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X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center

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Re: X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center

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I wonder if they got the idea from the "Die Hard" movie? Says "20 worksations"... Even with the trailer folding out, that sounds crowded. "gestural controlled" displays... and a telescoping light tower!

Everything necessary to convince the CEO that "Action is Being Taken" when they're troubled by something "cyber" they can't be bothered to understand.

https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/DXGD7N9K

* Also, the "infographic" shows a different tractor than the pics.

Re: X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center

#4
This thing always made me laugh. It’s actually quite genius considering most of IBMs customers are going to eat it up, but goddamn imagine making a favorable decision on a multimillion dollar security contract because your exec team liked IBMs adult “cyber” escape room.

Re: X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center

#5
> The IBM® X-Force® Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center (C-TOC) provides the industry’s first mobile cyber range and watch floor, with 23 tons of cyber capabilities on wheels, wherever they are needed.

Nice to see good cyber-security is now so commodified we can sell it by the tonne

Re: X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center

#9
It's particularly in systems like these where they usually leave SSH w/ password login, or an oudated Teamviewer install. [1]

Realistically, I can see this working. For Disney. For use in action movies. In fact, "23 tons of cyber capabilities" is exactly the thing I would expect to hear from an action movie.

[1]: https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pen-testing-sh...

Re: X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center

#10
It’s easy to roll eyes at this.

I’m curious if anyone knows of a situation where having a “cyber NOC” situation room was actually useful?

Major corporations are building them and hiring “Cyber Resilience” teams. Is it all fluff, or is my cynicism causing me to miss key enterprise threat models and communication needs?

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