SOC Essentials

SOC Essentials provides an entry-level introduction to security operations. It covers SOC roles, attack lifecycles, log sources, SIEM, alert triage, threat intelligence,...

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Programme overview

SOC Essentials provides an entry-level introduction to security operations. It covers SOC roles, attack lifecycles, log sources, SIEM, alert triage, threat intelligence, incident response, threat hunting, reporting, metrics, and automation. Participants will work with representative logs, alerts, intelligence, cases, and analyst workflows to improve monitoring, investigation, threat hunting, and reporting skills.

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At a glance

Course code: EC-033
Provider: EC-Council
Category: Security Operations Fundamentals
Status: By Enquiry
Duration: Enquire us
Price: Contact us

What participants should gain

Explain SOC functions, roles, processes, and technology
Identify useful log sources and basic indicators of compromise
Understand SIEM monitoring and alert-triage workflows
Support incident escalation, investigation, and response
Create basic reports and understand SOC performance metrics

Participant readiness

Basic computer and networking knowledge
No previous SOC experience required
Suitable for students, junior analysts, and cybersecurity career changers

Who this course is for

SOC analysts, threat-intelligence analysts, incident responders, and threat hunters
Security analysts responsible for monitoring, investigation, detection, or reporting
Cybersecurity professionals seeking structured blue-team and intelligence skills

How the course is delivered

This programme will be conducted through interactive lectures, SOC workflow demonstrations, log and alert analysis, guided investigations, threat-intelligence activities, case-management exercises, reporting, and knowledge checks.

Course outline

Module and topic breakdown

Module 1: Security Operations Centre Fundamentals

Operational processes for monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, and assurance

Module 2: Cyber Threats and Attack Lifecycles

Preconditions, attack paths, tools, techniques, and indicators associated with Cyber Threats and Attack Lifecycles

Module 3: Security Logs and Data Sources

Assets, threat scenarios, vulnerabilities, and attack surfaces addressed by Security Logs and Data Sources

Module 4: SIEM Fundamentals and Use Cases

SIEM architecture, collectors, agents, parsers, storage, search, rules, dashboards, and cases

Module 5: Alert Monitoring, Triage, and Escalation

Collection of logs, events, metrics, traces, alerts, and contextual asset data

Module 6: Indicators of Compromise and Threat Intelligence

Strategic, operational, tactical, and technical intelligence and their audiences

Module 7: Incident Response Fundamentals

Preparation, detection, analysis, containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned

Module 8: Threat Hunting Fundamentals

Hypothesis-driven, intelligence-led, anomaly-driven, and baseline-driven hunting approaches

Module 9: SOC Reporting, Communication, and Metrics

Audience, purpose, scope, methodology, limitations, evidence, and executive summary

Module 10: Automation, AI, and the Future of Security Operations

Operational processes for monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, and assurance

Assessment and completion

Continuous knowledge checks and facilitator feedback throughout the programme
Completion of guided exercises, scenarios, labs, or case-study activities applicable to the course
Final review or practical activity to confirm understanding of the stated course objectives
Official EC-Council examination and certification requirements depend on the selected training package and current exam version

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