SOC-CMM Security Advisor

In this two-day training course, you will learn how to establish and implement strategic governance for the SOC. You will discover how to structurally ensure direction, effectiveness and quality within the SOC.

During the course, you will delve into business and risk alignment, performance measurement, maturity levels and quality assurance. You will learn how strategic choices are translated into concrete management elements within the SOC, ensuring that governance, compliance and performance are verifiably aligned. You will also gain insight into the factors that make modern SOCs complex, from process challenges to technical and organisational bottlenecks. You will also learn how to systematically assess and specifically improve the maturity and capabilities of the SOC. You will work with proven SOC-CMM principles and develop an approach that is directly applicable within your own organisation.

On request, you can take part in a practical workshop in which you will develop your own Target Operating Model (SOCTOM). In this session, you will define strategic priorities, roles, processes, KPIs and governance elements. The workshop enables you to run through scenarios, explore improvement paths and test options. This provides you not only with theory but also with practical skills for strategic management.

Exam and Certification

This training includes an exam voucher for the SOC-CMM Strategic Advisor (SOC-SA) exam. You can schedule the online exam within three months of the course. Upon successful completion and registration with the SECO-Institute, you will receive an official certificate. The SOC-SA certification is valid for one year and can be renewed if you meet the continuing professional development (CPD) requirements by registering your CPD points with the SECO-Institute.

Benefits of certification

With SOC-SA certification, you demonstrate that you can manage a Security Operations Centre strategically and objectively. You provide support to the board, performance management and quality assurance. You also develop a practical target model that sets the direction for roles, processes, KPIs and growth ambitions within the SOC.

Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Determine the strategic direction for the SOC and translate this into a Target Operating Model (SOCTOM);
• Embed business and risk requirements within the SOC (alignment with governance, compliance and ROI);
• Set up performance measurement and quality assurance (metrics, KPI/KRI, monitoring);
• Identify the SOC’s maturity and competency levels and set improvement targets;
• Identify and address organisational challenges (business, people, process, technology).

Pre-requisites

A basic understanding of how a SOC operates is mandatory for participation. There is no compulsory preparation, but we recommend opening the SOC-CMM assessment tool in advance and reviewing the whitepapers on SOC-CMM and SOCTOM. This will provide you with a better context during the course.

Audience

This course is designed for the following roles:

• SOC managers, senior SOC analysts,
• Information Security Officers (ISOs),
• Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs),
• Chief Information Officers (CIOs),
• Chief Technology Officers (CTOs),
• Security managers and senior managers responsible for strategic decision-making within the SOC or the wider security organisation.

Would you like to enroll in this course? Then send us an email with your enquiry to exams@dnv.com. We will get back to you as soon as possible.