This document discusses considerations for building a security operations center (SOC) to better manage security threats. It describes the evolving threat landscape and increasing attacks faced by organizations. An enterprise SOC provides centralized monitoring, investigation of incidents, and reporting to improve protection of critical data assets. It assesses existing security capabilities, outlines five essential SOC functions, and discusses capacity management and moving forward with development. Consulting partners can assist with strategy and implementation of an enterprise SOC.
Talking about Next-Gen Security Operation Center for IDNIC+APJII as representative from IDSECCONF. People-Centric SOC requires lot of investment on human in terms of quantity and quality, unfortunately, (good) IT security people are getting rare these days. Organisation need to put their investments more on technology, as in Industry 4.0, machines are getting more advanced to support Human on doing continuous and repetitive task.
Moving from “traditional” to next-gen SOC require proper plan, thats what this talk was about.
Building a Next-Generation Security Operations Center (SOC)Sqrrl
So, you need to build a Security Operations Center (SOC)? What does that mean? What does the modern SOC need to do? Learn from Dr. Terry Brugger, who has been doing information security work for over 15 years, including building out a SOC for a large Federal agency and consulting for numerous large enterprises on their security operations.
Watch the presentation with audio here: http://info.sqrrl.com/sqrrl-october-webinar-next-generation-soc
Security Operations Center (SOC) Essentials for the SMEAlienVault
Closing the gaps in security controls, systems, people and processes is not an easy feat, particularly for IT practitioners in smaller organizations with limited budgets and few (if any) dedicated security staff. So, what are the essential security capabilities needed to establish a security operations center and start closing those gaps?
Join Javvad Malik of 451 Research and Patrick Bedwell, VP of Product Marketing at AlienVault for this session covering:
*Developments in the threat landscape driving a shift from preventative to detective controls
*Essential security controls needed to defend against modern threats
*Fundamentals for evaluating a security approach that will work for you, not against you
*How a unified approach to security visibility can help you get from install to insight more quickly
Cyber Security Trends
Business Concerns
Cyber Threats
The Solutions
Security Operation Center
requirement
SOC Architecture model
SOC Implementation
SOC & NOC
SOC & CSIRT
SIEM & Correlation
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Definition
Gartner defines a SOC as both a team, often operating in shifts around the clock, and a facility dedicated to and organized to prevent, detect, assess and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents, and to fulfill and assess regulatory compliance. The term "cybersecurity operation center "is often used synonymously for SOC.
A network operations center (NOC) is not a SOC, which focuses on network device management rather than detecting and responding to cybersecurity incidents. Coordination between the two is common, however.
A managed security service is not the same as having a SOC — although a service provider may offer services from a SOC. A managed service is a shared resource and not solely dedicated to a single organization or entity. Similarly, there is no such thing as a managed SOC.
Most of the technologies, processes and best practices that are used in a SOC are not specific to a SOC. Incident response or vulnerability management remain the same, whether delivered from a SOC or not. It is a meta-topic, involving many security domains and disciplines, and depending on the services and functions that are delivered by the SOC.
Services that often reside in a SOC are:
• Cyber security incident response
• Malware analysis
• Forensic analysis
• Threat intelligence analysis
• Risk analytics and attack path modeling
• Countermeasure implementation
• Vulnerability assessment
• Vulnerability analysis
• Penetration testing
• Remediation prioritization and coordination
• Security intelligence collection and fusion
• Security architecture design
• Security consulting
• Security awareness training
• Security audit data collection and distribution
Alternative names for SOC :
Security defense center (SDC)
Security intelligence center
Cyber security center
Threat defense center
security intelligence and operations center (SIOC)
Infrastructure Protection Centre (IPC)
مرکز عملیات امنیت
Talking about Next-Gen Security Operation Center for IDNIC+APJII as representative from IDSECCONF. People-Centric SOC requires lot of investment on human in terms of quantity and quality, unfortunately, (good) IT security people are getting rare these days. Organisation need to put their investments more on technology, as in Industry 4.0, machines are getting more advanced to support Human on doing continuous and repetitive task.
Moving from “traditional” to next-gen SOC require proper plan, thats what this talk was about.
Building a Next-Generation Security Operations Center (SOC)Sqrrl
So, you need to build a Security Operations Center (SOC)? What does that mean? What does the modern SOC need to do? Learn from Dr. Terry Brugger, who has been doing information security work for over 15 years, including building out a SOC for a large Federal agency and consulting for numerous large enterprises on their security operations.
Watch the presentation with audio here: http://info.sqrrl.com/sqrrl-october-webinar-next-generation-soc
Security Operations Center (SOC) Essentials for the SMEAlienVault
Closing the gaps in security controls, systems, people and processes is not an easy feat, particularly for IT practitioners in smaller organizations with limited budgets and few (if any) dedicated security staff. So, what are the essential security capabilities needed to establish a security operations center and start closing those gaps?
Join Javvad Malik of 451 Research and Patrick Bedwell, VP of Product Marketing at AlienVault for this session covering:
*Developments in the threat landscape driving a shift from preventative to detective controls
*Essential security controls needed to defend against modern threats
*Fundamentals for evaluating a security approach that will work for you, not against you
*How a unified approach to security visibility can help you get from install to insight more quickly
Cyber Security Trends
Business Concerns
Cyber Threats
The Solutions
Security Operation Center
requirement
SOC Architecture model
SOC Implementation
SOC & NOC
SOC & CSIRT
SIEM & Correlation
-----------------------------------------------------------
Definition
Gartner defines a SOC as both a team, often operating in shifts around the clock, and a facility dedicated to and organized to prevent, detect, assess and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents, and to fulfill and assess regulatory compliance. The term "cybersecurity operation center "is often used synonymously for SOC.
A network operations center (NOC) is not a SOC, which focuses on network device management rather than detecting and responding to cybersecurity incidents. Coordination between the two is common, however.
A managed security service is not the same as having a SOC — although a service provider may offer services from a SOC. A managed service is a shared resource and not solely dedicated to a single organization or entity. Similarly, there is no such thing as a managed SOC.
Most of the technologies, processes and best practices that are used in a SOC are not specific to a SOC. Incident response or vulnerability management remain the same, whether delivered from a SOC or not. It is a meta-topic, involving many security domains and disciplines, and depending on the services and functions that are delivered by the SOC.
Services that often reside in a SOC are:
• Cyber security incident response
• Malware analysis
• Forensic analysis
• Threat intelligence analysis
• Risk analytics and attack path modeling
• Countermeasure implementation
• Vulnerability assessment
• Vulnerability analysis
• Penetration testing
• Remediation prioritization and coordination
• Security intelligence collection and fusion
• Security architecture design
• Security consulting
• Security awareness training
• Security audit data collection and distribution
Alternative names for SOC :
Security defense center (SDC)
Security intelligence center
Cyber security center
Threat defense center
security intelligence and operations center (SIOC)
Infrastructure Protection Centre (IPC)
مرکز عملیات امنیت
7 Steps to Build a SOC with Limited ResourcesLogRhythm
Most organizations don't have the resources to staff a 24x7 security operations center (SOC). This results in events that aren't monitored around the clock, major delays in detecting and responding to incidents, and the inability for the team to proactively hunt for threats. It's a dangerous situation.
But there is a solution. By using the Threat Lifecycle Management framework to combine people, process, and technology to automate manual tasks, your team can rapidly detect and respond to threats—without adding resources. Read on to learn 7 steps to building your SOC, even when your resources are limited.
Security Management is very complex and does not limit itself to products and technologies. It is important to consider alternatives when setting up a Security Operation Center (SOC), from insight into the business plan requirements, ability and the skill set of people who will handle the SOC, the responsibilities for the team, budget and more.
