Description:

This course will provide students with extensive hands-on exercises and labs that emulate real-life security operation center tasks and related technologies.

Training description:

During this comprehensive course, tools and methodologies that are used in Security Operation Centers will be introduced and detailed. This course will provide students with extensive hands-on exercises and labs that emulate real-life security operation center tasks and related technologies.

From text handling, packet dissection, and analysis, to adversarial simulation and detection engineering, this course will provide students with a solid base of skills and a comprehensive understanding of a Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst job.

The focus will be geared toward basic, hands-on skills that allow students to perform and excel at baseline SOC tasks.

Hardware & Minimum Course Requirements:
A laptop with 16GB of RAM and the ability to run Virtual Machines. Understanding of basic networking concepts and basic Linux comprehension.

Target Audience:
This training is geared towards Information Technology, Computer System, or Computer Network Professionals seeking to enter the Information Security Industry while enriching those who seek to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to work at a Security Operations Center.

Skills that will be learned:
This course will provide students with the necessary skills and knowledge to work in a Security Analyst 1 job and understand the dynamics of a Security Operations Center

Trainer(s) bio:Rod Soto has over 15 years of experience in information technology and security. Has worked in Security Operations Centers as a support engineer, soc engineer, security emergency response, and incident response. Currently working as a detection engineer and researcher at Splunk Threat Research Team. Previously worked at Prolexic/AKAMAI, Splunk UBA, JASK (SOC Automation).
Rod Soto was the winner of the 2012 BlackHat Las Vegas CTF competition and Red Alert ICS CTF at DEFCON 2022 contest. He has spoken at ISSA, ISC2, OWASP, DEFCON,  RSA Conference,Hackmiami, DerbyCon, Splunk .CONF, Black Hat,BSides, Underground Economy and also been featured in Rolling Stone Magazine, Pentest Magazine, Univision, BBC, Forbes, VICE, Fox News and CNN.