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  1. Start here →

    Step 1 — Security foundation

    The baseline virtually every CTI job spec requires.

    Follow the free CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) roadmap.

    🔒 The full roadmap adds here: 6 full courses · hands-on labs 1–148 of 297 (courses in Membership · 71 labs in Membership · 77 labs in Infrastructure Labs)
    • Course · CompTIA Security+ Certification (SY0-701): The Total Course · 🔒 Membership
    • Course · Security+ (SY0-701) - Self-paced Course! · 🔒 Membership
    • Course · CompTIA Security+ SY0-701: General Security Concepts · 🔒 Membership
    • Course · CompTIA Security+: Viruses, Threats and Compromise Indicators · 🔒 Membership
    • Course · CompTIA Security+ Labs · 🔒 Membership
    • Course · Security+ Just Labs: The Ultimate Hands-On Bootcamp · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 1 of 297 · Additional Scanning Options · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 2 of 297 · Basics of Metasploit · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 3 of 297 · BCP DRP and Test Planning · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 4 of 297 · BitLocker Setup · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 5 of 297 · Block Incoming Traffic on Known Port · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 6 of 297 · Comparing Controls · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 7 of 297 · Creating a List of Installed Programs, Services and User Accounts from a WIN2K12 Server · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 8 of 297 · Creation of BCP and DRP · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 9 of 297 · Data Backup to Prep for Recovery · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 10 of 297 · Event Log · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 11 of 297 · Host Data Integrity Baselining · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 12 of 297 · Installing Patches and Testing Software · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 13 of 297 · MITRE - Attack · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 14 of 297 · MITRE - Defend · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 15 of 297 · Network Discovery · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 16 of 297 · Network Segmentation (FW/DMZ/WAN/LAN) · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 17 of 297 · Network Topology Generation · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 18 of 297 · Open Source Collection · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 19 of 297 · Open Source Password Cracking · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 20 of 297 · Scanning From Windows · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 21 of 297 · Windows Event Log Manipulation via Windows Event Viewer · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 22 of 297 · Wireshark · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 23 of 297 · Manage Users and Groups in Linux [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 24 of 297 · Manage Users and Groups in Windows [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 25 of 297 · Can You Manage Users and Groups in Windows and Linux? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 26 of 297 · Configure Password Management in Windows [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 27 of 297 · Configure Password Management in Linux [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 28 of 297 · Can You Manage Password Requirements in Windows and Linux? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 29 of 297 · Configure Standard Linux Permissions [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 30 of 297 · Configure Standard Windows Permissions [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 31 of 297 · Can You Configure Standard Linux and Windows Permissions? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 32 of 297 · Can You Manage Access in Linux and Windows? [Expert] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 33 of 297 · Can You Harden the SSH Service on a Linux Server? [Advanced} · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 34 of 297 · Force Users to Change Password Upon First Sign In [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 35 of 297 · Remove a User Account [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 36 of 297 · Can You Add Server Access for a Group? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 37 of 297 · Examine Log Files to Block Bad Actors [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 38 of 297 · Harden a Server by Limiting Access to a Single Subnet [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 39 of 297 · Can You Harden a Server by Restricting Access per Protocol? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 40 of 297 · Can You Harden a Linux Web Server? [Expert] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 41 of 297 · Deploy a Private Certificate Authority [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 42 of 297 · Configure Custom Certificate Templates and Deployment Options [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 43 of 297 · Manually Request a PKI Certificate [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 44 of 297 · Can You Deploy a Certificate Authority and Issue Certificates? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 45 of 297 · Enable DNSSEC [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 46 of 297 · Use EFS To Encrypt Files on NTFS Volumes [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 47 of 297 · Can You Secure DNS Resource Records and Windows NTFS Volume File Objects? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 48 of 297 · Enable SSL/TLS on a Website [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 49 of 297 · Enable Client SSL/TLS [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 50 of 297 · Can You Secure a Website with an SSL/TLS Certificate? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 51 of 297 · Can You Use PKI to Secure a Network Environment? [Expert] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 52 of 297 · Cryptography: Attacking Classic Ciphers · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 53 of 297 · Cryptography: Breaking Repeated Key XOR Cipher · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 54 of 297 · Cryptography: Breaking Weak RSA Keys · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 55 of 297 · Cryptography: Decrypting Files With a Dictionary Attack · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 56 of 297 · Cryptography: Forging Digital Signatures · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 57 of 297 · Cryptography: Forging MACs With Side Channels · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 58 of 297 · Cryptography: Hidden Veracrypt Containers · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 59 of 297 · Cryptography: Man In the Middle Attack · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 60 of 297 · Cryptography: Password Cracking · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 61 of 297 · Cryptography: Setting Up HTTPS in Windows and Linux · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 62 of 297 · Cryptography: Setting Up Two Factor Authentication · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 63 of 297 · Cryptography: Steganography · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 64 of 297 · Cryptography: Using GPG for Encryption and Key Management · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 65 of 297 · Cryptography: Using the OpenSSL CLI Tool · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 66 of 297 · Getting Started with Security Concepts in Windows and Linux Environments [Getting Started] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 67 of 297 · Configure Windows Firewall ACL Rules [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 68 of 297 · Configure Linux Firewall ACL Rules [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 69 of 297 · Configure Security Settings by Using Microsoft Group Policy [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 70 of 297 · Identify Non-secure Network Traffic [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 71 of 297 · Can You Secure Host Settings Through Firewall Settings and Group Policy? