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SOC Analyst Fundamentals

Learn how a security operations centre monitors, triages and escalates security events.

20 minutesBeginnerSelf-pacedQuiz includedCertificate included

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SOC Analyst FundamentalsRecordedSOC Analyst Fundamentals

What you will learn

  • Describe SOC workflows
  • Distinguish events, alerts and incidents
  • Apply a basic triage process

Who this course is for

Beginners, students and working professionals who want a concise, practical introduction before moving into deeper role-based or standards training.

Course outline

  1. 1

    SOC purpose

    Understand how a security operations centre monitors and coordinates response.

    3 min
  2. 2

    SIEM fundamentals

    See how a SIEM collects, correlates and presents security telemetry.

    3 min
  3. 3

    Logs and telemetry

    Recognise useful identity, endpoint, network and cloud evidence.

    2 min
  4. 4

    Alerts

    Distinguish a detection alert from a confirmed incident.

    2 min
  5. 5

    Incident lifecycle

    Follow preparation, detection, containment, recovery and learning.

    2 min
  6. 6

    Detection

    Connect threats and expected behaviour to detection logic.

    2 min
  7. 7

    Investigation

    Build a timeline and test reasonable hypotheses.

    2 min
  8. 8

    Escalation

    Hand off cases using severity, evidence and clear next actions.

    2 min
  9. 9

    Practical alert scenario

    Triage a suspicious sign-in alert from validation to escalation.

    2 min