Insight is one of the best security operation center that influences all the necessary things that reduce the advanced threats and security risk all over your company and protects your network infrastructure across the organization. https://insightmsp.co.in/soc-as-service.php
An in-depth look at:
1. Disruptive Technology and its impact on organizations.
2. Need for a Security Operations Center (SOC) for the 21st century businesses
3. Designing and operating an effective SOC - what it takes to run a successful SOC starting from how we should prepare our minds in terms of approach to the actual implementation and operation.
4. Qualities any SOC Analyst should possess
5. Measuring the success of a SOC - We discuss critical factors to consider when determining the success of a SOC.
From SIEM to SOC: Crossing the Cybersecurity ChasmPriyanka Aash
You own a SIEM, but to be secure, you need a Security Operations Center! How do you cross the chasm? Do you hire staff or outsource? And what skills are needed? Mike Ostrowski, a cybersecurity industry veteran, will review common pitfalls experienced through the journey from SIEM to SOC, the pros and cons of an all in-house SOC vs. outsourcing, and the benefits of a hybrid SOC model.
Learning Objectives:
1: You own a SIEM, but to be secure, you need a SOC. How do you cross the chasm?
2: What are the pros and cons of in-house, fully managed and hybrid security?
3: What considerations go into deciding whether to employ a hybrid strategy?
(Source: RSA Conference USA 2018)
According to Cisco’s 2018 Cyber security automation Study, organizations overwhelmingly favor specialized tools to get the most robust capabilities across their environment. The more disparate technology a SOC uses, the greater the need for security orchestration and automation platform to help tie everything together.
Visit - https://www.siemplify.co/
Secrets to managing your Duty of Care in an ever- changing world.
How well do you know your risks?
Are you keeping up with your responsibilities to provide Duty of Care?
How well are you prioritising Cybersecurity initiatives?
Liability for Cybersecurity attacks sits with Executives and Board members who may not have the right level of technical security knowledge. This session will outline what practical steps executives can take to implement a Cybersecurity Roadmap that is aligned with its strategic objectives.
Led by Krist Davood, who has spent over 28 years implementing secure mission critical systems for executives. Krist is an expert in protecting the interconnectedness of technology, intellectual property and information systems, as evidenced through his roles at The Good Guys, Court Services Victoria and Schiavello.
The seminar will cover:
• Fiduciary responsibility
• How to efficiently deal with personal liability and the threat of court action
• The role of a Cybersecurity Executive Dashboard and its ability to simplify risk and amplify informed decision making
• How to identify and bridge the gap between your Cybersecurity Compliance Rating and the threat of court action
Optimizing Security Operations: 5 Keys to SuccessSirius
Organizations are suffering from cyber fatigue, with too many alerts, too many technologies, and not enough people. Many security operations center (SOC) teams are underskilled and overworked, making it extremely difficult to streamline operations and decrease the time it takes to detect and remediate security incidents.
Addressing these challenges requires a shift in the tactics and strategies deployed in SOCs. But building an effective SOC is hard; many companies struggle first with implementation and then with figuring out how to take their security operations to the next level.
Read to learn:
--Advantages and disadvantages of different SOC models
--Tips for leveraging advanced analytics tools
--Best practices for incorporating automation and orchestration
--How to boost incident response capabilities, and measure your efforts
--How the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and CIS Controls can help you establish a strong foundation
Start building your roadmap to a next-generation SOC.
SOC presentation- Building a Security Operations CenterMichael Nickle
Presentation I used to give on the topic of using a SIM/SIEM to unify the information stream flowing into the SOC. This piece of collateral was used to help close the largest SIEM deal (Product and services) that my employer achieved with this product line.
Security Operation Center (SOC) is the most sensible move in order to save your business during an attempted cyber security attack. SOC Represents the Overall Security in an organization/environment which includes Cyber, Digital & Information security and the operations center is responsible for assessing and implementing the Security Posture of an Organization. Through SOC, multiple layers of security are put in place where the objective is to protect Information valuable to an organization.
Security operations center 5 security controlsAlienVault
An effective Security Operation Center provides the information necessary for organizations to efficiently detect threats and subsequently contain them. While eliminating the threats we face is an impossible goal, reducing the time it takes to respond and contain them is certainly achievable. Learn 5 security controls for an effective security operations center.
SOC Architecture - Building the NextGen SOCPriyanka Aash
Why are APTs difficult to detect
Revisit the cyber kill chain
Process orient detection
NextGen SOC Process
Building your threat mind map
Implement and measure your SOC
Real Application Security (RAS) and Oracle Application Express (APEX)Dimitri Gielis
Security in an APEX app
Introduction to Real Application Security (RAS)
Using RAS in Oracle Application Express (APEX)
Live demo implementing RAS in APEX app
Black Duck & IBM Present: Application Security in the Age of Open SourceBlack Duck by Synopsys
Keeping applications secure, whether you're developing for internal use or for your customers, isn't easy. Today, applications are a mix of open source and custom code. Identifying and resolving security vulnerabilities in both requires the right tools and know-how. Black Duck and IBM are working together to help you keep your applications secure.
7 Steps to Build a SOC with Limited ResourcesLogRhythm
Most organizations don't have the resources to staff a 24x7 security operations center (SOC). This results in events that aren't monitored around the clock, major delays in detecting and responding to incidents, and the inability for the team to proactively hunt for threats. It's a dangerous situation.
But there is a solution. By using the Threat Lifecycle Management framework to combine people, process, and technology to automate manual tasks, your team can rapidly detect and respond to threats—without adding resources. Read on to learn 7 steps to building your SOC, even when your resources are limited.
Security Management is very complex and does not limit itself to products and technologies. It is important to consider alternatives when setting up a Security Operation Center (SOC), from insight into the business plan requirements, ability and the skill set of people who will handle the SOC, the responsibilities for the team, budget and more.
Insight is one of the best security operation center that influences all the necessary things that reduce the advanced threats and security risk all over your company and protects your network infrastructure across the organization. https://insightmsp.co.in/soc-as-service.php
An in-depth look at:
1. Disruptive Technology and its impact on organizations.
2. Need for a Security Operations Center (SOC) for the 21st century businesses
3. Designing and operating an effective SOC - what it takes to run a successful SOC starting from how we should prepare our minds in terms of approach to the actual implementation and operation.
4. Qualities any SOC Analyst should possess
5. Measuring the success of a SOC - We discuss critical factors to consider when determining the success of a SOC.
From SIEM to SOC: Crossing the Cybersecurity ChasmPriyanka Aash
You own a SIEM, but to be secure, you need a Security Operations Center! How do you cross the chasm? Do you hire staff or outsource? And what skills are needed? Mike Ostrowski, a cybersecurity industry veteran, will review common pitfalls experienced through the journey from SIEM to SOC, the pros and cons of an all in-house SOC vs. outsourcing, and the benefits of a hybrid SOC model.
Learning Objectives:
1: You own a SIEM, but to be secure, you need a SOC. How do you cross the chasm?
2: What are the pros and cons of in-house, fully managed and hybrid security?
3: What considerations go into deciding whether to employ a hybrid strategy?
(Source: RSA Conference USA 2018)
According to Cisco’s 2018 Cyber security automation Study, organizations overwhelmingly favor specialized tools to get the most robust capabilities across their environment. The more disparate technology a SOC uses, the greater the need for security orchestration and automation platform to help tie everything together.
Visit - https://www.siemplify.co/
Secrets to managing your Duty of Care in an ever- changing world.
How well do you know your risks?
