How Much Does It Cost to Build a Security Operations Center (SOC)?

This document outlines the financial and organizational factors involved in building and operating a Security Operations Center (SOC), including staffing, SIEM, cloud monitoring, threat intelligence, and vulnerability scanning; it highlights the costs (salary and tooling) and the trend toward managed SOC/MDR solutions, positioning Arctic Wolf’s MDR/open-XDR as a way to gain 24×7 detection and response without large internal investment.