A SOC wants to measure the efficiency of its operations. Which metric would be most appropriate?

Percentage of alerts triaged within SLA

Number of incidents escalated to level 2

A SOC is defining a metric to measure the efficiency of its incident response process. Which metric would be most appropriate?

Number of security analysts on duty

Number of alerts generated per day

How should SOC metrics be reported to executives?

With only the metrics that show positive performance

With a list of every alert generated in the past month

With detailed technical logs and raw data

With high-level summaries focusing on risk and business impact

A SOC is required to report to multiple stakeholders: the board of directors, the CISO, and the incident response team. Each stakeholder has different information needs. What is the most effective reporting strategy?

Create tailored reports for each stakeholder group, with different levels of detail and focus

Report the same metrics to all stakeholders but with different frequencies

Report only the metrics that are easiest to measure to all stakeholders

Create a single comprehensive report that includes all metrics and distribute it to all stakeholders

Which metric is most likely categorized as an operational efficiency metric?

Mean time to investigate (MTTI)

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