Are you keeping up with your responsibilities to provide Duty of Care?
How well are you prioritising Cybersecurity initiatives?
Liability for Cybersecurity attacks sits with Executives and Board members who may not have the right level of technical security knowledge. This session will outline what practical steps executives can take to implement a Cybersecurity Roadmap that is aligned with its strategic objectives.
Led by Krist Davood, who has spent over 28 years implementing secure mission critical systems for executives. Krist is an expert in protecting the interconnectedness of technology, intellectual property and information systems, as evidenced through his roles at The Good Guys, Court Services Victoria and Schiavello.
The seminar will cover:
• Fiduciary responsibility
• How to efficiently deal with personal liability and the threat of court action
• The role of a Cybersecurity Executive Dashboard and its ability to simplify risk and amplify informed decision making
• How to identify and bridge the gap between your Cybersecurity Compliance Rating and the threat of court action
Optimizing Security Operations: 5 Keys to SuccessSirius
Organizations are suffering from cyber fatigue, with too many alerts, too many technologies, and not enough people. Many security operations center (SOC) teams are underskilled and overworked, making it extremely difficult to streamline operations and decrease the time it takes to detect and remediate security incidents.
Addressing these challenges requires a shift in the tactics and strategies deployed in SOCs. But building an effective SOC is hard; many companies struggle first with implementation and then with figuring out how to take their security operations to the next level.
Read to learn:
--Advantages and disadvantages of different SOC models
--Tips for leveraging advanced analytics tools
--Best practices for incorporating automation and orchestration
--How to boost incident response capabilities, and measure your efforts
--How the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and CIS Controls can help you establish a strong foundation
Start building your roadmap to a next-generation SOC.
SOC presentation- Building a Security Operations CenterMichael Nickle
Presentation I used to give on the topic of using a SIM/SIEM to unify the information stream flowing into the SOC. This piece of collateral was used to help close the largest SIEM deal (Product and services) that my employer achieved with this product line.
Security Operation Center (SOC) is the most sensible move in order to save your business during an attempted cyber security attack. SOC Represents the Overall Security in an organization/environment which includes Cyber, Digital & Information security and the operations center is responsible for assessing and implementing the Security Posture of an Organization. Through SOC, multiple layers of security are put in place where the objective is to protect Information valuable to an organization.
Security operations center 5 security controlsAlienVault
An effective Security Operation Center provides the information necessary for organizations to efficiently detect threats and subsequently contain them. While eliminating the threats we face is an impossible goal, reducing the time it takes to respond and contain them is certainly achievable. Learn 5 security controls for an effective security operations center.
SOC Architecture - Building the NextGen SOCPriyanka Aash
Why are APTs difficult to detect
Revisit the cyber kill chain
Process orient detection
NextGen SOC Process
Building your threat mind map
Implement and measure your SOC
Real Application Security (RAS) and Oracle Application Express (APEX)Dimitri Gielis
Security in an APEX app
Introduction to Real Application Security (RAS)
Using RAS in Oracle Application Express (APEX)
Live demo implementing RAS in APEX app
Black Duck & IBM Present: Application Security in the Age of Open SourceBlack Duck by Synopsys
Keeping applications secure, whether you're developing for internal use or for your customers, isn't easy. Today, applications are a mix of open source and custom code. Identifying and resolving security vulnerabilities in both requires the right tools and know-how. Black Duck and IBM are working together to help you keep your applications secure.
Axess2 Architecture and Design - Considerations and Renovations SQ Digital
When working on an old building, it’s imperative that you take into consideration the limitations inherent to such a building. After all, maintaining the original structure, design and architecture can be challenging when you have renovations to perform, so you need to ensure that the measures you take are the right ones for the project – and that you know the building’s ins and outs, so that you can make decisions quickly and accurately.
Software Defined Networking (SDN) with VMware NSXZivaro Inc
Combining SDN with VMware’s NSX can accelerate application deployment and delivery in a secure and virtualized network. No longer will your network create a bottleneck when trying to administer new applications. Key topics include:
- How SDN allows for innovative ways to use a virtualized network
- Why SDN creates greater span of control, network analytics and response
- What intelligence can be gained from a global view of the network
- How SDN and NSX together allow IT to treat their physical network as a pool of transport capacity that can be consumed and repurposed on demand
From: "Software Defined Networking for NSX" webinar presented by Scott Hogg of GTRI and Hunter Hansen of VMware on February 3, 2016. Webinar recording: https://youtu.be/t_3DpN3nIXQ
Water Works Design Team - SCAPE, Rogers Partners, James Lima Planning + Design - presented this Water Works design-in-progress in Minneapolis.
Click through for insights into this dynamic public space on the mighty Mississippi's only natural waterfall, along with detailed slides of the designers' suggestions for landscape design, year-round park programming and integrating with the site's urban surroundings.
For more on the project, please visit http://mplsparksfoundation.org/projects/water-works.
Summarize the design and build approach for SOC (Security Operation Center) for both end user company and service providers. Defines the approach flow for SOC building and various components and phases involved. Defines design thumb rules and parameters for SOC Design.
Today, the delegation of risk decisions to the IT team
cannot be the only solution and has to be a shared
responsibility. The board and business executives are
expected to incorporate the management of cyber risk
as part of their business strategy since they are
accountable to stakeholders, regulators and
customers. For the CROs, CISOs, and Security and Risk
Management Professionals to be on the same page,
there has to be a single source of truth for
communicating the impact that cyber risk has on
business outcomes, in a language that everyone can
understand.
Five principles for improving your cyber securityWGroup
Corporate assets have been shifting from physical assets to virtual assets over the past 20 years. This trend has been accompanied by a corresponding increase in the vulnerability of intangible assets, leading to a greater general awareness of corporate cyber security risks. The alteration or destruction of a company’s data can result in harm to reputation, loss of public confidence, disruption to infrastructure, and legal sanctions. The security risk can adversely impact a company’s stock price and competitive position in the marketplace. In this document, WGroup cites 5 principles that will help improve a business's cyber security. The 5 principles are risk identification, risk management, legal implications, technical expertise, and expectations.
A Buyers Guide to Investing in Endpoint Detection and Response for Enterprise...Kaspersky
A key business goal of any organization is to maintain the constant availability of data and systems that can be trusted for decision-making purposes. The evolving threat landscape has resulted in increasing focus, right to board level, on cybersecurity. IT operational and security teams should demonstrate a comprehensive, cohesive approach in their response to security incidents and data breaches.
Risk management is one of the main concepts that have been used by most of the organisations to protect their assets and data. One such example would be INSURANCE. Most of the insurance like Life, Health, and Auto etc have been formulated to help people protect their assets against losses. Risk management has also extended its roots to physical devices, such as locks and doors to protect homes and automobiles, password protected vaults to protect money and jewels, police, fire, security to protect against other physical risks. Dr. C. Umarani | Shriniketh D "Risk Management" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-1 , December 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd37916.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/computer-science/computer-security/37916/risk-management/dr-c-umarani
What CIOs Need To Tell Their Boards About Cyber SecurityKaryl Scott
Companies are under increasing risks of breaches, theft of intellectual property and erosion of customer trust. CIOs and CISOs need to be able to explain to executive management what's being done to shore up their company's security strategy and defenses.
How close is your organization to being breached | Safe SecurityRahul Tyagi
Traditional methods are certainly limited in
their capabilities and this is easily proven by
the multitude of breaches businesses were a
victim of, across the globe. The 2020 Q3 Data
Breach QuickView Report revealed that the
number of records exposed in 2020 has
increased to 36 billion globally. The report
stated that there were 2,953 publicly
reported breaches in the first three quarters
of 2020 itself! 2020 is already named the
“worst year on record” by the end of Q2 in
terms of the total number of records
exposed. With the growing sophistication of
cyber-attacks and global damages related
to cybercrime reaching $6 trillion by 2021, we
need a solution that simplifies
cybersecurity.
