– SECURITY OPERATIONS
SOC Program Management
SOC Program Management That Turns Security Initiatives into Strategic Transformation.
Helping organizations orchestrate complex Security Operations Center initiatives under a single, coherent program. Eristotle partners with security leaders to unify SIEM, SOAR, people, process, and technology workstreams into a coordinated roadmap, managing interdependencies, risks, and resources to deliver measurable business outcomes, operational resilience, and lasting SOC transformation.
One Vision. One Program. One Path to a World-Class SOC.
Building or transforming a modern Security Operations Center is rarely a single project, it is a portfolio of interconnected initiatives spanning technology deployment, process redesign, people development, and governance uplift. When these workstreams are managed in isolation, organizations face duplicated effort, conflicting priorities, missed dependencies, and diluted business value.
Eristotle’s SOC Program Management Service brings these initiatives together under a unified program, coordinating resources, managing interdependencies, and aligning each component with your overarching security vision. Whether you are building a new SOC, modernizing legacy capabilities, or scaling operations across regions and business units, our experienced program managers provide the oversight, governance, and direction needed to turn investment into lasting capability.
Key Advantages of a SOC Program of Work
- Flexible Scope Adjustment: Allows initiation, acceleration, or termination of sub-projects in response to evolving business priorities and risk appetite
- Holistic Management: Aligns all security initiatives, from SIEM to SOAR to people and process, under a unified framework
- Seamless Integration: Supports coordinated rollouts, ensuring each technology and process complements the others
- Business-as-Usual Continuity: Minimizes disruption by carefully sequencing activities and mitigating inter-project conflicts
Aligned to ISOBOK™ – A Consensus Driven Standard
ISOBOK™ is developed through a rigorous consensus-driven standards development process and incorporates the collective wisdom and experience of experts in the field from around the world. It defines the skills and knowledge required by ISO professionals.
- Contains a description of generally accepted practices for the establishment of Information Security Offices.
- Community driven and consensus based, continuously updated through iterations.
- Techniques are transferable with option to modify concepts and best practices for wide range of organizational contexts.
- Includes the highly valued Reporting Framework.
1. Security Leadership
- Defines the ISO’s role, competencies, and mindset, including the different types of ISOs.
- Establishes the security organisation’s structure, charter, and board-level mandate.
- Aligns with industry standards and frameworks to develop a comprehensive security strategy.
- Covers setting up budgets, initiating security programs, and embedding the function into enterprise governance.
2. Security Culture
- Emphasizes that humans are the final line of defense and central to effective security.
- Promotes a human-centric approach through awareness, training, and behavior-shaping initiatives.
- Uses phishing simulations, access hygiene practices, and continuous reinforcement to improve behaviors.
- Encourages a feedback-driven culture of continuous improvement and user engagement.
3. Security Governance
- Establishes governance through policies, frameworks, ISMS, and the 3 Lines of Defense model.
- Defines risk management approaches, including qualitative/quantitative methods, tolerance, and appetite.
- Integrates compliance, audit, and control mechanisms to align security and business risk.
- Addresses fraud prevention, governance councils, and harmonization between compliance and security.
4. Security Advisory
- Advises on security trends, frameworks, and standards, supporting strategic and operational decisions.
- Applies a layered defense model and reviews risks across technology domains.
- Offers guidance on integrating emerging technologies and securing IT/OT environments.
5. Security Operations
- Aligns security operations with business goals through a service-based SOC model.
- Plans and executes incident and crisis management using structured detection and response frameworks.
- Defines SOC team roles and leverages platforms like SIEM, SOAR, and threat intelligence tools.
6. Security Reporting
- Delivers tiered reporting for operational, management, and board-level audiences.
- Ensures regulatory, legal, and external stakeholder reporting meets compliance obligations.
- Uses KPIs, KRIs, dashboards, and threat intelligence to communicate performance and risk posture.
- Follows best practices for effective, actionable, and transparent security reporting.
Additionally, this servcie draws on AIBOK, CWBOK, and Eristotle competency frameworks for breadth and depth to ensure consistency, credibility, and transferability across engagements.
