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“Red Alert, to Crew to Battle Stations!”
May 20, 2024

The shock of the command straightened everyone’s spine and we all knew exactly what to do.

Something like this is probably never heard in a typical SOC unless it is because someone is watching Star Trek or having a Cosplay moment. None the less, if you have ever spent any time in a security operation center of any kind, people have an unconscious preparedness for action, even if it isn’t a military operation center.

The idea of command centers has always fascinated me. Everything from the old NASA command centers to the fictional bridge of Enterprise has sparked my imagination and passion to understand the functions within each type. I have been fortunate in my career to have seen many of these, and helped build a few, including my own “Home Command Center”, which I will detail in future articles.

When you look at something like this, you see is a whole host of functions that ultimately fall under a blanket called network control centers. There are two key things happening in any control center, first is telemetry collected by a host of data sources, and then a data processing element to make sense of all the data. In a well-constructed command center, it is obvious what those functions are, while poorly defined centers just look like a room full of people. The idea behind this article is to discuss some of the elements of well-designed command and ops centers from existing powerful examples.

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by

David Hawkins
in Cyber Security

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This is the full/extended battlestation.

On the far left is a Windows laptop with the earth images.

I have two portable monitors that connect via Thunderbolt 4 cables (best power/data throughput).

Above the right monitor is a Sony A6100 on the arm, so I can use it as a close up cam

I also have a blink cam above the laptop, just in case I am traveling.

The laptop cooling screen is where I put my Mac when not on contract.

Hidden:

4 monitor KVM to switch

desktop on the floor

MacBook Pro 2021 not shown.

4 monitor doc for the Mac (it is under the cooling pad)

USB Switch Box for the Black Magic Camera so it is on it's own USB, no other devices

Rack Mounted CyberPower Battery Backup good for 6 hours

Then front and center, the 4 monitors.

Center is an Asus Zen something 32 curved monitor

Left and right are MSI curved monitors

Top is a Teleprompter and teleprompter reverse image monitor

Inside the teleprompter is a Sony 4K Video Camcorder

Logitech Brio for Facial Recognition

Peripherals on the desk

Stream Deck XL currently not configured as I have just ditched a previous workflow

Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro for 4 cameras, 3 of which are in use

RodeCaster Duo (Much smaller than my Phase 1 and 2 builds which had the big one.)

Edifier Monitors, typically studio monitor types

Cooling pad under the stream deck and the ATEM because the ATEM gets hot

6 Port USB-C hub

Camcorder focusing remote clipped to the left speaker

Buttons for the two KVM elements velcroed to the top of the left speaker

Alexa on the far right, under the right monitor

Tablet holder (empty) between center and right monitor

3 Neewer Lights

Under desk is a Stream Deck Pedal

Almost forgot, my Logitech G-13, impossible to get now for under $400!

Under the desk, left and right Power Switching units (I like to power this all OFF)

8 devices plugged into each power management switch labeled

Power from left to right includes:

Laptop Cooling for Mac

Camera Power for the Sony A6100

2 blanks for the moment

Top Monitor

Left Monitor

Center Monitor

Right Monitor

USB-C charger cable sticking up from the Pow-R Bar Rack USB

Desk is a standing desk with 4 settings

Attached to the RodeCaster Duo

AKG C214 Mic

Secondary Rode Boom

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