A NOC is a central operations center that monitors, analyzes and manages networks and infrastructure. It ensures stable, secure and efficient network operations around the clock.

What does a NOC do in practice?

It monitors traffic flow, performance, incidents, deviations and availability. A NOC team also handles configuration changes, capacity planning and monitoring of critical services.

Why is a NOC important?

It provides early warning and resolves issues before they cause downtime, improving both stability and security.

How is a NOC similar to an airport control tower?

Just like a control tower monitors all air traffic, a NOC monitors all network activity and ensures safe and predictable operations.

What does Bluetree contribute to Sicra’s NOC capabilities?

Bluetree brings extensive experience from industries with high demands for stability, such as industrial environments, production, critical infrastructure and complex networks.

How does a NOC relate to security?

A NOC ensures operational stability, while security services such as Zero Trust, segmentation and SOC protect against threats. Combined, they provide holistic operations and security.

Sicra offers a complete combination of operations, security and networking expertise that ensures stable and secure IT and OT environments. Read more about "Security consulting" here > Read more about "Zero Trust architecture" here > Read more about "Cloud" here > Read more about "Sicra SOC MDR powered by Arctic Wolf" here >

NOC (Network Operation Center)

What is a NOC?

A Network Operations Center (NOC) is a centralized operations hub that monitors, analyzes and manages an organization’s network and infrastructure. Its purpose is to ensure stable, secure and efficient network operations — without interruptions.

A NOC monitors traffic flow, availability, performance, faults and anomalies, as well as security-related events that affect network stability. The team handles everything from outages and instability to capacity planning, configuration changes and monitoring of critical services.

Metaphorically, a NOC functions like an airport control tower: it monitors all movement, ensures safe traffic, prevents collisions and alerts the organization immediately when something goes wrong — before it becomes a wider problem.

Sicra and NOC

Through the merger with Bluetree, Sicra has gained access to one of Norway’s most experienced NOC environments. Bluetree has delivered NOC services to organizations requiring high stability, particularly within industry, manufacturing, critical infrastructure and complex network environments.

Bluetree’s NOC services include:

Continuous monitoring of network performance and availability.

Fault handling and proactive issue resolution.

Capacity planning and optimization.

Operation and maintenance of modern network infrastructures.

Support for both IT and OT environments.

When combined with Sicra’s expertise in security, Zero Trust, segmentation and SOC services, customers gain a unified model for operations and security — essential in environments where network operations and cybersecurity increasingly converge.

Services

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Learn more about "Sicra SOC MDR powered by Arctic Wolf" here >

Related terms: Network, Bluetree, SD-WAN, Network segmentation, Zero Trust, NAC, SOC, Firewall, OT, OT security, IoT, IIoT, IT security, Azure, Threat Intelligence

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