Reseller News Join Reseller News Sign up to gain exclusive access to email subscriptions, event invitations, competitions, giveaways, and much more.Sign up now Top 5 skills a SOC analyst needs Whether building a new security operations centre or revamping an existing one, staffing it with analysts that are equipped with these skills should be priority number one. Credit: Dreamstime A security operations centre (SOC) analyst works within a team to monitor and fight threats to an organisation's IT infrastructure, as well as to identify security weaknesses and opportunities for potential improvements. Since a SOC analyst must juggle multiple critical tasks spanning technical, analytical, and business areas, finding qualified candidates is often challenging. Fortunately, pinpointing expert hires can be made much easier by focusing on the following five key skills that every SOC analyst should possess: