Key Features
- Duration: 7 Months
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Lessons:
84
- Class Size: 18 Students
- Language: Uzbek
- Certificate: Yes
Course Overview
The Security Operations Center Analyst course is an advanced, skill-based certification program designed to provide cybersecurity practitioners with a comprehensive understanding of how to effectively operate and manage Security Operations Centers (SOC).
This course encompasses detailed insight into various key domains, including security threats, vulnerability assessment, intrusion detection, incident response, and SIEM (Security Information and Event Management). Participants are trained on real-time incident handling and response situations, helping them develop practical skills to identify, investigate, and mitigate threats. The CSA course is tailored for professionals who aim to enhance their abilities to monitor, detect, and respond to cybersecurity threats, and it provides a fundamental stepping stone towards a career in the rapidly evolving field of cybersecurity operations.
Career Pathways
The Certified SOC Analyst course serves as a foundational step for those pursuing a career in cybersecurity operations, potentially leading to roles such as a SOC Analyst, Incident Responder, or Threat Hunter.
Target Audience
This course is ideally suited for IT professionals seeking to enhance their skills in security operations, particularly those in roles such as Network Administrators, Network Security Administrators, System Administrators, Security Analysts, SOC Analysts, and Security Engineers.
Prerequisites
While this course doesn't mandate specific prerequisites, a basic understanding of network and system administration, information security concepts, and cybersecurity fundamentals is highly recommended.
Course Objectives
- Grasp fundamentals of SOC operations.
- Identify and validate intrusions and incidents.
- Gain skills in vulnerability assessment and threat intelligence.
- Develop expertise in utilizing SIEM solutions effectively.
- Learn to manage incident response and conduct forensic investigations.
- Analyze and interpret security logs, alerts, and reports.
- Understand legal and compliance requirements for SOC operations.
Course Curriculum
- Understanding the role and importance of a SOC
- Overview of SOC operations and workflows
- Understanding SOC infrastructure: key components and tools
- Familiarizing with various roles and responsibilities within a SOC
- Understanding the concept of a layered defense strategy
- Hands-On Lab: Setting up a virtual SOC environment
- Introduction to Security Onion as an open-source tool for SOC
- Using ELK Stack for effective log management and event correlation
- Familiarity with other open-source tools used in SOC operations
- Hands-On Lab: Installation and configuration of Security Onion as a fundamental SOC tool
- In-depth study of different types of cyber threats and their nature
- Understanding and leveraging Indicators of Compromise (IoCs)
- Familiarity with common attack vectors and attacker behavior
- Exploring various attack methodologies
- Identifying patterns and behaviors of APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats)
- Hands-On Lab: Identifying IoCs with open-source threat intelligence platforms
- Basics of network security monitoring
- Network traffic analysis using tools like Wireshark and Tcpdump
- Understanding network protocols and their vulnerabilities
- Hands-On Lab: Traffic analysis using Wireshark and network data capture with Security Onion
- Understanding the difference between incidents and events
- Learning about log collection, management, and analysis best practices
- Event correlation techniques for incident detection
- Hands-On Lab: Log analysis using ELK Stack integrated within Security Onion
- SIEM fundamentals: features and functions
- Planning and executing successful SIEM deployment
- SIEM tuning and optimization for effective incident detection
- Advanced topics in SIEM utilization
- Hands-On Lab: Setting up, customizing, and tuning a SIEM (IBM QRadar, AlienVault, and OSSIM)
- Understanding the role and sources of threat intelligence
- In-depth study of the threat intelligence lifecycle
- Techniques for integrating threat intelligence into SIEM
- Hands-On Lab: Leveraging MISP and integrating threat feeds into the SIEM solution
- Understanding the incident response lifecycle
- Learning incident triage: categorizing and prioritizing incidents
- Tools and methodologies for incident analysis and forensics
- Hands-On Lab: Responding to incidents using Security Onion’s tools, and performing forensics with Volatility and Autopsy
- Establishing effective SOC processes and procedures
- Incident management and remediation strategies
- Understanding legal implications and compliance requirements in SOC operations
- Hands-On Lab: Mock incident management exercise
- Application of learned knowledge to real-world scenarios
- Hands-On Lab: Extended hands-on practice with Security Onion, IBM QRadar, AlienVault, OSSIM, and other tools
- Capstone project involving end-to-end incident response and SOC operations
Course Instructors
