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Source: H Security - Posted by anthony
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Every day, the experts at Symantec's Security Operations Center discover 200 dangerous attacks on the networks of the center's large corporate customers and notify the affected customers within ten minutes. However, this doesn't mean these networks become immune.
Those who expect a NORAD-style command centre or virtual hacker chases similar to those in the "Sneakers" movie will probably be disappointed when they enter Symantec's European Security Operations Center (SOC). There's an atmosphere of calm at the SOC, and not a trace of hectic or even alarmed activity. A handful of well-presented employees – all dressed in modern casuals and a world away from freaks in slogan t-shirts and other hacker stereotypes – sit in front of two or three LCD displays each, occasionally looking at eight wall-mounted flat screen monitors that display information about the current global cyber threat situation. The SOC employees even have time for a relaxed chat between jobs. What they talk about remains a secret: Visitors only observe their activities through a glass screen in the adjacent conference room. Incidentally: The SOC specialists' work stations still all run Windows XP.
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