As businesses learn to better protect themselves, criminals are simultaneously devising increasingly sophisticated techniques to penetrate their security barriers. Attracted by the unprecedented financial rewards that cyberattacks can deliver, growing numbers of threat actors are actively seeking and targeting undiscovered security flaws. In this environment, many organizations are establishing Security Operations Centers (SOCs) to combat security issues as they arise, providing a swift response and a decisive resolution.

The SOC is a centralized function for continuous threat monitoring and analysis, and for the mitigation and prevention of cybersecurity incidents