SOC tools for 5G — SIEM, SOAR, EDR, network detection

The SOC Tool Stack

A modern 5G SOC depends on several tool categories. SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) is the central platform — Splunk, Elastic Stack, IBM QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, or telecom-specific platforms like Mavenir Security Manager. SIEM ingests logs from every relevant source, normalizes them into a common schema, correlates events, and surfaces alerts. SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) — Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, IBM Resilient — automates routine alert triage and response actions: enrichment with threat intel, automated containment via API, ticket…