Key Objectives
- Unify Security Initiatives Under a Coherent Program
- Bring SIEM, SOAR, EDR, people, process, and governance initiatives under one umbrella
- Align every workstream with a shared vision, strategy, and set of outcomes
- Provide a single point of accountability and direction for SOC transformation
- Manage Interdependencies and Sequencing Effectively
- Identify critical dependencies across technology, people, and process workstreams
- Sequence activities to avoid conflict, duplication, and operational disruption
- Coordinate vendor, partner, and internal delivery efforts seamlessly
- Align Delivery with Business Strategy and Risk Appetite
- Ensure the program directly supports business goals, growth, and regulatory obligations
- Adjust scope dynamically as priorities, threats, or business conditions change
- Maintain clear line-of-sight between program delivery and enterprise value
- Optimize Resources, Investment, and Capacity
- Allocate people, budget, and tooling across competing priorities efficiently
- Reassign capability dynamically where it delivers the greatest impact
- Reduce waste, duplication, and misaligned spend across initiatives
- Establish Robust Governance, Reporting, and Oversight
- Provide transparent reporting to executives, steering committees, and boards
- Manage risks, issues, decisions, and changes through a structured governance model
- Build confidence among sponsors, stakeholders, and assurance functions
Business Outcomes & Benefits
- Achievement of Overall SOC Rollout Goals
- Projects and initiatives continuously aligned with strategic objectives
- Ability to adjust or terminate sub-projects that no longer serve the bigger picture
- Clear, measurable progress toward the target SOC capability
- Effective Management of Interdependencies
- Minimized operational disruption through structured coordination
- Resolution of resource conflicts, workstream overlaps, and sequencing challenges
- Stronger alignment across SOC, IT, risk, change, and business teams
- Optimized Resource Allocation
- Simplified prioritization across concurrent projects
- Dynamic reassignment of personnel, partners, and tools to where they deliver most value
- Reduced risk of over-commitment, burnout, and delivery fatigue
- Efficient Management of Risks, Issues, and Changes
- Structured identification, assessment, and mitigation of program-level risks
- Consistent management of scope, schedule, cost, and quality across workstreams
- Dedicated communication channels, lessons learned, and knowledge sharing
- Stronger Focus on Strategic Benefits
- Related projects grouped to contribute collectively to the larger security vision
- Continuous reassessment and refinement of initiatives against desired outcomes
- Measurable link between program delivery and business value
- Faster, More Confident Delivery
- Accelerated execution through experienced program leadership
- Reduced delays, overruns, and failed initiatives
- Stronger predictability and confidence for sponsors and stakeholders
- Enhanced Executive and Board Confidence
- Transparent, well-structured reporting to senior stakeholders
- Clear narrative linking SOC investment to risk reduction and business outcomes
- Stronger credibility with regulators, auditors, and external partners
- Sustainable, Transferable Program Capability
- Program artifacts, tooling, and governance that outlast the engagement
- Capability uplift for internal PMO, security, and transformation teams
- Foundations for ongoing SOC evolution, not just a point-in-time project
Key Features
- Holistic Program Execution
- Coordination of parallel security initiatives into a unified roadmap
- Management of interactions, dependencies, and integration points between workstreams
- Clear program-level view across technology, people, process, and governance
- Seasoned Program Manager Oversight
- Experienced Eristotle professionals with a track record of successful SOC transformations
- Exposure to diverse sectors, regulatory environments, and operating models
- Peer-level credibility with executives, sponsors, and technical teams
- People, Process, and Technology Synergy
- Ensures staffing strategies keep pace with technological advances
- Balances automation with the necessary human expertise and process maturity
- Aligns operating model, training, and governance with technology rollouts
- Agile and Tailored Delivery Framework
- Agile, waterfall, or hybrid approaches tailored to your environment
- Flexible cadence, ceremonies, and artifacts aligned with organizational culture
- Scalable across programs of different size, complexity, and duration
- Integrated Risk, Issue, and Change Management
- Structured RAID logs and change control integrated into program governance
