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Understanding the Alphabet Soup: What Each Type of SOC Does

By Sara Mosqueda

9 September 2024

Focus on Security Operations Centers (SOCs)

Security operations centers (SOCs), centralized surveillance and response hubs, allow organizations to review and react to all types of threats, including cyber, insider, physical, reputational, and others.

SOCs can serve as a single site for analysis and intelligence, capable of hosting the technology, expertise, and tools needed for staff to collect, evaluate, distribute, and act upon information and incidents.

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