How many people are required to build your own 24x7 security operations center (SOC)? Rough costs?

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I have received this question from a few clients, but I have 0 experience building a 24x7 SOC.

This depends immensely on size of the organization, complexity and number of systems, usage patterns, level of required/actual security, etc. Can you add some more details?
I ‘ve gotten this question a few times from organizations with one or two security engineers. It is usually sparked by a series of security incidents that pushes them to want to move to 24x7 coverage. The goal of this question is to answer the number of people (with defined roles) and budget to squeeze out a running 24x7 SOC. The # of systems, complexity, and other details is hidden – of course this implies the client is able to prioritize his skeleton SOC to monitor what’s most important.

atdre · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-16 14:49:03Z

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answered Nov 16 '10 at 14:49

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