# Do we need a SOC if we have only one IT administrator?

No, but you do need a plan for the hours when that administrator is not there. A SOC (security operations centre) is a team watching alerts around the clock; a company with one administrator cannot staff one and usually does not need to. What it needs is narrower: detection that runs on its own, alerts short and clear enough to act on, a second person who receives them when the admin is away, and a phone number for an incident-response firm. Write down who decides to disconnect a machine or the internet line in an emergency. Keep the basics in place: multi-factor authentication, updates, endpoint protection and offline backups. NetSenX was built for this situation: one agent on a mirror port watches a whole segment, every alert is explained in plain language, and alerts go by e-mail on every plan, so they can reach a deputy or your IT provider as well.

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## Read next

- https://netsenx.com/en/what-is-ndr
- https://netsenx.com/en/blog/2026-09-24_ndr-vs-edr-vs-siem

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