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SOC Analyst — career path

StationX Intermediate

The practical skills a security operations centre actually hires for. Security+ first, then defence, traffic analysis and detection, CySA+ to certify it, then forensics and malware analysis.

The path

Step 1 — Security foundation

The baseline every SOC hires for.

follows a certification path

Learn

Step 2 — Foundations of defence

Know what normal looks like before hunting for abnormal.

2 courses · 15 labs

Learn

  • CourseSOC for Blue Teams 🔒 StationX Unlimited
    11 sections · 21 lectures
    1. Training Overview 2
    2. Section : Introduction to Cyber Defense 2
    3. Section : Understanding Adversary Tactics 2
    4. Section : Roles and Responsibilities in Cyber Operations 1
    5. Section : Cyber Threat Landscape and Frameworks 2
    6. Section : Log Analysis and Threat Detection 2
    7. Section : Introduction to Malware Analysis 3
    8. Section : Malware Analysis Techniques and Tactics 2
    9. Section : Malware Analysis Process 1
    10. Section : Network and File-Based Malware Analysis 3
    11. Audio Version of Training 1
  • CourseBlue Team Boot Camp: Defending Against Hackers 🔒 StationX Unlimited
    6 sections · 60 lectures
    1. Training Overview 2
    2. Section 1: Introduction 3
    3. Section 2: Risk Analysis and Threat Intelligence 6
    4. Section 3: Endpoint Security 26
    5. Section 4: Network Security 13
    6. Section 5: Log Aggregation and Correlation 10
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Step 3 — Traffic and network analysis

Read packets and spot malicious flows.

1 course · 26 labs

Step 4 — Detection and monitoring

Find persistence by hand, then let AI speed the triage.

1 course · 12 labs

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  • CourseChatGPT for SOC Analyst: Master Cyber Security with AI 🔒 StationX Unlimited
    7 sections · 59 lectures
    1. Training Overview 2
    2. A Sneek Peek into Cyber Security Mastery with ChatGPT 1
    3. Getting Started with ChatGPT for Cyber Security 17
    4. Advanced Prompts with ChatGPT 5 for Cyber Security Analyst 16
    5. Master Cloud Security with ChatGPT in Azure 11
    6. Enhance Incident Investigation with ChatGPT and SIEM Solution 11
    7. Audio Version of Training 1

Step 5 — Analyst certification

Threat intelligence, SIEM, vulnerability management and incident response — certified.

follows a certification path

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  • PathFollow the CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-003) path — the intelligence, SIEM and incident-response labs live on this path

Step 6 — Incident response and forensics

Contain, eradicate, recover and evidence it.

1 course · 83 labs

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  • CourseDigital Forensics for Pentesters - Hands-on Learning 🔒 StationX Unlimited
    18 sections · 67 lectures
    1. Training Overview 2
    2. Course Overview 1
    3. Building Your Forensics Lab Environment Using VirtualBox 6
    4. New Course Content 6
    5. Troubleshooting VirtualBox 2
    6. Introduction to Autopsy 4
    7. Kali forensic Mode 4
    8. CSI Linux Investigator 3
    9. Digital Forensics Case Management 1
    10. Open-source intelligence (OSINT) 3
    11. Using Shodan to Search for Vulnerable devices 3
    12. Computer Forensics 9
    13. Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis 5
    14. Malware Hunting with Sysinternal Tools 3
    15. Stenography 2
    16. Network forensics Using Wireshark 7
    17. Practice What You learned 5
    18. Audio Version of Training 1

Practise

Where this leads

Advanced · after the job

The AI-Driven SOC Analyst

Senior roles are going to the people who can direct AI to build security solutions. When you're working in the role and ready for that step, the AI Master's Program is where it's taught — an advanced, application-only programme.

See the AI Master's Program →Application-only. A separate programme for when you're ready.