Course introduction

Successful candidates will be able to:

Gain knowledge of SOC processes, procedures, technologies, and workflows.
Gain basic understanding and in-depth knowledge of security threats, attacks, vulnerabilities, attacker’s behaviors, and cyber kill chain, etc.
Recognise attacker tools, tactics, and procedures to identify indicators of compromise (IOCs) that can be utilized during active and future investigations.
Monitor and analyse logs and alerts from a variety of different technologies across multiple platforms (IDS/IPS, end-point protection, servers and workstations).
Gain knowledge of Centralised Log Management (CLM) process.
Perform security events and log collection, monitoring and analysis.
Gain experience and extensive knowledge of Security Information and Event Management.
Gain knowledge on administering SIEM solutions (Splunk/AlienVault/OSSIM/ELK).
Understand the architecture, implementation and fine tuning of SIEM solutions (Splunk/AlienVault/OSSIM/ELK).
Gain hands-on experience on SIEM use case development process.
Develop threat cases (correlation rules), create reports, etc.
Learn use cases that are widely used across the SIEM deployment.
Plan, organise, and perform threat monitoring and analysis in the enterprise.
Monitor emerging threat patterns and perform security threat analysis.
Gain hands-on experience in alert triaging process.
Escalate incidents to appropriate teams for additional assistance.
Use a Service Desk ticketing system.
Prepare briefings and reports of analysis methodology and results.
Gain knowledge of integrating threat intelligence into SIEM for enhanced incident detection and response.
Make use of varied, disparate, constantly changing threat information.
Gain knowledge of Incident Response Process.
Gain understanding of SOC and IRT collaboration for better incident response.

Course Pre-Requisites

Minimum at Age: 16 years old

Work Experience: The CSA programme requires a candidate to have one year of work experience in the Network Admin/Security domain and should be able to provide proof of the same as validated through the application process unless the candidate attends official training.

Target Audience

SOC Analysts (Tier I and Tier II)
Network and Security Administrators, Network and Security Engineers, Network Defense Analyst, Network Defense Technicians, Network Security Specialist, Network Security Operator and any security professional handling network security operations
Cybersecurity Analyst
Entry-level cybersecurity professionals
Anyone who wants to become a SOC Analyst

Course Outline

Mode of training: Classroom

Duration: 3 days, minimum of 24 hours

Course Structure:
Module 1: Security Operations and Management
Module 2: Understanding Cyber Threats, IoCs, and Attack Methodology
Module 3: Incidents, Events, and Logging
Module 4: Incident Detection with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Module 5: Enhanced Incident Detection with Threat Intelligence
Module 6: Incident Response