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Security operations dashboard for investigating threats
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SOC Analyst

Investigate threats. Protect what matters.

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YOUR LEARNING STUDIOCompTIA Security+ Preparation
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CompTIA Security+ Preparation

Prepare for Security+ with focused lessons, practical scenarios, and exam review.

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Security+ practical studio

44 study units with 24 practical recordings, reference reading, a complete PDF, offline labs and a final practical project. Caption availability varies by lesson.

Practice by typing, drawing with a stylus or mouse, or writing on the printable workbook. The workspace includes code and math symbols, local drafts and exportable evidence for peer or instructor review.

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Detect. Investigate. Respond.

SOC Analyst Learning Path

Detect threats, investigate alerts, and respond using Splunk and Microsoft security tools.

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Get a feel for the work. See what you’ll learn. Take your next step.

Best forBeginners and IT professionals moving into security operations
Career outcomesSOC Analyst, Security Operations Analyst, Incident Response Analyst

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Build skills in the right order.

Every phase adds knowledge, practice, and a portfolio result you can explain during an interview. Select an available course below to open its Video Lessons and Reading Lessons tabs.

01
CompTIA Security+

Security foundations

Build the networking, identity, risk, threat, and security-control knowledge needed for every SOC role.

NetworkingLinux basicsThreats and attacksIAMNIST CSF
Portfolio projectDocument a small organization's assets, threats, controls, and incident-response workflow.
02
Splunk Core Certified Power User skills

Splunk search and reporting

Move from Splunk fundamentals into searches, fields, reports, alerts, dashboards, and knowledge objects.

SPLFieldsDashboardsAlertsRegExCIM
Portfolio projectBuild a failed-login search, suspicious-IP alert, and executive security dashboard.
03
Splunk Cybersecurity Defense Analyst

SOC investigations

Practice investigation methods, threat hunting, Windows event analysis, and risk-based alerting.

Brute forcePassword sprayingPrivilege escalationThreat huntingEvent correlation
Portfolio projectInvestigate a suspicious successful login and write a complete incident report.
04
Microsoft SC-200

Microsoft security operations

Add Microsoft Sentinel and Defender skills for Azure- and Microsoft-focused SOC environments.

Microsoft SentinelDefender XDRKQLAutomationIncident response
Portfolio projectCreate a Sentinel analytic rule and investigate the resulting incident.

Technology toolkit

Tools and platforms you will practice.

SplunkMicrosoft SentinelDefender XDRWiresharkLinuxWindows Event LogsTryHackMeMITRE ATT&CK
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