One Cover announces job vacancy for the post of SOC Analyst. Here are the requirements that are required for the job:

Education Qualification to Be a SOC Analyst

To start your career in this domain, you should have a bachelor’s degree in the field of computer science or other similar sectors. Further, you must also go through proper training from a well-reputed institute, gain certification, and become a Certified SOC Analyst (CSA). This is the first step that you need to take to become a member of the SOC team in any company.

Skills to Be a SOC Analyst

You need to have some specific skills to land your job in this field and move ahead in your career. Following are the skills that you need to acquire to become a CSA:

1. Network defenders:

You need to be able to defend the network as it is one of the primary responsibilities of CSA in any company. It will allow you to monitor, discover, and analyze any possible threats through the Internet that can disturb the network. It is easy for hackers to attack the network as they are connected to the Internet actively and can easily explore vulnerabilities. You should have the skills to keep the network traffic in check and respond to any skeptical activities.

2. Ethical Hacking:

SOC professionals with expert skills in Ethical Hacking have the required knowledge to find probable threats and report the vulnerabilities so that the company stays protected from attacks. Moreover, they have an understanding of perpetration testing to test systems, networks, web applications, and more and find vulnerabilities.

3. Response to incidents:

You must have the skills to manage various effects of breaches to reduce their impact and suggest changes in the security controls to prevent the company from any future security breaches.

4. Computer forensics:

As a SOC professional, you should be familiar with computer forensics to successfully prevent any form of cybercrime in your organization. With an understanding of this module, you will be skilled enough to collect, analyze, and report security data. Besides, you must also find and analyze evidence to prevent any future possible security breaches.

5. Reverse engineering:

With skills in reverse engineering, you will be able to understand and read the performance of given software program such that you will be capable of patching a bug.

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