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Enrollment in ProgressSOC Analyst Foundations
Learn 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
Enrollment in ProgressAdvanced Threat Detection: EDR/XDR Operations
Learn How to Detect, Hunt and Respond to Live Attackers The attacker is already on the endpoint. Not a simulation. Not a scan result. A live process, running quietly, waiting. Most defenders find out when it's too late. Trained analysts find out first. This course trains you to operate real EDR and XDR platforms the way enterprise SOC teams actually use them. Detection engineering. Live threat hunting. Incident response under pressure. No theory without practice. Every technique gets tested in a live lab. Why EDR/XDR Skills Matter Now Endpoint detection is the frontline of every modern SOC. It's used in: Enterprise threat detection and response Ransomware containment Insider threat monitoring Security operations center workflows Digital forensics and incident response Red team evasion testing Attackers are actively building tradecraft to bypass EDR. Companies are pouring budget into XDR platforms faster than they can hire people who know how to run them. If you want to work in a SOC, in detection engineering, or in incident response, this is not optional skill anymore. It's the job. Tools You'll Master You won't just read about these platforms. You'll operate them. CrowdStrike Falcon Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Velociraptor LimaCharlie Wazuh MITRE ATT&CK Navigator You'll learn how to configure them, tune them, hunt inside them, and correlate signals across all of them like a real detection engineer. What You'll Be Able To Do By the end of this course, you'll confidently: Configure and tune EDR agents to reduce noise and catch real threats. Write detection rules mapped to MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques. Hunt for attacker behavior instead of waiting on alerts to fire Investigate live endpoint activity and isolate compromised systems. Use Velociraptor for forensic triage at scale Build real time detection pipelines with LimaCharlie. Understand the evasion techniques attackers use against EDR, so you know exactly what you're defending against Most importantly, you'll think like a detection engineer, not just an alert reader. Learning Mode This is hands-on from start to finish. You'll get: Guided labs inside real EDR and XDR platforms Live simulated attacker activity to detect and respond to. A structured capstone incident response simulation. A shareable certificate Cohort Discord support Career paths where EDR/XDR is a core or highly valuable skill SOC Analyst (Tier 1 to Tier 3) Detection Engineer Threat Hunter Incident Responder DFIR Analyst Security Engineer Red Teamer Uses EDR knowledge to understand and evade defensive tooling. Who This Course Is For SOC analysts ready to move beyond alert triage Sysadmins moving into security operations OSINT and foundational security graduates leveling up Aspiring detection engineers and threat hunters Anyone serious about defending live environments, not just studying theory Already have OSINT fundamentals? This is your next step.
Registration closes 9/14/2026
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