Your First Step into SOC: A Webinar for Future Cyber Defenders 

🛡️ Your First Step into SOC: A Webinar for Future Cyber Defenders 

Centre for International Cooperation at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv together with SET University  will host an industry webinar “Building an Effective Cybersecurity Center: Maturity Assessment and Continuous Improvement” for IT and cybersecurity students, as well as young professionals planning to launch their careers in the field. 

Date: March 3 , 2026 

Time: 5:00 PM CET  
Format: Online  
Details and registration: https://www.setuniversity.edu.ua/en/events/webinar-building-effective-soc-maturity-improvement/  

🎙 Speaker — Michael Kropyva, AVP InfoSec at SoftServe, an expert with over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity. 

The webinar aims to help young professionals understand career trajectories in cybersecurity and demonstrate a practical interdisciplinary approach to cyber defense. 

Participants will explore how a SOC (Security Operations Center) works in practice, how to build attack detection scenarios, respond to incidents, and use automation tools. 

The webinar will be held as part of the international grant project “AI-Driven Cybersecurity: Opportunities and Challenges,” funded by the Swedish Institute within the SI Baltic Sea Neighbourhood Programme.