Phishing, ransomware… cyber-attacks against businesses have surged this year. To protect against them, more and more businesses are choosing to set up a SOC: Security Operations Centre. This security unit monitors the whole of a company’s infrastructure and data from a single department. This single-security QG arrangement automatically identifies events that could present a danger to your network. Explanations.

Security Operations Centre (SOC): your IT infrastructure watchtower

Your IT network has several levels of security: firewall, IDS/IPS, DDOS protection, endpoint detection and response (EDR), etc. These are like the outer walls of a castle, intended to ward off intrusion. However, it is also essential to monitor and record attempts at breaking in to your network. For this you need a watchtower that gives full visibility over your various perimeter walls. That’s the role of a SOC. It supervises your IT infrastructure’s comings and goings: from the network layer to the software installed on workstations.

 

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