List of 50 Books on SOC Architecture, Design, Implementation, and Strategy.

This is a list of 20 books that cover various aspects of security operations center (SOC) architecture, design, implementation, and strategy. The books provide guidance and practical advice for building and managing a SOC, as well as insights into the latest industry trends and best practices. Whether you are a security professional, IT manager, or business executive, these books can help you develop an effective SOC that can identify and respond to threats quickly and efficiently. Topics covered in the books include network security, cloud computing, security intelligence, incident response, and more.

1. “Building a Security Operations Center: A Comprehensive Guide to Implementing a SOC” by Joseph Muniz and Gary McIntyre (2016)
2. “Security Operations Center: Building, Operating, and Maintaining your SOC” by Joseph Muniz, Gary McIntyre, and Nadhem AlFardan (2021)
3. “The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System” by Marshall Kirk McKusick et al. (2015)
4. “Mastering Information Security and Cybersecurity” by Joseph Steinberg (2018)
5. “Enterprise Security Architecture: A Business-Driven Approach” by John Sherwood et al. (2014)
6. “Security Operations Center Guidebook: A Practical Guide for a Successful SOC” by Jeff Bollinger and Brandon Enright (2018)
7. “Designing and Building Security Operations Center” by David Nathans (2014)
8. “Defending the Digital Frontier: A Security Agenda” by Richard A. Clarke and Robert Knake (2017)
9. “Building and Managing a Security Operations Center” by Christopher L. Williams and Steve Brubaker (2017)
10. “Network Security Through Data Analysis: From Data to Action” by Michael Collins (2014)
11. “The Art of Network Architecture: Business-Driven Design” by Russ White and Denise Donohue (2014)
12. “The Practice of Network Security Monitoring: Understanding Incident Detection and Response” by Richard Bejtlich (2013)
13. “Architecting the Cloud: Design Decisions for Cloud Computing Service Models” by Michael J. Kavis (2014)
14. “Security Metrics: A Beginner’s Guide” by Caroline Wong (2017)
15. “The Security Development Lifecycle: SDL: A Process for Developing Demonstrably More Secure Software” by Michael Howard and Steve Lipner (2006)
16. “Security Intelligence: A Practitioner’s Guide to Solving Enterprise Security Challenges” by Qing Li and Greg Sestero (2014)
17. “Information Security Management Handbook, Sixth Edition, Volume 7” by Harold F. Tipton and Micki Krause (2014)
18. “Cybersecurity for Executives: A Practical Guide” by Gregory J. Touhill and C. Joseph Touhill (2018)
19. “Security Intelligence: A Business Approach” by David G. Strom (2014)
20. “The Cybersecurity Dilemma: Hacking, Trust and Fear Between Nations” by Ben Buchanan (2017)
21. “The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win” by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford (2013)
22. “Applied Network Security Monitoring: Collection, Detection, and Analysis” by Chris Sanders (2013)
23. “The Practice of Cloud System Administration: DevOps and SRE Practices for Web Services, Volume 2” by Thomas A. Limoncelli et al. (2014)
24. “Data-Driven Security: Analysis, Visualization and Dashboards” by Jay Jacobs and Bob Rudis (2014)
25. “Security Risk Management: Building an Information Security Risk Management Program from the Ground Up” by Evan Wheeler (2011)
26. “Building a Comprehensive IT Security Program: Practical Guidelines and Best Practices” by Jeremy Wittkop and Christopher Paidhrin (2016)
27. “Essential SNMP” by Douglas R. Mauro and Kevin J. Schmidt (2005)
28. “Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice” by William Stallings (2016)
29. “OpenSOC Blueprints” by Michael Haugh et al. (2015)
30. “Digital Forensics and Incident Response: Incident Response Techniques and Procedures to Respond to and Mitigate a Data Breach” by Gerard Johansen (2014)
31. “Cybersecurity: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review” by Harvard Business Review (2019)
32. “SANS SEC511: Continuous Monitoring and Security Operations” by Eric Conrad et al. (2014)
33. “Security Operations Center: Build, Implement, and Manage a Cyber Security Operations Center” by David J. Stott and Spencer Kopp (2019)
34. “The CERT Guide to Insider Threats: How to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Information Technology Crimes (Theft, Sabotage, Fraud)” by Dawn M. Cappelli et al. (2012)
35. “Building Security In: The Practical Guide to Building Secure Software” by Gary McGraw (2006)
36. “Security Operations Center — Simple Steps to Win, Insights and Opportunities for Maxing Out Success” by Gerard Blokdijk (2018)
37. “Information Security: Principles and Practices” by Mark Merkow and Jim Breithaupt (2015)
38. “Securing Cloud Services: A Pragmatic Approach” by Lee Newcombe (2016)
39. “OpenStack Operations Guide” by Tom Fifield et al. (2014)
40. “Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security (IINS 640–554) Foundation Learning Guide” by Catherine Paquet and Michael Gibbs (2012)
41. “Building a Monitoring Infrastructure with Nagios” by David Josephsen (2007)
42. “The Architecture of Privacy: On Engineering Technologies that Can Deliver Trustworthy Safeguards” by Katrina Ligett and Alan Mislove (2019)
43. “Data Protection: Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance” by Michael G. Solomon (2014)
44. “Practical Packet Analysis: Using Wireshark to Solve Real-World Network Problems” by Chris Sanders (2011)
45. “Virtualization Security: Protecting Virtualized Environments” by Dave Shackleford (2012)
46. “The Cloud Security Ecosystem: Technical, Legal, Business and Management Issues” by Ryan Ko and Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo (2015)
47. “Applied Cyber Security and the Smart Grid: Implementing Security Controls into the Modern Power Infrastructure” by Eric D. Knapp and Raj Samani (2013)
48. “The Complete Guide to Cybersecurity Risks and Controls” by Anne Kohnke and Dan Shoemaker (2018)
49. “Practical Cyber Intelligence: How Actionable Intelligence Can Help Defend Against Cyber Attacks” by Wilson Bautista Jr. (2018)
50. “NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF): A Comprehensive Guide” by Matthew Barrett (2017)
51. “CSOC: Design, Implement, and Operate Cyber Security Operations Centers” by Cisco Systems Inc. (2017)
52. “Ten Strategies of a World-Class Cybersecurity Operations Center” by MITRE Corporation (2018)