Planning the Government Security Operations Center

The accelerating pace of evolving threats – including ransomware, supply chain attacks, and newly announced software vulnerabilities – has placed a huge burden on federal government SOCs to secure, operate, and defend their agencies’ infrastructure. These challenges also come as many agencies are embarking on an ambitious digital transformation journey, simultaneously migrating to the cloud, expanding telework, and automating many routine security operations tasks. In this paper, we review some best practices and technologies to support SOC transformations that align with industry methodologies, as well as insights and predictions from analyst firms such as Gartner, Forrester, and Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG).