For decades, the industry has treated network operations (NOC) and security operations (SOC) as separate disciplines. Separate teams. Separate tools. Separate budgets. Separate reports. It made sense 20 years ago when networks were simpler and threats were fewer. A network engineer watched link statuses and a security analyst watched firewall logs — and never the
A few years ago, I walked into a SOC that had been designed by committee. Each team had chosen their own tools. The network team used one NMS. The security team used a different SIEM. The physical security team had their own VMS with its own server. The automation team ran a standalone SOAR platform
For decades, the industry has treated network operations (NOC) and security operations (SOC) as separate disciplines. Separate teams. Separate tools. Separate budgets. Separate reports. That separation made sense 20 years ago when networks were simpler and threats were fewer. It doesn’t make sense today — and it’s costing Indian enterprises significantly more than they realise.
