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Jon Hencinski - SOC Metrics: Measuring Success and Preventing Burnout | 11

Blueprint • 2021-03-30

Looking for a new way to approach the difficult problem of measuring and improving your SOC? Check out this episode to hear how to use methods pioneered in the manufacturing and reliability industry to help wrap your head around, and solve this complex issue. You don't want to miss this episode with Jon Hencinski, Director of Operations at Expel who covers all of this and more.

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Featured Guest Bio:

Jon Hencinski is the Director of Global Operations at Expel. In this role, he’s responsible for the day-to-day operations of Expel’s security operations center (SOC) and detection and response engineering. He oversees how Expel recruits, trains, and develops security analysts. Jon has over a decade of experience in the areas of SOC operations, threat detection, and incident response. Prior to Expel, Jon worked at FireEye, BAE Systems, and was an adjunct professor at The George Washington University.

Follow Jon Hencinski on Twitter (@jhencinski), LinkedIn (/in/jonathanhencinski/), and Medium (hencinski.medium.com).