Security Operations Center | 16 Jul 2022

Why in News?

• On July 15, 2022, in the meeting of the Council of Ministers under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, it was decided to set up a Security Operations Center in Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation for the security of the applications/data under the Data Center of state .

Key Points

• It is known that the Madhya Pradesh State Data Centre (MPSDC) operates in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh.
• A Security Operations Centre in the State will be operated on managed security service provider model for cyber security of software applications operated/maintained by various departments in the State Data Centre and for cyber security of sensitive and other data related to them.
• The Security Operation Center (SOC) will provide direct support to the State Computer Security Incident Response Operation Center (CSIRT) at Madhya Pradesh State Data Center (MPSDC) under the Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (MPSEDC) under the Department of Science and Technology.
• The members of the Security Operations Center perform various IT security systems infrastructure and operations in Information Technology.
• The Network Operation Center as well as the SoC will also fulfill the various goals of IT Security by following the orders of the Infra team on a day-to-day basis.
• It is worth mentioning that the Security Operations Centre will act as an assistant in avoiding serious risks related to applications and application hosts at the State Data Centre in Madhya Pradesh.