In this chapter, we learned that the security operations center (SOC) serves as your centralized view into your overall enterprise organizational infrastructure.

In this chapter, we discussed:

• What the responsibilities of the security operations center include
• Management of security operations center tools
• Design considerations for security operations center tools
• Personnel roles in the security operations center
• Processes and procedures required to run a security operations center
• Internal versus outsourced security operations center

In the next chapter, we will discuss information security architecture concepts and implementation steps towards implementing an effective, well-integrated information security architecture program.