SOC — a set of processes that unite technologies and people to jointly counteract intruders. As the “Standoff” competition held this year as part of Positive Hack Days show, security tools can hold off intruders for some time, but only a SOC team working together with a defense team can detect signs of anomalies in seemingly legitimate activity.
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Who are able to regulations and methods think outside the box and detect minor deviations in the operation of systems, and then step by step unravel the history of the hack, who are an integral part of modern means of detecting attacks, incidents and anomalies in the field of information security.
SOC functions can be implement within the internal division of the company or outsourc to third-party organizations.
Both approaches have their
Advantages and regulations and enter bios from windows settings methods disadvantages. For example, an internal SOC is always better inform and has more contextual information about incidents within its own enterprise, but investigating only its own incidents, it cannot use the experience of such work in other companies aero leads in the same industry. In addition, forming an internal SOC requires significant resources, and this can take several years, whereas when outsourcing SOC functions to a third-party organization, the process can be built in a short time frame – within regulations and methods a few weeks. For clients who come to our company for SOC consultations, the launch time is one of the main criteria when choosing an approach to creating a center.
