SOC maturity as a weapon in fighting cyber crime

A Security Operations Center (SOC) plays a central role in the capability of organisations to protect itself from cyberattacks. Therefore, it is of vital importance that the SOC can mount an effective response against threats. Maturity and capability are important aspects of such an effective response. The SOC-CMM was developed to measure these aspects specifically. The SOC-CMM provides a practical self-assessment tool that can be used to determine strengths and weaknesses of the SOC across 5 domains, from business to technology. This information can be used to provide direction for continuous resilience against cyber attacks.