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Re: [External] [SECURITY] Security Operations Center Management


From: Kevin Wilcox <wilcoxkm () APPSTATE EDU>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:03:48 -0500

As the SOC manager here =)

Yes, we have a formal SOC. It's in its infancy.

Mix of two staff and two students, with (hopefully) more students coming.

No outsourcing, no co-managing.

Working with a service provider is on the radar but we're still
getting the campus acclimated to the idea that we even have a group
dedicated to SecOps, incident handling, some monitoring, etc (again,
infancy).

kmw

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 5:47 PM Carlton, Cynthia
<cynthia.carlton () rochester edu> wrote:

Good afternoon



I’m working on doing a quick benchmarking survey on behalf of our CISO regarding SOC’s. I did find a previous posting 
regarding an annual SOC survey and am reviewing that dataset and report. However, we would like to try and benchmark 
as many Higher Ed and Academic Medical Centers as possible.  I will be happy to share the results of what I collect 
if there is expressed interest. Please feel free to respond to me directly  - Cynthia.carlton () rochester edu. Thank 
you in advance for your feedback!



1)      Does your organization have a formal Security Operations Center?

a.       Is it fully staffed with internal resources?

b.       Is it fully outsourced?

c.       Is it co-managed with a service provider?

2)      If you do not have a Security Operations Center is it on your roadmap

a.       Are you planning to fully staffed with internal resources?

b.       Are you planning to fully outsourced?

c.       Are you planning to co-managed with a service provider?



The specific data we have been asked to report on was -  how many other Academic Medical Centers and Universities 
have deployed a SOC and are they are doing it all in house or do they outsource some or all of it?





Cynthia Carlton

Information Architect

University of Rochester

Desk:   585-275-1068

Email:  cynthia.carlton () rochester edu



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