Security Operations · Build–Operate–Transfer
Turnkey SOC (Build-Operate-Transfer)
The engagement ends when your team can run it — not when the contract runs out.
Zentara designs the architecture, builds the infrastructure, trains your analysts, and transitions full operational control to your organization.
4–6 wks
Strategic design phase
3
Validated reference stacks
100%
Operational control transferred
The challenge
Why most internal SOC programs stall before they operate
No blueprint
Tools are selected before threat models are defined. Detection logic is built without knowing the actual risk surface.
Talent gap
Qualified Tier 2 and Tier 3 analysts are scarce. Recruitment timelines consistently exceed build program estimates.
Transition cliff
Integrators deploy and exit. Organizations receive documentation but no operational continuity.
Sovereignty constraint
Fully outsourced models require data to leave national infrastructure. For entities under POJK and BSSN, this is not a viable option.
Introducing Zentara Turnkey SOC
The engagement ends when your team can run it — not when the contract runs out.
A build-operate-transfer engagement that leaves you with a sovereign, internally operated SOC: architecture, infrastructure, trained analysts, and full operational control — transferred.
Main deliverables
- SOC Blueprint and Target Operating Model
- Reference architecture, deployment, and detection engineering
- Playbook and runbook library
- Tier 1/2/3 training curricula and tabletop exercises
- SOC room design and facility buildout
- Hypercare co-managed transition
Service architecture
Four phases. One handover.
Every phase ships a named output — and Phase 0 stands alone, so you can start with the blueprint before committing to the build.
Strategic Design
Define the target before selecting the tools.
A SOC maturity diagnostic maps your threat model to regulatory exposure and delivers a SOC Blueprint with a target operating model. This standalone phase is the entry point for every Turnkey SOC engagement.
Output — SOC Blueprint + Target Operating Model
Architecture & Build
Engineered architecture, not best-guess procurement.
Tool selection follows the blueprint using three validated reference stacks: Microsoft-centric, Elastic-based, and a Splunk/Sentinel hybrid. Deliverables include architecture documentation, deployment and integration, detection engineering, a full playbook and runbook library, and SOC room design covering facility layout, workstation configuration, and display infrastructure.
Output — Operational SOC infrastructure
Staffing & Enablement
Your analysts operate the platform.
We define the SOC structure, role and JD templates, support recruitment, and deliver Tier 1–3 training including tabletop and purple team exercises. Enablement starts during build, so analysts train on the actual environment they will operate in.
Output — Trained SOC team and defined operating mode
Operational Transition
Handover against a maturity benchmark, not a calendar date.
Our analysts shadow operations, then co-staff with your team, and step back as maturity benchmarks such as triage ratios, MTTD, and playbook adherence are met. If hiring takes longer than planned, the engagement shifts to managed SOC or staff augmentation without renegotiation — the SOC stays operational and the transition timeline adapts.
Output — Sovereign, internally operated SOC
Our commitment
The principles behind every Turnkey SOC engagement we run
Vendor-agnostic by design
We start with your risks and architecture, not a tool quota. Our reference stacks let us move fast while keeping your SOC flexible and free from long-term vendor lock-in.
Built for regulatory environments
Your SOC is mapped to financial, national, and sectoral regulations from day one — so it satisfies auditors, regulators, and boards, not just security teams.
The transition is the product
The real challenge is handover. Our hypercare and co-managed model ensures your team can run the SOC independently, with confidence.
From build to managed, seamlessly
If hiring takes longer than planned, we can extend into managed or staff augmentation so your SOC keeps running without disruption.
The reference implementation
The SOC we build is the SOC we run
Zentara's SOC in Jakarta operates 24/7 on ZX — and the facility around it was designed the way we design yours: the watch room, the workstation floor, the display infrastructure, the playbooks, the shift discipline.
The SOC · Zentara's 24/7 watch room, Jakarta
Analysts at work · the operations floor
The operations floor, mid-shift
Workstation rows · facility buildout
Live dashboards, through the glass
Walk our floor before we design yours.
See the SOC in operationBuilt for high-stakes industries
Where data cannot leave national infrastructure
Primary buyers are institutions where data cannot leave national infrastructure. Indonesia is the primary market — and the same sovereign-data requirements are emerging across Malaysia, Vietnam, and Thailand.
Banking & Financial Services (BFSI)
Under POJKState-Owned Enterprises (BUMN)
Post-PDNEnergy & Utilities
Sectoral frameworksTelecommunications
Sectoral frameworksLarge Manufacturing
Sectoral frameworksGovernment Agencies
Post-PDN · BSSNTrack record
Built for BFSI under POJK, state-owned enterprises post-PDN, and government agencies working with BSSN.
FAQ
Common questions
Straight answers. If yours isn't here, ask us directly.
With Phase 0 — Strategic Design. In 4–6 weeks we run a SOC maturity diagnostic, map your threat model to regulatory exposure, and deliver a SOC Blueprint with a target operating model. It is a standalone phase, and the entry point for every Turnkey SOC engagement.
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