To know more about breach probability visit : www.safe.security
Cyber-attacks are an alarming threat to all types of businesses & organizations.The risk of a cyber-attack is not just a risk to your company but also to your privacy.Hence, cybersecurity is crucial for every business. Cybersecurity protects critical data from cyber attackers. This includes sensitive data, governmental and industry information, personal information, personally identifiable information (PII), intellectual property, and protected health information (PHI). If you are looking for tools to fight against cyber threats, then Techwave’s tools & technologies with adequate controls will help your organization stay protected.
Cyber-attacks are an alarming threat to all types of businesses & organizations.The risk of a cyber-attack is not just a risk to your company but also to your privacy.Hence, cybersecurity is crucial for every business. Cybersecurity protects critical data from cyber attackers. This includes sensitive data, governmental and industry information, personal information, personally identifiable information (PII), intellectual property, and protected health information (PHI). If you are looking for tools to fight against cyber threats, then Techwave’s tools & technologies with adequate controls will help your organization stay protected.
Delivering operational efficiency and lower costs through an integrated approach to network security management
Q1 Labs is a global provider of high-value, cost-effective network security management products. The company's next-generation security information and event management (SIEM) offering, QRadar, integrates functions typically segmented by first generation solutions - including log management, SIEM and network activity monitoring - into a total security intelligence solution. QRadar provides users with crucial visibility into what is occurring with their networks, data centers, and applications to better protect IT assets and meet regulatory requirements. By deploying QRadar, organizations greatly enhance their IT security programs and meet the following specific security requirements.
White paper cyber risk appetite defining and understanding risk in the moder...balejandre
Managing risk is a balancing act for organizations of all sizes and disciplines. While some organizations take on too much risk, others arguably do not take on enough. Complicating this equation is the emergence of cyber as one of the most impactful sources of risk in the modern enterprise
An IT risk assessment does more than just tell you about the state of security of your IT infrastructure; it can facilitate decision-making on your organizational security strategy. Some of the benefits of conducting an IT risk assessment are:
The Significance of IT Security Management & Risk AssessmentBradley Susser
The Significance of IT Security Management & Risk Assessment
An overview of IT Security Management, which is comprised of standards, policies, plans, and procedures as well as risk assessment and the various techniques and approaches to minimize an organization’s financial impact due to the exploitation of numerous organizational assets.
Similar to Strategy considerations for building a security operations center (20)
Fundamentos necessários para que os usuários iniciem o processo de cotação usando a plataforma Salesforce. Ele levará mais de uma hora para ser concluído e permitirá que os usuários comecem a executar o CPQ aprendendo métodos de precificação, modelo de dados de objeto do CPQ, configuração técnica de descontos, documentos de saída.
The Salesforce Automation Landscape
The Salesforce Automation Landscape
Declarative Tolls points and clicks admins
Coding tools Salesforce Gods
For Developers it is very important understand
the tools available and know when they should be applied.
Declarative tool set – Workflowrules, same object updates
Email notifications, limited applications.
Process Builder – Related object updates
Create a records, no unrelated objects
Bulk issues everywhere
Visual flow unrelated object updates variables and loops.
Same learning curve as code, but without the benefits.
A high-level overview of the key features and benefits of Workflow and Approval process automation in Enterprise Edition. Your sales force operates more efficiently with standardized internal procedures and automated business processes. Many of the tasks you normally assign, the emails you regularly send, and other record updates are part of an organization's standard processes. Instead of doing this work manually, you can configure workflow and approvals to do it automatically.
Begin by designing workflow rules and approval processes, and associating them with actions such as email alerts, tasks, field updates, or outbound messages.
Migrating
your
existing applications and IT assets to the Amazon Web Services
(AWS)
Cloud
presents
an opportunity to transform the way your organization
does
business.
It can help
you
lower costs, become more agile, develop new
skills
more quickly
, and deliver reliable, globally available services to your
customers.
Our goal is to help you to
implement
your cloud strategy
successfully.
Opendatabay - Open Data Marketplace.pptxOpendatabay
Opendatabay.com unlocks the power of data for everyone. Open Data Marketplace fosters a collaborative hub for data enthusiasts to explore, share, and contribute to a vast collection of datasets.
First ever open hub for data enthusiasts to collaborate and innovate. A platform to explore, share, and contribute to a vast collection of datasets. Through robust quality control and innovative technologies like blockchain verification, opendatabay ensures the authenticity and reliability of datasets, empowering users to make data-driven decisions with confidence. Leverage cutting-edge AI technologies to enhance the data exploration, analysis, and discovery experience.
From intelligent search and recommendations to automated data productisation and quotation, Opendatabay AI-driven features streamline the data workflow. Finding the data you need shouldn't be a complex. Opendatabay simplifies the data acquisition process with an intuitive interface and robust search tools. Effortlessly explore, discover, and access the data you need, allowing you to focus on extracting valuable insights. Opendatabay breaks new ground with a dedicated, AI-generated, synthetic datasets.
Leverage these privacy-preserving datasets for training and testing AI models without compromising sensitive information. Opendatabay prioritizes transparency by providing detailed metadata, provenance information, and usage guidelines for each dataset, ensuring users have a comprehensive understanding of the data they're working with. By leveraging a powerful combination of distributed ledger technology and rigorous third-party audits Opendatabay ensures the authenticity and reliability of every dataset. Security is at the core of Opendatabay. Marketplace implements stringent security measures, including encryption, access controls, and regular vulnerability assessments, to safeguard your data and protect your privacy.
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Empowering the Data Analytics Ecosystem: A Laser Focus on Value
The data analytics ecosystem thrives when every component functions at its peak, unlocking the true potential of data. Here's a laser focus on key areas for an empowered ecosystem:
1. Democratize Access, Not Data:
Granular Access Controls: Provide users with self-service tools tailored to their specific needs, preventing data overload and misuse.
Data Catalogs: Implement robust data catalogs for easy discovery and understanding of available data sources.
2. Foster Collaboration with Clear Roles:
Data Mesh Architecture: Break down data silos by creating a distributed data ownership model with clear ownership and responsibilities.
Collaborative Workspaces: Utilize interactive platforms where data scientists, analysts, and domain experts can work seamlessly together.
3. Leverage Advanced Analytics Strategically:
AI-powered Automation: Automate repetitive tasks like data cleaning and feature engineering, freeing up data talent for higher-level analysis.
Right-Tool Selection: Strategically choose the most effective advanced analytics techniques (e.g., AI, ML) based on specific business problems.
4. Prioritize Data Quality with Automation:
Automated Data Validation: Implement automated data quality checks to identify and rectify errors at the source, minimizing downstream issues.
Data Lineage Tracking: Track the flow of data throughout the ecosystem, ensuring transparency and facilitating root cause analysis for errors.
5. Cultivate a Data-Driven Mindset:
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Thought Leadership White Paper
Strategy considerations for building
a security operations center
Optimize your security intelligence to better safeguard your business from threats
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Contents
2 Executive summary
2 Security challenges abound
3 The enterprise SOC: A more effective threat
management solution
5 Assessing your existing security operations
7 The five essential functions of an enterprise SOC
11 Capacity management
12 Moving forward to create an enterprise SOC
14 IBM enterprise SOC development capabilities
15 Why IBM?
Executive summary
The persistent and evolving threat landscape has created a
need for smarter security solutions, and organizations are taking
notice. Despite the tightening of IT budgets caused by the
recent global economic slowdown, Gartner anticipates security
spending to reach US$93 billion by 2017.1 which includes the
areas of security testing, managed security service providers and
security information and event management.
