Security News > 2022 > September > What do SOC analysts need to be successful?

Gurucul announced the results of a Black Hat USA 2022 security professionals survey with respondents indicating that insider threats were the most difficult type of attack for SOC analysts to detect, and that behavioral analytics was the most common piece of technology they felt was missing and that they planned to add to the SOC in the near future.

The survey also found that a strong majority of respondents feel their SOC programs are improving, but that they needed more training, high-level talent in the SOC, better compensation, and more time off.

More than 36% of respondents chose behavioral analytics as the technology they are currently missing that would most improve their SOC and more than 24% plan to invest budget into behavioral analytics solutions in the next year.

82% of security professionals feel their SOC programs are improving.

Tier 3 SOC analysts / threat hunters are the most in-demand role in the SOC, followed by Tier 2 Analysts and threat content creators.

35% of analysts need more than two weeks of time off to feel rejuvenated and 28% feel like they deserved a 20% raise.

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