Security Operations Centre (SOC)

The National Physical Laboratory [NPL] requirement is to implement a 24x7 Security Operations Centre (SOC). It would enable NPL to gain 24x7 visibility over potential security threats in its environment and respond to them in a timely manner as per severity and agreed SLA. Currently, NPL does not have out of hours capability to respond to security alerts/incidents which leaves it vulnerable to security threats coming in out of hours, which in turn can have a significant impact on the availability of NPL systems if we are hit by a determined cyber threat actor, especially at this time where UK government organisations are at a higher alert status. NPL’s intention is to find a service provid…