Episode 13 — Build an organizational risk profile that drives SOC priorities and escalation
This episode focuses on building a risk profile that directly shapes SOC priorities, alert severity logic, and escalation thresholds, because GSOM questions often test whether you can align response intensity to business impact instead of treating every event the same. You will define risk in operational terms using likelihood, impact, and exposure, then connect those concepts to what the SOC monitors most closely, what gets automated, and what triggers immediate human investigation. We will walk through how crown-jewel assets, regulated data, critical services, and fragile dependencies should change your triage decisions and on-call rules, especially when evidence is incomplete. Troubleshooting considerations include over-broad “critical” labels that dilute focus, inconsistent severity definitions across teams, and escalation paths that bypass the right decision makers, all of which can produce delays or unnecessary outages during containment. Produced by BareMetalCyber.com, where you’ll find more cyber audio courses, books, and information to strengthen your educational path. Also, if you want to stay up to date with the latest news, visit DailyCyber.News for a newsletter you can use, and a daily podcast you can commute with.
