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Modern Security Operations Center
Intermediate Self-paced · 1 year access
26 Hands-On LiveLabs
Practice real IT tasks in guided environments.
- Real environments
- Auto-graded
- No installation
01 / Lessons & labs
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Lessons
12 Interactive Lessons · 142 topics01 Preface 4 topics +
- Vision
- Who Should Read This Course?
- How This Course Is Organized
- Course Structure
02 Introducing Security Operations and the SOC 19 topics +
- Introducing the SOC
- Factors Leading to a Dysfunctional SOC
- Cyberthreats
- Investing in Security
- The Impact of a Breach
- Establishing a Baseline
- Fundamental Security Capabilities
- Standards, Guidelines, and Frameworks
- Industry Threat Models
- Vulnerabilities and Risk
- Business Challenges
- In-House vs. Outsourcing
- SOC Services
- SOC Maturity Models
- SOC Goals Assessment
- SOC Capabilities Assessment
- SOC Development Milestones
- Summary
- References
03 Developing a Security Operations Center 14 topics · 6 LiveLab +
- Mission Statement and Scope Statement
- Developing a SOC
- SOC Procedures
- Security Tools
- Planning a SOC
- Designing a SOC Facility
- Network Considerations
- Disaster Recovery
- Security Considerations
- Internal Security Tools
- Guidelines and Recommendations for Securing Your SOC Network
- SOC Tools
- Summary
- References
6 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
04 SOC Services 15 topics · 5 LiveLab +
- Fundamental SOC Services
- The Three Pillars of Foundational SOC Support Services
- SOC Service Areas
- SOC Service Job Goals
- Service Maturity: If You Build It, They Will Come
- SOC Service 1: Risk Management
- SOC Service 2: Vulnerability Management
- SOC Service 3: Compliance
- SOC Service 4: Incident Management
- SOC Service 5: Analysis
- SOC Service 6: Digital Forensics
- SOC Service 7: Situational and Security Awareness
- SOC Service 8: Research and Development
- Summary
- References
5 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
05 People and Process 19 topics +
- Career vs. Job
- Developing Job Roles
- SOC Job Roles
- NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework
- Role Tiers
- SOC Services and Associated Job Roles
- Soft Skills
- Security Clearance Requirements
- Pre-Interviewing
- Interviewing
- Onboarding Employees
- Managing People
- Job Retention
- Training
- Certifications
- Evaluating Training Providers
- Company Culture
- Summary
- References
06 Centralizing Data 10 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Data in the SOC
- Data-Focused Assessment
- Logs
- Security Information and Event Management
- Troubleshooting SIEM Logging
- APIs
- Big Data
- Machine Learning
- Summary
- References
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
07 Reducing Risk and Exceeding Compliance 13 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Why Exceeding Compliance
- Policies
- Launching a New Policy
- Policy Enforcement
- Procedures
- Tabletop Exercise
- Standards, Guidelines, and Frameworks
- Audits
- Assessments
- Penetration Test
- Industry Compliance
- Summary
- References
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
08 Threat Intelligence 10 topics +
- Threat Intelligence Overview
- Threat Intelligence Categories
- Threat Intelligence Context
- Evaluating Threat Intelligence
- Planning a Threat Intelligence Project
- Collecting and Processing Intelligence
- Actionable Intelligence
- Feedback
- Summary
- References
09 Threat Hunting and Incident Response 10 topics · 5 LiveLab +
- Security Incidents
- Incident Response Lifecycle
- Phase 1: Preparation
- Phase 2: Detection and Analysis
- Phase 3: Containment, Eradication, and Recovery
- Digital Forensics
- Phase 4: Post-Incident Activity
- Incident Response Guidelines
- Summary
- References
5 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
10 Vulnerability Management 8 topics · 3 LiveLab +
- Vulnerability Management
- Measuring Vulnerabilities
- Vulnerability Technology
- Vulnerability Management Service
- Vulnerability Response
- Vulnerability Management Process Summarized
- Summary
- References
3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
11 Data Orchestration 12 topics · 4 LiveLab +
- Introduction to Data Orchestration
- Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response
- Endpoint Detection and Response
- Playbooks
- Automation
- DevOps Programming
- DevOps Tools
- Blueprinting with Osquery
- Network Programmability
- Cloud Programmability
- Summary
- References
4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
12 Future of the SOC 8 topics +
- All Eyes on SD-WAN and SASE
- MPLS Failure!
- IT Services Provided by the SOC
- Future of Training
- Full Automation with Machine Learning
- Future of Your SOC: Bringing It All Together
- Summary
- References
Hands-On Labs Our edge
26 LiveLabs- Setting Up a Honeypot
- Configuring a VPN
- Using Windows Firewall
- Capturing a Packet Using Wireshark
- Configuring NetFlow
- Implementing Intrusion Detection System
- Identifying Search Options in Metasploit
- Searching Exploits Using searchsploit
- Conducting Vulnerability Scanning Using Nessus
- Performing Vulnerability Scanning Using OpenVAS
- Using the SET Tool
- Viewing Windows Event Logs
- Viewing the Syslogs
- Using the Armitage Tool for Intrusion Detection
- Analyzing Malicious Activity in Memory Using Volatility
- Observing an MD5-Generated Hash Value
- Observing an SHA256-Generated Hash Value
- Analyzing Forensic Cases with Autopsy
- Completing the Chain of Custody
- Using Nmap for Network Enumeration
- Consulting a Vulnerability Database
- Performing an Intense Scan in Zenmap
- Creating an Ansible Configuration File
- Creating Ansible Roles
- Using the Ansible Tool
- Using Osquery to Perform Enhanced Incident Response and Threat Hunting
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