Preface

I wrote most of this text quickly in January 2021 when the European Commission asked me to apply my lessons learned from the CSIRTs Network to a potential European Network of SOCs. During 2022, the plans for SOC collaboration have been toned down a bit, the DIGITAL Europe funding scheme proposes multiple platforms where SOCs can work together. In 2023, the newly proposed “Cyber Solidarity Act” builds upon this and codifies the concept of a “national SOC” and “cross-border SOC platforms” into an EU regulation.

At the CSIRTs Network Meeting in Stockholm in June 2023 I gave a presentation on  the strenghts and flaws in the CSoA approach. A position paper / blog-post on that is in the works.

The original text (with minor edits) starts below.