From: Federal Times
By NICOLE BLAKE JOHNSON
The Homeland Security Department is laying the foundation for a next-generation security operations center, one with more sophisticated technologies for thwarting cyberattacks.
The Next Generation Enterprise Security Operations Center, or NextGen ESOC for short, would revamp DHS’ current security operations center, which today provides 24/7 continuous monitoring, analysis and reporting of DHS security events as well as other services, according to a request for information to industry.
DHS’ chief information and security offices are coordinating to migrate the department’s security operations center from the purview of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to an enterprise model under the chief information security officer. The move will lay the foundation for providing “significantly enhanced capabilities” under a new enterprise system.
A key part of the modernization will include use of the intrusion defense chain, or the kill-chain method, developed by researchers at Lockheed Martin, according to Nextgov, which first reported the story. This method is designed to help organizations predict the phases of a successful attack and develop strategies for preventing it.
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