Building an enterprise security operations center (SOC) can
be an effective path to reducing security vulnerabilities. An
enterprise SOC encompasses the people, processes and technol-
ogies that handle information technology (IT) threat monitor-
ing, forensic investigation, incident management and security
reporting. It can include entirely internal operations, processes,
technologies and staff, or a hybrid of out-tasked and internal
capabilities. An enterprise SOC is particularly appropriate for
large, global organizations that deal with significant amounts
of data, which may be subject to complex legal and compliance
requirements and at risk of targeted and sophisticated threats.
By developing an enterprise SOC, you can facilitate greater con-
trol over your threat management activities and help improve
protection of your critical data assets. This internal capability
can be enhanced by selectively leveraging external service
providers to gain additional insight into global threat patterns.
This paper describes the persistent and evolving IT threat
landscape, along with the need for and benefits of building
an enterprise SOC. It details:
●● How to assess the maturity and capabilities of your existing
security operations
●● Five essential functions that enterprise SOCs should address
●● The myriad of considerations necessary to realize each
function
●● Broad capabilities that consulting partners can bring to
the strategy and implementation of your enterprise SOC
●● How you can jumpstart your enterprise SOC development
efforts
Security challenges abound
The ever-persistent threat landscape poses risks to virtually any
organization’s operations and bottom line. At the same time, the
growing complexity and quantity of structured and unstructured
data from networks, mobile platforms and cloud-based environ-
ments is making it increasingly more difficult to manage data
dispersed across numerous locations and stakeholders. It is no
surprise that the most attacked industries include those that han-
dle some of the most sensitive customer data. For example, the
health and social services industry is the target of 10.1 million
weekly attacks and the finance and insurance industry faces
roughly 3.6 million weekly attacks.2
Overall, the “IBM Security Services Cyber Security Intelligence
Index,” which details analyses of security events for
3,700 IBM clients across 130 countries during 2012, uncovered
137.4 million incidents of malicious activity that attempted to
collect, disrupt, deny, degrade or destroy information system
resources or the information itself. That translates to 2.6 million
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attack attempts each week and 0.38 million attack attempts each
day. Of these threats, 1.07 per 1 million attacks successfully
compromised their targets.2
What is the cost of these security breaches? The Ponemon
Institute estimates the average organizational cost of a data
breach in the United States is US$188 per compromised record—
amounting to US$5.4 million annually.3 And the soft costs can
be even more significant. The economic value of a company’s
reputation has been found to decline an average of 21 percent
as a result of an IT breach of customer data—or the equivalent
of an average of US$332 million.4 That is why companies need
a more comprehensive approach to managing security threats.
Organizations need a way to:
• More cost effectively monitor threats and manage firewalls,
AV and intrusion detection system (IDS) devices
• Develop the infrastructure and capabilities to improve
security intelligence and respond more effectively to
security threats or incidents
• Integrate a security information and event management
(SIEM) into the existing infrastructure and optimize the
staffing and processes to leverage it
The enterprise SOC: A more effective
threat management solution
Technology cannot adapt as quickly as the ever-evolving threat
landscape. The question is not a matter of if your organization
will be attacked, but when. And when that attack occurs, the
enterprise SOC you have in place can make the difference in
reducing the impact of the threat, quickly identifying the nature
and seriousness of the threat and providing management with
the security intelligence to effectively handle the business risk.
New business models and technologies
Large* existing IT
infrastructures
* Large existing IT infrastructures
Cloud/
virtualization
Mobile
collaboration/
BYOD
Velocity of threats
Motive
National
Security
Espionage,
political activism
Monetary gain
Revenge
Curiosity
Adversary
Nation-state actors;
targeted attacks/
advanced persistent threat
Competitors, hacktivists
Organized crime, hackers and crackers
using sophisticated tools
Insiders, using inside information
Script-kiddies or hackers using tools,
web-based “how-to’s”
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Malware infection
and loss of
productivity
Data or device
loss or theft
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Regulatory
fines
Data
leakage
Potential impacts
Social business
Professional and personal
identities
Evolving
regulations
Figure 1. The current environment is putting new demands on security
operations.
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What is an enterprise SOC?
An enterprise SOC functions as a team of skilled people operat-
ing under defined processes and supported by integrated security
intelligence technologies that are typically housed within one
or several on-premise facilities. Operating under the umbrella
of your overall security operations environment, the enterprise
SOC specifically focuses on cyber threat, monitoring, forensic
investigation, incident management and reporting.
Enterprise SOCs are designed to:
●● Provide a central point for monitoring, synthesizing and
acting on threats (see Figure 2)
●● Prepare for and respond to cyber incidents
●● Enable business continuity and efficient recovery
●● Prevent cyber threats from impacting the business
infrastructure
●● Provide insightful cyber-risk and compliance reporting
●● Ensure that groups managing critical infrastructure
components, such as firewalls, IPS, and routers are aware of
potential threats to enable quick remediation of risks
More specifically, the enterprise SOC’s major responsibilities are
to help:
●● Monitor, analyze, correlate and escalate intrusion events
●● Identify trends in security threats and their potential impact
on the business
●● Develop appropriate responses for protection, defense and
response
●● Conduct incident management and forensic investigation
●● Maintain security community relationships
●● Assist in crisis operations and communications
Identifying the right fit
These are critical IT security functions for organizations in gen-
eral, but managing them via an enterprise SOC is particularly
advantageous for companies that handle significant volumes of
sensitive data—particularly data that is subject to stringent legal
and compliance requirements and would lead to catastrophic
consequences if compromised. Thus, an enterprise SOC is an
especially appropriate solution for financial institutions, large
pharmaceutical companies and government. And unlike small
to mid-size businesses, larger organizations can more easily
allot the human resources, technologies and physical space
needed to build and manage an enterprise SOC and develop
an around-the-clock monitoring capability.
Because each enterprise SOC is as unique as the organization it
belongs to, it is critical to understand the factors that influence
outcome. An enterprise SOC can include entirely internal
operations, processes, technologies and staff, rely heavily on
external provider managed services, or include a hybrid of
out-tasked and internal capabilities. To determine the right
balance for your organization, you will want to consider cost,
skills availability, single point versus multiple global locations,
the importance of around-the-clock coverage and support.
Whichever model you choose, overall an enterprise SOC can
offer the following advantages:
●● An around-the-clock operational structure supported by
people, processes and technologies charged with more
effectively preventing, reducing and remediating security
events
Log
management
SIEM Risk
management
Network activity
and anomaly
detection
Network and
application
visibility
Figure 2. An enterprise SOC can provide a single view of security threats for
near real-time decision-making.
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●● Improved visibility into cyber attacks, infections and misuse
that would otherwise require manual discovery and correlation
●● A better understanding of how your security program reduces
operational risks and therefore business risks
●● Improved analytics and reporting to help address growing
compliance requirements
●● Insight into the current state of your security posture
●● A more comprehensive view of threats made possible by threat
feeds and analytics from external service providers
●● More flexibility to update your security technologies to meet
your business’s evolving risk management needs
●● Improved centralization of threat control to help manage one
of your organization’s most valuable assets—your information
●● Reduced costs and potential damage to the business brand by
helping to prevent and mitigate the impact of security threats
A recent study found that companies using
security intelligence technologies were more
efficient in detecting and containing cyber
attacks. As a result, these companies enjoyed
an average cost savings of US$1.6 million
when compared to companies not deploying
security intelligence technologies. Moreover,
the study found that companies that invest
in adequate resources, appoint a high-level
security leader, and employ certified or expert
staff have cyber crime costs that are lower
than companies that have not implemented
these practices. This cost savings for
companies deploying good security
governance practices is estimated at more
than US$1 million, on average.5
Assessing your existing security
operations
Virtually all organizations have security operations and many
even have created dedicated security operations centers.
