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Enrollment in ProgressLearn How to Turn Public Data Into Actionable Intelligence Every digital interaction leaves a trace. Social media posts. Domain registrations. Metadata in documents. Exposed infrastructure. Most people scroll past it. Professionals extract intelligence from it. This course trains you to systematically collect, analyze, and correlate publicly available information legally, ethically, and strategically. No prior experience required. Just curiosity and discipline. Why OSINT Skills Matter Now Digital investigations are no longer optional skills. They’re used in: Cybersecurity threat hunting Fraud detection Corporate due diligence Journalism & investigations Background intelligence Red teaming & attack surface mapping If you want to work in cybersecurity, investigations, or digital research, OSINT is foundational. Without structure, you search randomly. With structure, you investigate professionally. This course gives you that structure. Tools You’ll Master You won’t just hear about tools you’ll use them. Maltego theHarvester Metagoofil Mitaka Shodan Ahmia IntelligenceX And many more.. You’ll learn not just how to run tools but how to combine them into professional investigation pipelines. What You’ll Be Able To Do By the end of this course, you’ll confidently: Perform advanced search & Google dorking Conduct structured social media intelligence (SOCMINT) Map domain, IP & DNS infrastructure Extract intelligence from leaked/public documents Correlate digital identities across platforms Perform geolocation & visual verification Understand legal and ethical investigation boundaries Most importantly you’ll think like an investigator. Learning Mode This is hands-on from start to finish. You’ll get: Guided labs with real-world scenarios Tool-driven exercises A structured capstone investigation A shareable certificate Cohort Discord support Major career paths where OSINT is a core or highly valuable skill Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Analyst OSINT Analyst SOC (Security Operations Center) Analyst Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) Analyst Threat Hunter Intelligence Analyst (Government/Defense) Fraud Investigator Corporate Intelligence / Due Diligence Analyst Penetration Tester / Red Teamer Investigative Journalist Uses OSINT to verify information and uncover evidence for reporting. Who This Course Is For Aspiring cybersecurity professionals Ethical hackers Journalists & researchers Investigators Developers & sysadmins Anyone serious about understanding digital footprints Are you a beginner? worry not, we build your foundation. Are you already experienced? We sharpen your methodology.
Registration closes 10/28/2026
Enrollment in ProgressLearn How to Detect, Investigate, and Respond to Real Attacks Somewhere in the environment, an alert just fired. Is it noise, or is it real? Most beginners freeze right there, staring at a wall of logs with no idea where to look first. Trained analysts don't freeze. They know exactly where to look, what to check, and what to do next. This isn't a course built around fake scenarios and made-up logs. You'll be monitoring and defending real, live applications, the same way a working SOC analyst does on an actual shift. Every alert you investigate, every case you open, every threat you catch is real. Nothing here is staged for you to memorize. You're learning by doing the job itself. Why SOC Skills Matter Now Every organization running a network needs someone watching it, around the clock. That's the SOC. It shows up everywhere: Enterprise security monitoring Alert triage and investigation Incident detection and escalation Threat intelligence enrichment Log analysis and correlation Security case management Companies are hiring SOC analysts faster than training programs can produce them. It's the most common entry point into a security career, and most people walk into their first SOC job having never actually touched a real alert. This course closes that gap before you ever sit in a real seat. Tools You'll Master You won't just read about these platforms. You'll run them, live, against real activity. Graylog for log ingestion and SIEM correlation LimaCharlie for EDR and endpoint visibility CrowdSec for intrusion detection and prevention TheHive for case management and incident triage VirusTotal and AbuseIPDB for threat intelligence enrichment Atomic Red Team to understand real attacker behavior MITRE ATT&CK Navigator to map what you find to known tactics and techniques Wireshark for packet level investigation Slack for alerting and analyst escalation workflow You'll learn how to pull these tools together the way a real SOC does. Catch the alert in Graylog, pivot into LimaCharlie for endpoint context, enrich what you find with threat intel, open a case in TheHive, and escalate through Slack. Start to finish, no gaps. What You'll Be Able To Do By the end of this course, you'll confidently: Monitor live systems and tell the difference between noise and a real threat Triage alerts in Graylog and pivot into LimaCharlie for deeper endpoint context Investigate suspicious activity and enrich it with threat intelligence before escalating Open, document, and manage real cases in TheHive like a working analyst Map attacker behavior to MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques Communicate findings clearly and escalate under real time pressure Most importantly, you'll learn to think like an analyst under real conditions, not just recognize definitions on a quiz. Learning Mode This is hands-on from day one. Guided labs inside a real, live SOC stack Real applications you are actively monitoring and protecting Alerts and incidents you detect and investigate yourself, not staged walkthroughs A structured capstone incident triage exercise A shareable certificate Cohort Discord support Career Paths This Course Prepares You For SOC Analyst (Tier 1) Security Monitoring Analyst Alert Triage Specialist Junior Incident Responder A direct entry point into Detection Engineering, Threat Hunting, and DFIR Who This Course Is For Complete beginners ready to break into cybersecurity IT admins and sysadmins moving into security operations OSINT graduates ready for their next step Anyone who wants real SOC experience before their first job Anyone done with theory only courses that never prepare you for the actual work Already thinking about detection engineering or incident response long term? This course is your entry point. Advanced Threat Detection: EDR/XDR Operations is where you go next.
Registration closes 9/20/2026
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