A security operations center immediately incites images of a large, windowless room filled ceiling-to-floor with large flatscreen monitors. Security analysts sit dutifully at desks, taking in information from several screens at once, ready to pounce on even the slightest anomaly.
This vision of a security operations center, or SOC, is rooted in reality but only for a select few. The types of setups and capabilities showcased in these portrayals exist for large enterprises, such as Fortune 500 companies, major government agencies, or international finance organizations.