However, they often operate at a sub-optimal level, and do not
provide the required level of threat protection. In some cases,
security operations are embedded in the network operations
center (NOC) to tie threat monitoring to the policy manage-
ment processes for network devices. The risk is that the group’s
governance priorities may not be sufficiently weighted toward
identifying and analyzing the threats. There may also be gaps
in threats outside the realm of the network, as the focus will be
on managing the network. A dedicated SOC can place its priori-
ties on how the threats will impact the business, both from an
operational standpoint and planning perspective. It also helps
enable an organization to bring together a team of skilled
analysts that can more readily share knowledge of the evolving
nature of the threats and how it is impacting the business.
Current maturity levels
A key consideration when assessing the current operation is the
current level of maturity. The maturity of existing operations is a
measure of effectiveness in providing the necessary threat man-
agement capabilities to protect the organization. Maturity levels
should be assessed across multiple dimensions of capabilities or
components along a scale of increasing maturity. Capabilities
or components to measure can include:
●● Technology
●● Process and procedures
●● Organization
●● Metrics
●● Governance
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Examining each of these areas can determine how the current state compares to industry best practices by rating them across five
definitions from initial base capabilities to an optimized environment (see Figure 3). A low ranking in any of the areas would warrant
increased management attention and investment. Likewise, a mismatch across the capabilities or components (one low, another high)
could suggest an inefficient allocation of investment resources.
Capabilities at this
level are (typically)
undocumented and
in a state of dynamic
change and are
characterized as ad
hoc, uncontrolled
and reactive. This
level of maturity can
make for a chaotic
or unstable
environment.
Capabilities at level
2 are repeatable,
and when used can
provide consistent
results. Standardiza-
tion is unlikely to be
rigorous and is likely
to be bypassed in
times of stress.
Level 3 capabilities
are defined,
documented and
standardized with
moderate degrees
of improvement
over time and are
characterized as
more consistent to
a department or
team but are still
subject to periods
of instability when
cross functional
coordination is
required.
Capabilities at level 5
are continually
improving through
both incremental
and planned strategic
changes/improve-
ments. At maturity
level 5, technology
processes and
governance are
cross-functionally
integrated with
shared goals,
objectives and
measures at the staff,
management and
leadership level.
Initial Managed Defined
Quantitative
management Optimizing
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Technology
SIEM architecture
SIEM log sources
SIEM correlation rules
Ticketing
Platform integrations
Process and procedures
Process manual
Security intelligence
Event monitoring
Threat response
Emergency response
Cross functional integration
Organization
Structure
Sourcing
Staffing
Education
Role definition
Metrics
Performance
Efficiency
Quality
Capacity
Cost
Governance
Security policy & awareness
Strategy
SOC program governance
Capability/component
Level 4 capabilities
are well standardized,
cross-functional and
make effective use of
metrics to enable
staff and management
to effectively execute,
monitor and manage
the people, processes
and technology.
Processes at this
level are efficient
(Process cycle
efficiency) and
capable (operating
within 3-4 standard
deviations of target).
staff, management
and leadership level.
Figure 3. Assessing current maturity levels of existing security operations.
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The five essential functions of an
enterprise SOC
Realizing the benefits of an enterprise SOC depends on how
effectively you define a strategy to address the essential enter-
prise SOC functions. These five essential functions include:
●● Security threat monitoring
●● Security incident management
●● Personnel recruitment, retainment and management
●● Process development, management and optimization
●● Emerging threat strategy
Function one: security threat monitoring
Monitoring threat data and determining where possible security
events must be investigated is one of the best ways to preempt
security threats. With robust monitoring skills and resources
in place, such as SIEM technologies and other tools, you can
change your organization’s posture from reacting to security
events to preventing them from happening in the first place.
SIEM tools provide the technology foundation for the enterprise
SOC that enables the identification, correlation and prioritiza-
tion of threats. Facilitating improved visibility, SIEM technolo-
gies collect volumes of log data across multiple devices such as
Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), firewalls, routers, and turn
the data into actionable security intelligence. This helps enable
billions of log events to be synthesized into a handful of security
offenses that can be prioritized for remediation action.
But the successful prevention of security incidents depends not
just on industry-leading technology but also on industry-leading
strategy. You will need to consider the following:
Methodology
●● What specific data should be monitored, and does it need
to be monitored within set hours or around the clock?
●● What security events are you going to monitor, and how
can you define these incidents via rules for the monitoring
technology?
●● What compliance and regulation issues warrant specific
data monitoring?
●● Are the systems you are monitoring critical enough
for inclusion in your business continuity and disaster
recovery plan?
Logistics
●● Do events need to be monitored in near-real time?
●● Does the event-monitoring tool need to be multi-tenant?
●● Where and how can you get this data flowing into your
monitoring tools?
●● How do you tune event flow to be more effective?
The 5 essential functions of an enterprise
security operations center (SOC)
Millions of cyber security events. 73,400 attacks. 90 require action.
1. Security threat monitoring
2. Security
incident
management
5. Emerging threat strategy
3. Personnel recruitment,
retainment and management
4. Process development
and optimization
Organizations with enterprise SOCs know which ones.
Around the clock visibility, analysis
and reporting of billions of log
events from Intrusion Prevention
Systems (IPS), firewalls and
routers across multiple devices
Network support, desktop support,
troubleshooting,
script writing,
ongoing training
and auditing
Document and implement
analytical, business, operational,
technology processes and
procedures
Define, prioritize and
manage incidents
based on corporate
policy, business
controls and regulatory
requirements
Threat service subscriptions
and security metrics
Figure 4. The five essential functions of a SOC.
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Resources
●● What kinds of monitoring reports will be needed, and who
are the consumers of that information?
●● What SIEM capabilities will be needed to stay on top of
the newest threats?
●● What human resources are needed for monitoring, and how
many people are needed?
●● What are the skill sets that will best serve the business
requirements?
Team involvement
●● How can you keep your team motivated and educated?
●● Does your team have the right amount of information for
effective decision making?
●● How can you train new employees?
Follow-up
●● What will be your escalation process when a security event
needs to be investigated? How will the investigation of
escalated events take place?
●● How do you incorporate continuous process improvement
into the monitoring process?
●● How do you ensure that the use cases represent the latest
threat patterns?
●● How do you detect and remediate log and event sources that
stop flowing to the monitoring tools?
●● How can you update your organization about your monitor-
ing capabilities as technology and threats change?
This list is not meant to be exhaustive, but these are critical
items that need to be considered beyond the selection of a SIEM
or other monitoring tools. And many of your answers to these
questions will help determine not only the monitoring technol-
ogy you use, but also how effectively you optimize the people
and technologies that run your security-monitoring operations.
Function two: security incident management
Identifying security threats is only the first step. Equally impor-
tant is defining which security incidents demand a response,
and how to ensure that the necessary actions are taken to reme-
diate the risk. An integrated ticketing system can provide the
mechanism to capture the threat analysis, process it as a security
incident, and track that the necessary remediation actions have
been taken. This approach includes interfacing with the teams
that manage the devices where policy changes are required. As
most security devices are typically managed outside the SOC,
quick identification of the device at risk and responsible parties
will enable organizations to more rapidly update policies and
configurations to address the threat.
