{"id":249940,"date":"2023-03-02T09:33:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T09:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imarticus.org\/?p=249940"},"modified":"2024-04-02T07:35:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T07:35:24","slug":"soc-expert-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-cybersecurity-analyst-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imarticus.org\/blog\/soc-expert-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-cybersecurity-analyst-role\/","title":{"rendered":"SOC Expert: Everything You Need to Know About The Cybersecurity Analyst Role"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the increasing number of threats online, organisations are now building robust SOC teams to safeguard their data from the outer world. This is because most of the company data is stored online for easy access. Hence, the demand for SOC experts is on the rise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this article, let’s dive into understanding the job responsibilities and skills required to become a<\/span> SOC expert<\/span> and how they have come as a boon to the cybersecurity community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is a SOC analyst?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The full form of SOC is Security Operations Centre. A SOC team is a centralised team within a business that monitors threats, incidents, and suspicious illicit activities 24 hours a day. The SOC analyst team takes immediate action to mitigate these threats from their roots. They also provide remediation efforts to avoid such mishaps in the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A SOC analyst uses the SIEM tool to monitor cybersecurity threats. This tool captures logs from a variety of servers to monitor real-time threats. The tool is also responsible for identifying unusual behaviours throughout the networks based on these logs. Once a suspicious activity is logged, the tool takes necessary actions to report this issue for further investigation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Job roles of a SOC analyst<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In simple words, the job role of a SOC analyst entails monitoring and auditing a company’s cyber threats. But other than that, there are much more responsibilities of a SOC analyst to look out for. They are:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n