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Certified SOC Analyst

This practitioner-focused course is designed to prepare students for a career in cyber security operations and incident response. Attendees will have up to 45 days to complete at least ten (10) skill- and knowledge-based incident response scenarios in addition to attending an end-of-course masterclass session where they will be coached on how to break into the field of cyber security.

Course Overview

Overall Proficiency Level
2 - Intermediate
Course Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of hacking, identity theft, and how computers and the Internet work

Training Purpose
Functional Development
Skill Development
Specific Audience
All
General Public
Federal Employee
Delivery Method
Online, Instructor-Led
Online, Self-Paced
  • Online, Instructor-Led
  • Online, Self-Paced

Learning Objectives

Familiarity with various cybersecurity technologies, Good knowledge of the day-to-day duties of a security operations center (SOC) analyst, Knowledge of incident response, cyber attack stages and adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures, skilled in incident detection, analysis, containment, and eradication, ability to perform network packet analysis, and trend analysis using security events data.

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Cyber Defense Analysis
  • Cyber Defense Infrastructure Support

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

If you would like to provide feedback on this course, please e-mail the NICCS team at NICCS@mail.cisa.dhs.gov. Please keep in mind that NICCS does not own this course or accept payment for course entry. If you have questions related to the details of this course, such as cost, prerequisites, how to register, etc., please contact the course training provider directly. You can find course training provider contact information by following the link that says “Visit course page for more information...” on this page.

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