- Proactive identification and mitigation of cross-workstream risks
- Transparent escalation paths to steering committees and sponsors
- Stakeholder Engagement and Communication
- Stakeholder mapping, communication plans, and engagement strategy
- Tailored messaging for executives, sponsors, teams, and external partners
- Consistent narrative across boards, committees, and delivery teams
- Vendor and Partner Coordination
- Management of multiple vendors, integrators, and managed service providers
- Alignment of contractual, technical, and delivery commitments
- Escalation, governance, and performance management across the supply chain
- Alignment with Industry Standards and Eristotle Frameworks
- Delivery aligned with NIST, ISO 27001, and SOC best practice
- Grounded in ISOBOK™ and Eristotle competency frameworks
- Consistent, credible, and transferable approach across engagements
Deliverables
- Program Governance & Management
- Program Charter and Mandate
- Program scope, objectives, governance structure, and success criteria
- Agile Program Management Documentation
- Tailored operating model, ceremonies, artifacts, and cadence
- Stakeholder Matrix and Engagement Plan
- Mapping of stakeholders, influence, and engagement strategy
- Communication Matrix and Reporting Plan
- Audience-specific communications, cadences, and content
- RACI Charts and Governance Framework
- Roles, responsibilities, and decision rights across the program
- Program Charter and Mandate
- Program Planning & Delivery
- Holistic Program Plan
- Integrated plan mapping out workstreams, interdependencies, and milestones
- Milestone and Benefits Tracker
- Measurable milestones aligned to business benefits and outcomes
- Resource and Capacity Plan
- Allocation of people, budget, and tooling across initiatives
- Program Financial Management Pack
- Budgets, forecasts, and variance tracking
- Holistic Program Plan
- Risk, Issue, and Change Management
- RAID Log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies)
- Change Control Framework and Register
- Escalation Protocols and Decision Log
- Executive & Board Reporting
- Program Steering Committee Packs
- Tailored content for executive and sponsor engagement
- Executive Dashboards
- Visual view of progress, risk, and benefits realization
- Board Briefing Pack(where applicable)
- Board-level narrative on program progress and value
- Program Steering Committee Packs
- Handover & Sustainability
- Program Closure and Benefits Realization Report
- Lessons Learned and Continuous Improvement Pack
- Transition Plan to BAU and Internal PMO
How We Deliver
Each component is tailored to your business drivers, operational environment, risk tolerance, and delivery culture. We combine structured program management discipline with deep SOC domain expertise to ensure your program is executed with minimal disruption, robust governance, and a laser focus on tangible benefits.
- Discovery & Scoping
- Engagement with executive sponsors, SOC leadership, and key stakeholders
- Review of existing strategies, roadmaps, and in-flight initiatives
- Confirmation of scope, objectives, delivery approach, and success criteria
- Program Design & Mobilization
- Definition of program charter, governance, and operating model
- Alignment of workstreams, dependencies, and interfaces
- Mobilization of teams, tools, and governance forums
- Workshops & Stakeholder Engagement
- Facilitated sessions to align priorities, sequencing, and dependencies
- Interviews with SOC, IT, risk, change, and business leaders
- Ongoing engagement to sustain sponsorship and alignment
- Planning & Integration
- Development of the integrated program plan and milestone framework
- Resource, capacity, and financial planning across workstreams
- Alignment with enterprise change, portfolio, and transformation programs
- Delivery Oversight & Governance
- Day-to-day program management across all workstreams
- Management of risks, issues, dependencies, and changes
- Steering committee facilitation and executive reporting
- Benefits Realization & Continuous Improvement
- Tracking of benefits against the original business case
- Continuous adjustment of scope to maintain strategic alignment
- Lessons learned and feedback loops built into program cadence
- Handover & Transition
- Structured closure of workstreams as they complete
- Transition of operational capabilities to BAU teams
- Knowledge transfer to internal PMO, SOC, and transformation teams
By steering multiple security initiatives under a unified, strategically managed program, Eristotle’s SOC Program Management Service enables organizations to proactively shape their security landscape, driving measurable outcomes and fostering resilience across the global cyber estate.
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