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

Investigate threats. Protect what matters.
Video · Reading · AI Tutor · Resources · Labs · Real Job PracticeYour earlier reference-section results stay recorded. Full-course completion also requires all 6 practical-studio checks and the existing final assessment. The studio contains 24 lessons; the 3 reference sections remain available.
Reference checks: 0 of 3 · Studio checks: 0 of 6.
16 additional sections are supplementary study. They have no graded section check and do not add completion requirements.
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Turn security data into investigations, dashboards, and actionable alerts.
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41 recorded lessons with reference reading, a complete PDF, worked evidence packets, offline investigation labs and a final practical project. Caption availability varies by lesson. Offline checks do not establish live SPL execution.
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 threats, investigate alerts, and respond using Splunk and Microsoft security tools.
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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.
Build the networking, identity, risk, threat, and security-control knowledge needed for every SOC role.
Move from Splunk fundamentals into searches, fields, reports, alerts, dashboards, and knowledge objects.
Practice investigation methods, threat hunting, Windows event analysis, and risk-based alerting.
Add Microsoft Sentinel and Defender skills for Azure- and Microsoft-focused SOC environments.
Technology toolkit