1、SurveySANS 2024 SOC Survey:Facing Top Challenges in Security OperationsWritten by Christopher CrowleyMay 20242024 SANS Institute2SANS 2024 SOC Survey:Facing Top Challenges in Security OperationsExecutive SummaryAs weve seen in the past,security operations centers(SOCs)are a core component of an orga

2、nizations cybersecurity practice.Were exploring what a SOC is,and hope that you use this survey to recalibrate your near term and longer-term plans.In the authors experience many organizations are currently looking for a basis to compare the SOCs performance with other SOCs.This includes capabilitie

3、s,budget,staffing,and challenges.All of these are covered in this report.In addition to the details covered here,there are a multitude of additional items we simply dont have space to address.To help you help yourself,the de-identified responses and a Jupyter notebook are available for you to do som

4、e additional analysis at:https:/soc-.Figure 1 is dense with information.Some of the items expressed in it are that the top sectors represented by respondents were Technology,Government,Banking and finance,Cybersecurity,and Education.The respondents were a mix of technical and managerial:the top resp

5、onses were:Security administrator/Security analyst,SOC Analyst,Security manager or director,and SOC manager or director.334 out of 403 respondents were headquartered in North America,301 of those were based in the United States of America.But there were responses from companies headquartered around

6、the globe,including:Europe,Latin or South America,Asia,Middle East,Australia/New Zealand,and Africa.Ops:62HQ:2Ops:85HQ:3Ops:77HQ:4Ops:124HQ:9Ops:157HQ:30Technology Top 4 Industries RepresentedEach gear represents 10 respondents.Organizational SizeTop 4 Roles RepresentedSecurity administrator/securit