How Security Operations is a Journey, Not a Destination: An Analystâs Perspective>
Hacker Noon – Kai Iyer
Why is SOC Important? What does the SOC do? The Next-Gen SOC are adopting a much more proactive role and engage in threat hunts based on the changing trends in the cyber world. Emerging technologies like AI and Big Data have enabled the SOC to perform better using insights from past data to predict the trends. A Day in the Life of a SOC Analyst Working in SOC is like riding a bike. Except the Bike is on Fire. You are on Fire. And Everything is on Fire.

A rule of thumb in cyber: More the data easier the detection. What is the Best Part of Working in SOC? Being a SOC Analyst gives me the feeling of a samurai defending their clan. A Career in Blue Teaming Itâs easy to get excited about jumping into the user-behaviour analytics tool or SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response), but remember that the most important thing is establishing the basics. Always remember that infosec is a process, not a product. The people and processes on your blue team are as equally important as the technologies you put in place.
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