The Rise of Next Generation Security Operation Center (NG-SOC)

The year 2017 has been dominated by the worst cyber-attacks and high profile data breaches. Consumer credit score company Equifax has revealed that hackers accessed up to 143 million customer account details earlier this year. The data breach happened on July 29 and the details taken include names, social security numbers, drivers' licenses, and credit card numbers of around 200,000 people This breach might have cost multimillion dollar as penalties but the cost they will pay for the most important element of business is client trust and reputation, which they might have built over years. The incidents like this have made organizations realized that the threat landscape is changing faster, new challenges are emerging every day. Organisations have to change their defense strategy from basic level majors and ad hoc response to more sophisticated and robust processes.