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October 08, 2026 | 13 min

Security Operations Center (SOC): What It Does and SOC-as-a-Service Cost in Asia (2026)

An explainer on the security operations center (SOC): what the function does day to day, how SIEM, EDR, MDR and XDR fit around it, the staffing arithmetic behind 24/7 coverage, how SOC-as-a-service is priced in Hong Kong, Singapore and Asia, eight questions to ask a provider, and what a regulated firm's board report should show.