{"id":5844,"date":"2014-06-12T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=5844"},"modified":"2014-06-11T13:14:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T20:14:05","slug":"breakthrough-training-soc-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/breakthrough-training-soc-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"A Breakthrough in Training SOC Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was honored to be a guest speaker at the dedication of Singapore\u2019s ST Electronics DigiSAFE Cyber Security Centre<\/a> earlier this month. What a delight to experience the new Centre, which is dedicated to hands-on training for Singapore\u2019s Security Operations Center professionals and is the first of its kind in the region. Singapore IDA\u2019s Managing Director, Ms. Jacqueline Poh, gave the opening address and unveiled the new Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Globally, we frequently lament the lack of solid security talent at a time when attacks seem omnipresent. In my opinion, our partnership with the Centre is a great opportunity to showcase how the platform approach we\u2019re taking at Palo Alto Networks can improve the experience of SOC operations.<\/p>\n

Rather than a conga line approach to security, with lots of different products in use, or a UTM with discrete security functions that never \u201ctalk\u201d to one another, our platform approach gives security practitioners:<\/p>\n