Are 'pop-up' SOCs the answer to protect major events? [Q&A]

Increasingly high profile one-off events like sports tournaments and elections are becoming the target of hackers. Protecting these is tough because even if the hosts have a sound security infrastructure for day-to-day operations, they often don't have the resources necessary to lock down a large scale, high-profile event which requires additional physical and cybersecurity to protect against disruption, revenue loss or other irreversible damage. The answer may lie in the idea of a 'pop-up' security operations center (SOC) which can be deployed quickly to deal with times of abnormal traffic and network distress at large events. We spoke to Dave… [Continue Reading]