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 72 of 297 · Configure IPSec [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 73 of 297 · Configure a Windows PPTP VPN [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 74 of 297 · Can You Secure Network Access? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 75 of 297 · Can You Harden Windows Hosts? [Expert] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 76 of 297 · Back Up and Restore Data in Linux [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 77 of 297 · Back Up and Restore Data in Windows [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 78 of 297 · Can You Back Up and Restore Data in Windows and Linux? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 79 of 297 · Configure and Test the Firewall in Linux [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 80 of 297 · Configure and Test the Firewall in Windows [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 81 of 297 · Can You Configure the Firewall in Linux and Windows? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 82 of 297 · Configure Patch Management in Linux [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 83 of 297 · Configure Update Management in Windows [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 84 of 297 · Can You Configure Update Management in Linux and Windows? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 85 of 297 · Can You Manage Windows and Linux Systems? [Expert] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 86 of 297 · Applying Filters to TCPDump and Wireshark · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 87 of 297 · DNS as a Remote Shell · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 88 of 297 · Firewall Setup and Configuration · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 89 of 297 · Gap Analysis of Firewall Rules · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 90 of 297 · Implementing Least-Privilege on Windows · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 91 of 297 · Setting Up Zones in a Firewall · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 92 of 297 · Snorby Setup and Operation · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 93 of 297 · TCPDump · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 94 of 297 · Tweaking Firewall Rules for Detection · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 95 of 297 · Using Snort and Wireshark to Analyze Traffic · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 96 of 297 · Getting Started with Cybersecurity Defensive Tools [Getting Started] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 97 of 297 · Managing Log Files on a Windows Server [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 98 of 297 · Configure Windows Defender on a Windows System [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 99 of 297 · Configure a Local Security Policy on Server 2016 [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 100 of 297 · Can You Use the Sysinternals Suite to Review Permissions on a Windows System? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 101 of 297 · Using Encryption to Secure Information [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 102 of 297 · Can You Configure Drive Encryption by Using LUKS and BitLocker? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 103 of 297 · Can You Configure Remote Administration by Using PuTTY and SSH? [Expert] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 104 of 297 · Use a Password Cracking Utility in Linux [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 105 of 297 · Can You Use PowerShell to Gather Computer Information in Windows? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 106 of 297 · Escalate Privileges in Linux [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 107 of 297 · Can You Enumerate Network Services by Using Port Scanning in Linux? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 108 of 297 · Auditing Service Accounts and Setting Up Automated Log Collection · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 109 of 297 · Centralized Monitoring · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 110 of 297 · CIRP Creation and Disaster · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 111 of 297 · Creation of Standard Operating Procedures for Recovery · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 112 of 297 · Data Downloads and Validation · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 113 of 297 · Force Point: DLP Email Overview · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 114 of 297 · Force Point: DLP Network Overview · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 115 of 297 · Identifying Key Assets · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 116 of 297 · Leveraging Internal Intelligence Resources · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 117 of 297 · Log Correlation & Analysis to Identify Potential IOC · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 118 of 297 · Monitoring and Verifying Management Systems · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 119 of 297 · Open and Close Ports on Windows 7 · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 120 of 297 · Phishing · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 121 of 297 · Post Incident Service Restoration · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 122 of 297 · Ransomware · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 123 of 297 · Recover from SQL Injection Attack · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 124 of 297 · Sensitive Information Identification · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 125 of 297 · Vulnerability Identification and Remediation · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 126 of 297 · Use Git to Manage Code [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 127 of 297 · Analyze Log Files for Malicious Activity [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 128 of 297 · Identify and Manage Old Software [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 129 of 297 · Deploy a Docker Container [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 130 of 297 · Deploy a Virtual Machine [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 131 of 297 · Configure a Jump Box [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 132 of 297 · Manage File Redundancy for Resilience and Recovery [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 133 of 297 · Manage System Restore Using Windows 11 [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 134 of 297 · Use Alerting and Monitoring Tools [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 135 of 297 · Digitally Sign Code To Verify Authenticity [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 136 of 297 · Configure a Wireless Access Point [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 137 of 297 · Sanitize Storage Disks [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 138 of 297 · Enhance Security by Using SELinux [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 139 of 297 · Manage Configurations by Using Ansible [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 140 of 297 · Configure Devices by Using Ansible [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 141 of 297 · Perform Security Audits on Linux Services [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 142 of 297 · Baseline Systems in Accordance with Policy Documentation · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 143 of 297 · Conduct Baseline Comparison for Indicators of Compromise · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 144 of 297 · Creating a Baseline Using Autopsy · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 145 of 297 · Creating a Secondary Baseline and Conducting Comparison · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 146 of 297 · Manually Creating a Baseline with MD5Deep · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 147 of 297 · Recovering Data and Data Integrity Checks · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 148 of 297 · Windows Deployment Services · 🔒 Membership
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  2. Step 2 — SOC grounding, certified

