The Modern Security Operations Center Infrastructure

Build a resilient cybersecurity foundation with this comprehensive guide to security operations center infrastructure. Learn how to design, implement, and manage a modern SOC (Security Operations Center) capable of defending against today’s evolving cyber threats. This resource is ideal for IT professionals, cybersecurity engineers, and SOC managers looking to enhance organizational threat detection and incident response capabilities.

What You’ll Learn

• Core components of a modern SOC
• Architecture and design of SOC infrastructure
• Integration of SIEM, SOAR, IDS/IPS, and EDR tools
• Effective log management and threat intelligence integration
• Automation and orchestration in SOC workflows
• Security monitoring, alert triage, and incident response processes
• Staffing models, roles, and responsibilities in a SOC
• Compliance, KPIs, and SOC maturity models

Requirements

• Basic understanding of networking and cybersecurity fundamentals
• Familiarity with security tools and frameworks (e.g., SIEM, NIST, MITRE ATT&CK)
• Interest in advancing security operations capabilities

Course Description

This security operations center infrastructure guide delivers the strategic and technical insights needed to plan, deploy, and evolve your SOC. You’ll explore each layer of a modern SOC—physical and virtual infrastructure, tool integration, automation, and team structure.

You’ll learn how to leverage threat intelligence feeds, automate workflows with SOAR platforms, and deploy log and event correlation strategies using SIEM tools. Real-world examples and deployment frameworks help you align your SOC with best practices and compliance standards.

Whether you’re designing your first SOC or modernizing an existing one, this guide provides actionable knowledge to build a high-performance security hub that aligns with organizational goals and threat landscapes.

About the Authors

This publication is written by veteran cybersecurity architects and SOC leaders with decades of experience in enterprise security operations, incident response, and infrastructure design. Their combined expertise ensures the book blends strategic concepts with actionable, real-world implementations.

Explore These Valuable Resources

• SANS Whitepaper: Building a Modern SOC
• CISA SOC Reference Architecture
• MITRE ATT&CK Framework

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