Cybersecurity & SOC Analyst Career Program
Build job-ready cybersecurity skills and learn how Security Operations Centers detect, investigate, respond to and prevent real-world cyber threats.
What you'll learn
Understand cybersecurity foundations, security operations, common threats and the role of a SOC.
Build practical knowledge of networking, Linux, Windows, authentication, logs and security controls.
Monitor and analyze security events using SIEM concepts and security monitoring workflows.
Investigate suspicious activity, phishing, malware indicators, unauthorized access and abnormal behavior.
Understand vulnerability management, threat intelligence, incident response and investigation workflows.
Practice documenting findings, escalating incidents and communicating security decisions.
Complete a realistic SOC-style capstone investigation.
Career opportunities
This course includes
Live instructor-led classes
Hands-on cybersecurity labs
Real-world investigation scenarios
Practical assignments and case studies
Learning and reference materials
Capstone project
Career and interview preparation
Certificate of completion
Who it's for
- Students and fresh graduates from CS, IT, engineering or related backgrounds.
- IT support, networking and system administration professionals moving into security.
- Career switchers who want a structured entry point into cybersecurity.
- Beginners willing to practice with a laptop and guided labs.
Curriculum
12 modules · Live classes · Hands-on practice · Practical assignments
- Cybersecurity domains and career paths
- SOC structure, responsibilities and escalation
- CIA triad, assets, threats, vulnerabilities and risk
- Security controls, policies and basic governance
Practical / Lab: Map a fictional company's assets and identify its major security risks.
- OSI and TCP/IP models
- IP addressing, TCP/UDP and common ports
- DNS, DHCP, HTTP/HTTPS, SSH, SMTP and VPNs
- Routers, switches, firewalls, NAT and segmentation
Practical / Lab: Inspect a traffic scenario and identify suspicious communications.
- Linux files, users, permissions, processes, services and logs
- Windows users, processes, Event Viewer and security logs
- PowerShell and command-line investigation fundamentals
- Authentication and endpoint security concepts
Practical / Lab: Investigate suspicious activity using system and security logs.
- Malware, ransomware, phishing and credential attacks
- Social engineering, web and network attacks
- Persistence, privilege escalation, discovery and lateral movement
- Attack lifecycle thinking and evidence collection
Practical / Lab: Analyze an attack scenario and identify the stages of compromise.
- Events, alerts, logs and log sources
- SIEM architecture, correlation and search
- Detection rules, dashboards and alert prioritization
- False positives and basic threat hunting
Practical / Lab: Investigate simulated failed logins, malware alerts and suspicious IP activity.
- Severity, priority and triage methodology
- Indicators of compromise: IPs, domains, URLs and hashes
- Endpoint, network and identity alerts
- Evidence collection and escalation
Practical / Lab: Triage a high-severity alert and decide whether it is a genuine incident.
- Incident response lifecycle
- Detection, analysis, containment, eradication and recovery
- Evidence handling and incident documentation
- Escalation and communication
Practical / Lab: Respond to a simulated compromised-account or ransomware incident.
- Phishing anatomy and malicious links/attachments
- Email headers, spoofing and business email compromise
- Credential harvesting and social engineering
- Reporting and response
Practical / Lab: Analyze simulated emails and determine whether they are malicious.
- Vulnerability vs threat vs risk
- Asset discovery and security scanning
- CVE/CVSS concepts and risk prioritization
- Remediation, patching and validation
Practical / Lab: Prioritize findings from a vulnerability assessment report.
- Threat intelligence lifecycle
- IOC vs IOA
- Threat actors, campaigns and feeds
- MITRE ATT&CK fundamentals and hunting methodology
Practical / Lab: Investigate a suspicious indicator and develop a short threat assessment.
- Digital evidence and preservation
- Timeline, file, system and authentication artifacts
- Process and network evidence
- Investigation notes and reporting
Practical / Lab: Reconstruct a simulated incident from available evidence.
- End-to-end alert investigation
- Severity assessment and containment recommendation
- Incident report and analyst presentation
- Resume, portfolio and interview preparation
Practical / Lab: Investigate a multi-stage incident from alert through final report.
Requirements
- No prior cybersecurity experience is required.
- Basic computer knowledge is recommended.
- Basic networking knowledge is helpful but not mandatory.
- Laptop and stable internet connection are required for labs.
- Consistent practice between live sessions is strongly recommended.
Program description
The Cybersecurity & SOC Analyst Career Program is designed for learners who want to move from cybersecurity fundamentals into practical security operations. The program follows a progressive path from networking and operating systems through monitoring, detection, incident response, vulnerability management and threat intelligence.
Because the program is live, learners do not simply watch demonstrations. They work through guided scenarios, investigate evidence, discuss analyst decisions and practice documenting security findings. The curriculum is aligned conceptually with the NIST NICE approach, which describes cybersecurity work through tasks, knowledge and skills and is used for workforce development and training.
Capstone / final project
Final scenario: a company detects suspicious authentication activity, unusual network traffic and a potentially compromised account. The learner must investigate the evidence, identify the likely attack path, assess severity, recommend containment and produce an incident report.
Recommended tools & platforms
Batches
New batches forming · limited seats
Mode
Live instructor-led training
Duration
12 weeks
24/7 support