Security operations centers: around the Hash Table.

Four members of the CyberWire’s Hash Table of experts:

• Don Welch: Interim CIO of Penn State University
• Helen Patton: CISO for Ohio State University
• Bob Turner: CISO for the University of Wisconsin at Madison
• Kevin Ford: CISO for the State of North Dakota

discuss SOC Operations in terms of intrusion kills chains, defensive adversary campaigns, insider threats, cyber threat intelligence, zero trust, SOC automation, and SOC analyst skill sets.

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