Standardize Processes
The first step towards ensuring efficiency in security operations is through the standardization of organizational processes. Establishing standardized processes in cyber security operations entails developing uniform procedures, guidelines, and best practices. After these uniform documents are created, they can be considered further for automation. This automation is developed to minimize human interaction, further increasing efficiency. Coordinating across teams will frequently be necessary to oversee and enable this automation. These topics will be covered in more detail later in this section.
Organizational operations often require the creation, and adherence to, many different processes that may be composed by different teams, with different structures, and no standardization. It is an ideal goal for organizations to standardize processes, if possible, from creation, as this will increase process effectiveness and efficiency. For example, consider an organization...
