A security operations center (SOC) analyst works within a team to monitor and fight threats to an organization's IT infrastructure, as well as to identify security weaknesses and opportunities for potential improvements. Since a SOC analyst must juggle multiple critical tasks spanning technical, analytical, and business areas, finding qualified candidates is often challenging. Fortunately, pinpointing expert hires can be made much easier by focusing on the following five key skills that every SOC analyst should possess:
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Aptitude and drive are common and valued traits in smart, motivated people, yet SOC analysts must also be able to work closely and effectively with colleagues. "If you're looking at the SOC as a cohesive unit, you're looking for a lot of collaboration," says Scott Dally, director of NTT's security division's security operations center. "The ability to share information with other analysts through threat intelligence [ensures] that, collectively, the entire unit is on the same page for any given threat."
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