SCC has added more than 30 people and five new services to its security division, with the SOC adding greater levels of support from its HQ in Birmingham.
"Our customers rely on SCC's specialist cyber expertise to ensure they can focus on running their businesses safely, against a backdrop of sophisticated and ever-increasing cyber threats," said Steve Harrison, cyber operations director at SCC. "Our investment in the cyber division underlines our commitment to our customers."
He added, "The opening of our new SOC is the latest milestone on our growth journey, with plans to keep adding services and people to the cyber team. This, in turn, will keep creating new opportunities for our customers to stay better protected from unprecedented challenges in cyber security."
The SCC SOC is accredited by Crest and will be the base for its UK cyber team, helping to monitor, prevent and react to emerging threats.
Rowland Johnson, Crest president, said, "SCC's SOC accreditation puts the company in a strong position to meet the growing demand for high-quality, trusted managed SOC services.
"An effective SOC plays a critical role in underpinning incident detection and response capabilities in the face of increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks, and this provides assurance for buyers that the company consistently delivers the highest standard professional security services standards," he added.
Jonathan Berry, Minister for AI and intellectual property at the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, said, "The opening of SCC's new cyber operations centre in the West Midlands will not only further that effort, but create new, highly paid jobs which cement the region’s credentials as a cyber security powerhouse. We are cementing our place as a science and tech superpower, and we want to see every corner of the country continuing to play its part in making the UK the safest place in the world to be online."