    CTI teams hire from the SOC: alerts, SIEM and incident response first.

    Follow the free CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004) roadmap.

    🔒 The full roadmap adds here: 2 full courses · hands-on labs 149–291 of 297 (courses in Membership · 80 labs in Membership · 63 labs in Infrastructure Labs)
    • Course · TOTAL: CompTIA CySA+ Cybersecurity Analyst (CS0-004) · 🔒 Membership
    • Course · CompTIA CySA+ Labs · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 149 of 297 · Analyze Various Data Sources to Confirm Suspected Infection · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 150 of 297 · Assessing Vulnerabilities Post Addressal · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 151 of 297 · BitCoin Mining Web Application on Corporate Network · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 152 of 297 · Check for Indicators of Other Attack Activity (Debug PE File) · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 153 of 297 · Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET) · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 154 of 297 · Entering Information into a CMDB · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 155 of 297 · Event Logs with Autopsy · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 156 of 297 · Internet History · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 157 of 297 · Nexpose: Red Team Exploitation · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 158 of 297 · Overview of Kibana · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 159 of 297 · Performing an Initial Attack Analysis · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 160 of 297 · Preparing Target Media · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 161 of 297 · Recover from Illegal Bitcoin Mining Incident · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 162 of 297 · Recover from Web-Based Flashpack Incident · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 163 of 297 · Report Writing for Presentation to Management · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 164 of 297 · Respond to and Validate Alerts from Antivirus Software · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 165 of 297 · WMI Event Persistence · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 166 of 297 · Comprehensive Threat Response · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 167 of 297 · Conduct Supplemental Monitoring · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 168 of 297 · Create Custom Snort Rules · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 169 of 297 · Monitoring for False Positives · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 170 of 297 · Monitoring Network Traffic · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 171 of 297 · Monitoring Network Traffic for Potential IOA/IOC · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 172 of 297 · SNORT Configuration and Operation Lab · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 173 of 297 · Perform Network Scanning [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 174 of 297 · Use SSH for Remote Access [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 175 of 297 · Use Wireshark Filters to Explore Captured Network Traffic [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 176 of 297 · Perform Application Source Code Verification [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 177 of 297 · Perform Log Analysis [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 178 of 297 · Find Vulnerabilities [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 179 of 297 · Assess Cybersecurity Templates and Benchmarks [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 180 of 297 · Can You Discover Vulnerabilities Over a Network? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 181 of 297 · Can You Establish Secure Communications by Using SSH and Wireshark? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 182 of 297 · Can You Manage Threats by Using Source Code, Logs, and Security Templates? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 183 of 297 · Can You Reduce Threats by Using Nmap, SSH, Source Code Analysis, and Security Templates? [Expert] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 184 of 297 · Utilize Network Analysis Tools [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 185 of 297 · Use Security Monitoring Tools [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 186 of 297 · Perform Email Header Analysis [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 187 of 297 · Evaluate Network Logging [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 188 of 297 · Display Files by Performing Forensic Analysis Tasks [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 189 of 297 · Evaluate the Output of Enumeration Tools [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 190 of 297 · Evaluate Credential Security [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 191 of 297 · Can You Capture and Analyze Network Traffic and Logging by Performing Management Tasks? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 192 of 297 · Can You Evaluate Account Security Threats? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 193 of 297 · Can You Perform Forensic Analysis Tasks to Display Files? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 194 of 297 · Can You Capture and Analyze Network Traffic? [Expert] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 195 of 297 · Event Log Collection with QRadar · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 196 of 297 · QRADAR - Auditing Service Accounts and Generating SIEM Reports · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 197 of 297 · QRadar - Centralized Monitoring · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 198 of 297 · QRADAR - Collecting Logs and Verifying Syslog Aggregation with pfSense · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 199 of 297 · QRadar - IDS Setup and Configuration · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 200 of 297 · QRadar - Log Correlation & Analysis to Identify Potential IOC · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 201 of 297 · QRadar - Log Correlation & Analysis to Identify Potential IOC with Custom Log Types · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 202 of 297 · QRADAR - Setting Up SYSLOG Forwarding From a Windows System · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 203 of 297 · QRadar - Snort Signatures, IDS Tuning, and Blocking · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 204 of 297 · Perform Network Scanning and Reconnaissance [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 205 of 297 · Implement Intrusion Detection by Using Wazuh [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 206 of 297 · Configure and Manage SSH to Establish Secure Connections [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 207 of 297 · Manage Incidents by Using Incident Response Tools [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 208 of 297 · Configure Secure HTTP Services [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 209 of 297 · Configuring VPN Services [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 210 of 297 · Can You Improve Security by Using Network Scanning, Sniffing, and GPOs? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 211 of 297 · Can You Implement Intrusion Detection by Using Wazuh? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 212 of 297 · Can You Improve Network Security with SSH, HTTPS, and IPSec? