SOC
A SOC is a team of information security professionals that collaborate to monitor, identify, evaluate, and investigate any potential cybersecurity hazards posed to an organization. When looking for signs of a cyber breach, continuous scans of computer networks, websites, computers, end-user devices, and all IT assets are regularly conducted. This helps identify any potential vulnerabilities and, most importantly, any attempts being made to breach the security controls. The SOC is in charge of looking at massive amounts of logs, coming in from every security product and every control deployed by the blue team. It needs to develop rules and identify any exceptions or threats. Next, incident response processes need to be maintained and regularly tested to ensure any breach can be timely managed and contained.
In some organizations, the blue team could consist of a SOC role as well. For some other organizations, it would be imperative for the blue team to work closely with the SOC...