11 Strategies of a World-Class Cybersecurity Operations Center

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If you are getting started in cybersecurity operations, evolving your existing security operations center (SOC), or engaging with a SOC regularly, 11 Strategies of a World-Class Cybersecurity Operations Center helps you understand what it takes to stand up, grow, and evolve a truly great SOC. Fully revised, this second edition includes new material and evolved thinking to bring a fresh approach to excelling at cybersecurity operations.

This book guides cyber professionals through applying mission context to 11 strategies of a world-class SOC:

Strategy 1: Know What You Are Protecting and Why
Strategy 2: Give the SOC the Authority to Do Its Job
Strategy 3: Build a SOC Structure to Match Your Organizational Needs
Strategy 4: Hire AND Grow Quality Staff
Strategy 5: Prioritize Incident Response
Strategy 6: Illuminate Adversaries with Cyber Threat Intelligence
Strategy 7: Select and Collect the Right Data
Strategy 8: Leverage Tools to Support Analyst Workflow
Strategy 9: Communicate Clearly, Collaborate Often, Share Generously
Strategy 10: Measure Performance to Improve Performance
Strategy 11: Turn up the Volume by Expanding SOC Functionality