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 213 of 297 · Can You Use Snort and SSH? [Expert] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 214 of 297 · Analyze and Update a Company BCP/BIA/DRP/CIRP · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 215 of 297 · Analyze SQL Injection Attack · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 216 of 297 · Conduct Log Analysis and Cross Examination for False Positives · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 217 of 297 · Core Impact Web Application Penetration Testing · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 218 of 297 · Creating Recommendations Based on Vulnerability Assessments · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 219 of 297 · Identify Whether High-Risk Systems Were Affected · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 220 of 297 · Identifying System Vulnerabilities with OpenVAS · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 221 of 297 · Manual Vulnerability Assessment · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 222 of 297 · Penetration Tester Challenge · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 223 of 297 · Phishing · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 224 of 297 · Preliminary Scanning · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 225 of 297 · Threat Designation · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 226 of 297 · Vulnerability Proof of Concept and Remediation · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 227 of 297 · Vulnerability Scanning with GVM · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 228 of 297 · Windows System Hardening with Group Policy & Active Directory · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 229 of 297 · Windows System Hardening with PowerShell · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 230 of 297 · Use Reconnaissance Tools to Perform Network Scanning [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 231 of 297 · Perform Network Scanning to Find Vulnerabilities [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 232 of 297 · Implement a Host-Based Intrusion Detection System [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 233 of 297 · Implement Snort to Evaluate Network Communications [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 234 of 297 · Harden Network Security [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 235 of 297 · Perform Web Server Vulnerability Scans [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 236 of 297 · Establish Secure Communications Between Systems by Using SSH for Remote Access [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 237 of 297 · Can You Perform Network and Vulnerability Scanning? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 238 of 297 · Can You Implement a Host-Based Intrusion Detection System? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 239 of 297 · Can You Manage Network, Web, and Remote Access Security? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 240 of 297 · Can You Use Snort, IPSec, Wireshark, Nikto, Nmap, and Wapiti to Identify Network Vulnerabilities? [Expert] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 241 of 297 · Using the OWASP Zed Attack Proxy Web Application Scanner [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 242 of 297 · Using the Burp Suite Web Application Scanner [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 243 of 297 · Use the Nikto Web Application Scanner [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 244 of 297 · Use the Arachni Web Application Scanner [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 245 of 297 · Use Web Application Scanners [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 246 of 297 · Use Greenbone Security Manager to Identify Vulnerabilities [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 247 of 297 · Use Nmap for Enumeration [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 248 of 297 · Use hping for Enumeration [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 249 of 297 · Use Responder for Enumeration [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 250 of 297 · Data Recovery with Autopsy · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 251 of 297 · Dynamic Malware Analysis · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 252 of 297 · Hash Verification · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 253 of 297 · Implement Single System Changes in Firewall · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 254 of 297 · Introduction to Squert · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 255 of 297 · Log Event Reports · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 256 of 297 · Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 257 of 297 · Recover from Incident · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 258 of 297 · Setting up Filters and Queries in Kibana · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 259 of 297 · Validate Indications of Compromise: Analysis of PE File · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 260 of 297 · Vulnerability Analysis/Protection · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 261 of 297 · WebApp Attack PCAP Analysis · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 262 of 297 · Perform Log Analysis and Task Automation [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 263 of 297 · Perform Backup Options to Allow for Lost File Restoration [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 264 of 297 · Implement New Security Policies [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 265 of 297 · Explore Network Traffic by Using Wireshark [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 266 of 297 · Find Network System Vulnerabilities [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 267 of 297 · Evaluate and Customize Security Policy Templates [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 268 of 297 · Perform Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Gathering Operations [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 269 of 297 · Can You Manage Logs with Scripts, Perform File Restoration, and Perform Vulnerability Scans? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 270 of 297 · Can You Use GPOs and Security Templates as Part of IR? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 271 of 297 · Can You Examine Network Communications by Using Incident Response Tools? [Advanced] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 272 of 297 · Can You Perform File Restoration, Manage GPOs, and Perform OSINT? [Expert] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 273 of 297 · Advanced Techniques for Malware Recovery · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 274 of 297 · Analysis and Recommendation Report · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 275 of 297 · Analyze and Classify Malware · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 276 of 297 · Collecting Logs and Verifying Syslog Aggregation · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 277 of 297 · Conduct Root Cause Analysis for System Crashes · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 278 of 297 · Creating SIEM Reports with Splunk · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 279 of 297 · Disable User Account on Windows 10 · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 280 of 297 · Identifying Malicious Network Connections · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 281 of 297 · IDS Setup and Configuration · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 282 of 297 · Linux Users and Groups · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 283 of 297 · Log Analysis · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 284 of 297 · Log Correlation · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 285 of 297 · Parse Files Out of Network Traffic · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 286 of 297 · Protect Against Beaconing · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 287 of 297 · Searching for Indicators of Compromise · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 288 of 297 · Setting Up SYSLOG Forwarding From a Windows System · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 289 of 297 · Vulnerability Scanner Set-up and Configuration · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 290 of 297 · Vulnerability Scanner Set-up and Configuration with OpenVAS · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 291 of 297 · Whitelist Comparison · 🔒 Membership
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  3. Step 3 — OSINT tradecraft

