Human skills are essential to the success of SOCs

Security operations centers have become a key part of threat handling for many enterprises, but it's the human element that is key to success, according to a new report. The SOC Skills Survey from training platform Cyberbit reveals that just 39 percent of respondents feel that HR understands the requirements needed to work in a cybersecurity team. On average, respondents believe that SOC teams are only about 50 percent prepared across the entire range of skills provided. Least prepared are intrusion detection (55 percent unprepared) and network monitoring (58 percent unprepared). The majority of these teams rely on on-the-job training… [Continue Reading]