Course · NCSA
NSD Certified SOC Analyst
Triage, hunt and respond: the job of a modern SOC.
A course by the Cybersecurity & AI Initiative, an ISAC Foundation centre.
- Length
- 85 hours
- Format
- E-learning videos with hands-on virtual labs; advanced training on request for groups of 10 or more
- Certification
- Listed in the National Security Database at Falcon level; two attempts to pass
- Before you start
- NCBIS and NCPT recommended
About the course
A job-oriented certification for a career in security operations. It focuses on triage and root-cause analysis, threat hunting and using threat intelligence to detect attacks, and covers SOAR, UEBA and hands-on event-log analysis.
What you become
A SOC analyst listed in the National Security Database at Falcon level.
Who it is for
- Security researchers
- Students and professionals keen on security operations
- Security teams
- Law-enforcement agencies
- Military and police personnel
Curriculum
Modern security architecture
attack trends, modern SOC architecture, SOC roles
Defensible network security architecture
Network security monitoring
data collection, indicators of compromise, signatures
Endpoint security architecture
EDR strategy and hunting for IOCs
Automation and continuous security monitoring
Hands-on
detecting malware through Windows event logs
Hands-on case studies in virtual labs
Triage and analysis
alert prioritisation and validation
Practical threat hunting
abnormal activity and unknown attacks
SOC components
SIEM, threat intelligence, SOAR, EDR, UEBA
People, process and technology challenges in the SOC
SOC daily operations and management
What is included
- 60 days of e-learning and Cyberange virtual labs
- Tools: SIEM, EDR, SOAR, UEBA
Enrol
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