    Find, verify and pivot on open sources without tipping anyone off.

    🔒 The full roadmap adds here: 3 full courses (Membership)
    • Course · OSINT: Open-Source Intelligence · 🔒 Membership
    • Course · OSINT: Open-Source Intelligence Level 2 · 🔒 Membership
    • Course · The Secrets of OSINT (Open-source Intelligence) · 🔒 Membership
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  4. Step 4 — Cyber threat intelligence core

    The Kill Chain, the Diamond Model and ATT&CK — the intelligence labs are on the CySA+ step. STIX/TAXII and platforms such as MISP are learned on the job; no course for them is sold here.

    🔒 The full roadmap adds here: 2 full courses (Membership)
    • Course · Cyber Threat Intelligence - Basics & Fundamentals · 🔒 Membership
    • Course · MITRE ATT&CK Framework Essentials · 🔒 Membership
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  5. Step 5 — Script the enrichment

    Pull, parse and enrich indicators in Python instead of by hand.

    🔒 The full roadmap adds here: 1 full course · hands-on labs 292–297 of 297 (course in Membership · 6 labs in Infrastructure Labs)
    • Course · TOTAL: Introduction to Python · 🔒 Membership
    • Lab 292 of 297 · Manipulate Strings in Python [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 293 of 297 · Manage the Flow of Execution by Using Loops in Python [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 294 of 297 · Create Branching Logic in Python [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 295 of 297 · Define and Use Functions in Python [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 296 of 297 · Store Data in Python Data Structures [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
    • Lab 297 of 297 · Handle Errors and Exceptions in Python [Guided] · 🔒 Infrastructure Labs
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