There are practical aspects of managing security incidents,
including:
●● The prioritization process for managing the incidents
(Severity 1–3)
●● Defining the notification process (who and when)
●● Managing the workload and aging of tickets
●● Defining and enforcing service levels
●● Developing meaningful metrics to track performance
There are also device and policy considerations to consider,
including:
●● How will the policies of the security devices and tools be
crafted and tested?
●● How will changes be conducted, who will be authorized
to make changes and how will authorization be granted? Who
will periodically review the overall policies?
●● How will you update security definition files?
●● Will you implement blocking technologies; and if so, for
which items?
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●● How will you monitor the devices for health and availability?
●● Which teams will receive health-monitoring updates?
●● How will you update, record and track the health and
policy issues?
●● How will software and firmware be updated?
●● What degree of fault tolerance will be required for gateway
and inline devices?
●● How will you grant access to the devices, and how will
changes be monitored?
●● How will access be controlled for third parties?
●● What should be the feedback process between the monitoring
team and the device and policy team for changes and tuning?
Function three: personnel recruitment, retainment and
management
The people you hire who monitor and respond to security
events on an ongoing basis will be the heart and soul of your
enterprise SOC. And for this reason, you should choose them
wisely. Although hiring and training staff with entry-level
skills may save you money in the short run, this strategy can
backfire in the long run if they are not able to effectively
analyze, preempt or resolve security threats.
While the SIEM will filter the threats and identify the most
important risks, the human component is still critical. It takes
colossal concentration, attention to detail and most importantly,
significant analytical skills to stave off IT threats on a daily basis.
Network and desktop support and troubleshooting skills tend to
translate well in this domain. It is also important to have some
subject matter expertise with the particular vendor technology
used in the environment.
The teams also need to be proactive in their approach to using
security intelligence and identifying how the latest alerts may
indicate a new level of threat to the organization, which implies
close communication and knowledge sharing among analysts.
In addition, you will need a shift-scheduling program that
matches resource allocation to the potential volume and impact
of threats. For large organizations with multiple enterprise
SOCs spread globally, this could imply a “follow-the-sun”
distribution of resources.
And do not forget the critical nature of training. Ongoing
training, via a formal program, is a necessity—as both security
technologies and the threat environment are ever changing.
Other personnel considerations can include:
●● Shift schedules for each staff member based on business needs
(for example, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or
around the clock)
●● Defined responsibilities and deliverables for each position and
for each scheduled shift
●● Security monitoring and technology administration skill sets
(Note: UNIX and Linux skills often translate well to security)
●● Budget considerations for training organizations like SANS
and participation at events like Black Hat Briefings and
security conferences where innovative security trends are
discussed
●● Career path for security professionals; a 1-to-3 year tenure is
typical for enterprise SOC analysts due to the rigors of the
position
●● Ongoing recruitment strategies
●● Special positions focused on writing new rules for the
monitoring tool, which often involves not only deep security
expertise, but also script writing
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It is also important to understand access and be able to audit that
access to those on the security team, including outside security
service providers. This is because they will likely have access to
privileged information and administrative credentials to critical
internal systems. As an example, IBM has extensive controls and
audit processes to help make sure authorized changes can only
be made by authorized staff.
Function four: process development, management and
optimization
Managing an enterprise SOC effectively requires well-defined
processes and procedures. Although a process defines who will
do a specific task, a procedure defines how that task actually gets
done. Both are necessary to operate in an organized, efficient
and highly consistent manner on an ongoing basis. They are
what help enable teams to know how to perform their duties.
The myriad of enterprise SOC process considerations include:
Analytical processes and procedures for detecting and
remediating security issues
●● Incident classification methodology
●● Incident detection and analytical timeframes for taking action
●● Incident escalation process and follow up
●● Ticketing to help ensure that incidents lead to analysis and
remediation
●● Process to evaluate new threats
●● Process to write and test new detection rules
●● Forensics processes
Business processes and procedures for administrative and
management duties
●● Log retention
●● Unacceptable usage
●● Internal communications and public disclosure
●● Policy change process and verification, including changes to
gateway devices and how those configurations are reviewed
●● Content update process and use cases refreshes
●● Report preparation and metrics reporting
Operational processes and procedures for day-to-day
operations
●● Employee recruitment, retention, promotion and turnover
●● New employee onboarding
●● Company security awareness training
●● Employee training
Technology processes for system administration,
maintenance and management
●● Patch process
●● Firmware update process and software updates
●● Access to device and management station processes
●● New technology implementation process
●● Health-check process
●● Vulnerability scan and remediation process
Each of these broader categories can be broken down into
hundreds of granular procedures. The more thorough you are
in planning your processes, the more effective your enterprise
SOC will be.
Function five: emerging threat strategy
Without access to the latest security intelligence, organizations
may leave their most critical business data exposed to hackers or
malware without ever knowing that a threat exists. But despite
this reality, many companies do not have access to the latest
security intelligence.
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This is often due to rapid changes in security intelligence that
make it difficult to stay abreast of current and emerging threats.
However, there are many resources available, such as subscrip-
tions to threat services like the IBM® X-Force® hosted threat
analysis service
It is also possible to subscribe to services that can classify the
trustworthiness of the external IP addresses and help alert you
if your own address space has been communicating with known
botnet control stations.
Additionally, it is helpful to understand if the threats and inci-
dents impacting your organization are representative of compa-
rable companies. This insight can help you evaluate what to
expect, how efficient your defenses are and the effectiveness
of your security program. Your organization and processes
must also have the necessary agility to make use of this security
intelligence and redirect resources and priorities as the risk
vectors change.
You will need to build security metrics, which will ideally be:
●● A set of metrics that help serve as your common threat-based
metrics of events per day and per type
●● Compliance reports that can satisfy business control needs
●● Security reporting that better aligns to your overall company
metrics and business objectives
You cannot successfully manage mutating threats unless you are
aware of them. Thus, surveying the threat landscape on an
ongoing basis can only make your security monitoring efforts
more effective.
Capacity management
Capacity management plays a key role in aligning the sizing of
the SOC to the type and volume of threats projected and the
breadth of the infrastructure to protect. As in the maturity analy-
sis described earlier, it is important that the various elements of
the SOC (people, processes and technology) are balanced and
sufficient to meet the peak volume needs without over invest-
ment. They would typically be sized to attain the performance
levels defined in the SLAs and SLOs.
Capacity management can be thought of in four distinct phases
(see Figure 5):
Capacity modeling—Analyzing the inputs and outputs of the
SOC to understand what the design capacity should be to
achieve an effective capacity of output that will produce the
right balance of resources to handle the expected workload.
A number of modeling tools can be used to allow for different
skills required, technology throughput, coverage hours required
and so forth. This can range from basic queuing theory, to
Erlang modeling, to developing Poisson distributions. This
exercise provides a quantitative view of the level of resources
required and their allocation.
Capacity planning—The modeling exercise provides the inputs
necessary to size and scope the SOC operation and its compo-
nents. This enables more educated decisions regarding the
number and type of skills needed over defined shifts, the number
and capacity of servers to support the analytical and incident
handling processes, investment to support the requirements
and budget preparation. The planning phase typically results in
a three-year SOC strategy and plan, which is then updated as
the business requirements or threat environment changes. This
planning typically includes stakeholders from both business, IT
and compliance.
