What You Will Master
Become a highly capable defender in this hands-on, intensive operations program. From establishing continuous logging architectures and querying SIEM big data to hunting persistent threats using EDR telemetry and crafting SOAR containment playbooks, you will develop true blue-team intuition. Capstone simulations guarantee you are fully equipped to navigate live production pipelines, manage alerts under pressure, and reduce mean-time-to-detection. Transform your technical foundation into specialized operational readiness.
- Deploy, tune, and query industry-standard SIEM environments to isolate indicators of compromise (IoCs).
- Analyze enterprise log streams across Windows Event Logs, Syslog, and cloud-native telemetry.
- Isolate, triage, and contain live malicious activity across host environments utilizing advanced EDR solutions.
- Design structured SOC playbooks that cleanly map enterprise threat profiles to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- Understand how Agentic AI engines can be deployed to automatically normalize logs, enrich alerts, and accelerate defensive triage pipelines.
The Curriculum Journey (4 Modules)
01
Telemetry Foundations & SIEM Architecture:
Build the bedrock of visibility. Learn log normalization, collection strategies, and correlation rules. Master big data query structures to parse through raw enterprise noise and extract high-fidelity alerts.
02
Host Defense & Endpoint Telemetry:
Dive deep into system-level auditing. Analyze live Windows and Linux event tracking systems, run simulated endpoint compromises, and use enterprise EDR dashboards to identify malicious persistence and privilege escalation.
03
Network Visibility & Triage Playbooks:
Unpack the network layer. Combine wire-level packet captures with centralized firewalls and proxy logs. Translate discoveries into standard operating playbooks that systematically map to real-world adversary behavior.
04
Automated Containment, AI Agents & Capstone:
Scale your defense. Explore SOAR principles and design Agentic AI enrichment pipelines to automate alert triage. Conclude with a high-stakes, live-fire SOC simulation to identify, isolate, and contain an active attack.