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Top 5 skills a SOC analyst needs
Whether building a new security operations centre or revamping an existing one, staffing it with analysts that are equipped with these skills should be priority number one. Credit: Dreamstime
A security operations centre (SOC) analyst works within a team to monitor and fight threats to an organisation s IT infrastructure, as well as to identify security weaknesses and opportunities for potential improvements. Since a SOC analyst must juggle multiple critical tasks spanning technical, analytical, and business areas, finding qualified candidates is often challenging. Fortunately, pinpointing expert hires can be made much easier by focusing on the following five key skills that every SOC analyst should possess:
Top 5 skills a SOC analyst needs
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Former NSA cyber boss Philip Quade thinks cybersecurity teams need to make speed a higher priority.
Quade s outlined the NSA s strategy for offensive cyber operations in an online panel Wednesday.
Now chief cybersecurity officer at Fortinet, Quade has applied his experience to run cyber defenses.
Philip Quade has simple advice for cybersecurity teams across the world: Move fast to avoid breaking things.