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Capacity monitoring—It is important to periodically evaluate
the SOC performance to validate the decisions from the model-
ing exercise. As mentioned earlier, today’s threat environment is
continually evolving and may demand periodic rebalancing of
personnel or a review of available skills. Thus, it is important to
institute monitoring capabilities that provide management with
the tools and information necessary to assess if the SOC is meet-
ing its defined mission. This not only helps to justify the current
operation but provides insights into future requirements, for
example, enhanced security intelligence processing technologies
or improved reporting capabilities.
Capacity reporting—Supporting the above phases is a need for
comprehensive reporting that provides SOC management the
information necessary not only to evaluate the performance of
the current operation and the meeting of SLAs and SLOs, but
also to better understand where process, skills or technology
constraints could impede the handling of an increase in volume
or change in the business objectives. Effective reporting serves
both the SOC managers and CISO’s information needs as well
as the organization. It can also feed compliance reporting to help
demonstrate readiness and support future investment requests as
the SOC evolves.
Moving forward to create an
enterprise SOC
So how do you get started on an enterprise SOC initiative?
A practical place to begin is with understanding the risk manage-
ment objectives of the organization. What are the business risks
or compliance requirements where business management are
dedicating time and will steer investment capital? Who are the
key business and IT stakeholders that will seek input into the
SOC strategy?
These questions and answers will help develop your mission
statement. The mission of the enterprise SOC should address
the reason you are building it and the problems it seeks to
overcome. This mission is something that will be unique to
your organization and help determine the people, processes
and technologies that will be your enterprise SOC.
Technical
architecture
Solution
architecture
Capacity
modeling
Capacity
planning
Capacity
monitoring
Organic growth, project growth, business events
Operations
architecture
Business
managementCapacity reporting
Figure 5. Capacity management typically falls into four distinct phases.
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Example: A global financial institution seeks strategy
guidance and implementation assistance to build an
enterprise SOC
Scenario
A global financial institution with many locations distributed
around the globe needed insight into industry-leading security
practices and assistance to create an in-house, enterprise
SOC that helped them improve threat management and better
manage compliance.
Solution sought:
• Business and technical workshops to assess the current
security operations
• Guidance on developing a best-in-class security operations
center leveraging leading SIEM technologies
• Implementation and integration services to build an
around-the-clock SOC and staffing support to help
quickly ramp up the operation
Benefits:
• A view of the current maturity and capabilities of existing
security operations
• Reduced costs and improved return on investment
• Optimized processes for monitoring and managing threats
• Ability to rapidly respond to changing compliance
requirements
• Improved visibility into threats and better remediation
of risks
When creating the mission, consider your:
●● Security pain points based on the defined business and IT
risks
●● The core enterprise SOC functions that would effectively
address your pain points
●● Compliance and regulatory requirements, especially for units
that might be in other geographies
●● Security budget and multi-year commitment
●● The volume and types of threats you have faced historically
●● Who will consume the information collected and analyzed
by the enterprise SOC
●● Facilities
●● Labor and skills availability
●● Technologies in place and required
●● Training and threat intelligence educational investments
After you define your goals, compare them to your present
security status to determine what is working and what is not
working. For example, do you have full visibility into your
security devices’ log reports? Can you correlate the log informa-
tion to derive useful security intelligence? Does your security
governance help enable rapid response to identified threats?
An assessment of your security operations can identify gaps in
people, processes or technologies that could leave the door open
to a breach. It can also paint a clearer picture of the resources
and capabilities you need to move forward. With this insight,
you can fine-tune your mission statement and goals—and
ultimately, translate them into a roadmap for putting together
your enterprise SOC operations.
Finally, you will need to determine how much of the workload
and capital investments you want to take on in-house. There are
numerous paths to moving forward, including using the skills of
a managed security services provider, building the strategy and
enterprise SOC entirely in-house, or outsourcing some of the
essential functions. For example, you can choose a service pro-
vider to manage the SIEM technology or to provide you with
skilled analyst resources on a contract basis. Figure 6 illustrates
the factors that come into play when determining an optimized
model for your enterprise SOC.
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Few, if any, companies can outsource total responsibility for
security. However, many organizations have found that partner-
ing with a security services provider can help them more effec-
tively and efficiently address the essential functions raised in this
paper. This is because security operations can be overwhelming,
involving numerous considerations and a wide range of skills.
A provider with vast security resources can streamline the
development of your enterprise SOC by providing any one or
more of the following services:
●● Strategy consulting and enterprise SOC design and
implementation expertise
●● World-class skills
●● Compliance and regulatory management
●● Extensive security research to identify evolving threats
●● World-class technologies to help monitor, remediate and
prevent security threats
IBM enterprise SOC development
capabilities
Through workshops, assessments, strategy engagements,
and design and build activities tailored to your organization,
IBM can help improve your security intelligence capabilities
and optimize your security operations. We can offer the critical
resources you need to build an enterprise SOC including:
●● People: Skilled resources to analyze threats and monitor a
heterogeneous infrastructure around the clock
●● Processes: Efficient operational processes to help you more
rapidly respond to threats and remediate risks while
facilitating compliance management
●● Technologies: Advanced SIEM and ticket-management
technologies that provide the security intelligence to better
target the response and manage the security devices
Figure 6. Determining the right fit for your enterprise SOC.
Balanceofinternalvs.external
SOCservices
Key: Ability to manage external security
intelligence feeds to gain insight into risks
• Larger enterprise
• Broad, global data
assets
• Larger budget
• Deep security skills
Key: Ability to leverage internal data assets
+ external analysis to gain insight into risks
• Smaller enterprise
• Fewer data assets
• Less budget
• Fewer security skills
Favors internal SOC build
Able to leverage internal
security intelligence
Favors external SOC services
More reliant on external
security intelligence
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The IBM enterprise SOC offerings include the following:
●● SOC workshop: a one-day management workshop to
establish goals and objectives for developing the SOC,
including identifying stakeholders, the types of threats you
will monitor and the management model
●● SOC assessment: consulting assessment for customers that
have an existing SOC but are looking for IBM to review
their capabilities and maturity and make recommendations
for improvements
●● Consulting strategy engagement: for organizations who
want to develop an internal SOC and are seeking a strategy
and roadmap for development (see Figure 6)
●● SOC design and build projects: professional services for
customers who already have a SOC strategy and are
seeking assistance to design and build one or multiple SOCs
(see Figure 7)
●● SIEM assessments: for organizations that want to assess their
existing SIEM deployments and need guidance to upgrade
their capabilities
●● IBM QRadar security intelligence platform: security intelligence
products that help integrate SIEM, log management, anomaly
detection, and configuration and vulnerability management to
deliver improved threat detection
Why IBM?
IBM is an analyst-recognized leader in security consulting and
managed security services. With over a century of experience
supporting clients’ business systems—including more than
15 years of experience building and operating SOCs—we can
help you reduce and prevent IT risks to your organization.
In fact, on any given day, we process and store an average of
20 billion security logs. This diverse experience equips us with
unique insight into mutating threats that are impacting numer-
ous industries—enabling us to more effectively recognize and
preempt a wide range of security issues.
Moreover, by choosing IBM, you can take advantage of our
global security operations and research capabilities, industry-
leading methodology and software and world-class skills. Our
global footprint includes 10 enterprise SOCs that serve over
2,000 customers in 100 countries, and our clients are supported
by the skills of over 6,000 highly skilled security consultants.6
We are ready to deliver feature-rich and more flexible solutions
to support your enterprise SOC strategy, design and implemen-
tation needs.
Phase 1
Phase 3
Phase 2
Execute blueprint
SOC
assessment
SOC
build
• Information gathering
• Determine requirements
• Blueprint creation
• Information analysis
Figure 7. IBM tailors its standard methodology to help organizations evaluate
their SOC models, establish a target state and develop a roadmap.
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