SECOPS – Security Operations Centers

Short Course Description

5 Day

Course Overview

Today’s organizations are challenged with rapidly detecting cybersecurity breaches and effectively responding to security incidents. Teams of people in Security Operations Centers (SOC’s) keep a vigilant eye on security systems, protecting their organizations by detecting and responding to cybersecurity threats. CCNA Cyber Ops prepares candidates to begin a career working with associate-level cybersecurity analysts within security operations centers.
This course allows learners to understand how a Security Operations Center (SOC) functions and the introductory-level skills and knowledge needed in this environment. It focuses on the introductory-level skills needed for a SOC Analyst at the associate level. Specifically, understanding basic threat analysis, event correlation, identifying malicious activity, and how to use a playbook for incident response.

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course are as follows:

• Skills and knowledge equivalent to those learned in Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1)
• Working knowledge of the Windows operating system
• Working knowledge of Cisco IOS networking and concepts

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Define a SOC and the various job roles in a SOC
• Understand SOC infrastructure tools and systems
• Learn basic incident analysis for a threat centric SOC
• Explore resources available to assist with an investigation
• Explain basic event correlation and normalization
• Describe common attack vectors
• Learn how to identify malicious activity
• Understand the concept of a playbook
• Describe and explain an incident respond handbook
• Define types of SOC Metrics
• Understand SOC Workflow Management system and automation