
Incident Responder — career path
StationX Intermediate
When it goes wrong, this is who gets called. Security+ and blue-team fundamentals, the CySA+ incident-response labs, then evidence handling, malware triage and building the response process itself.
The path
Step 1 — Security foundation
The baseline every response team hires for.
follows a certification path
Learn
- PathFollow the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) path — the entry certification for every blue-team role
Step 2 — Blue-team foundations
Defence, monitoring and escalation as a SOC actually runs them.
2 courses · 15 labs
Learn
- CourseBlue Team Boot Camp: Defending Against Hackers 🔒 StationX Unlimited
6 sections · 60 lectures
- Training Overview 2
- Section 1: Introduction 3
- Section 2: Risk Analysis and Threat Intelligence 6
- Section 3: Endpoint Security 26
- Section 4: Network Security 13
- Section 5: Log Aggregation and Correlation 10
- CourseSOC for Blue Teams 🔒 StationX Unlimited
11 sections · 21 lectures
- Training Overview 2
- Section : Introduction to Cyber Defense 2
- Section : Understanding Adversary Tactics 2
- Section : Roles and Responsibilities in Cyber Operations 1
- Section : Cyber Threat Landscape and Frameworks 2
- Section : Log Analysis and Threat Detection 2
- Section : Introduction to Malware Analysis 3
- Section : Malware Analysis Techniques and Tactics 2
- Section : Malware Analysis Process 1
- Section : Network and File-Based Malware Analysis 3
- Audio Version of Training 1
Practise
- Labs+Security Operations Practitioner — 15 labs 🔒 StationX Labs+
- Design, Defend, and Respond Across an End-to-End Security Architecture [Expert]
- Enforce Segmentation and Approved Access Paths [Guided]
- Establish a Windows Hardening and Security Logging Baseline [Guided]
- Establish centralized logging by onboarding hosts and validating monitoring readiness [Guided]
- Govern, Detect, Hunt, and Respond Through an Integrated Security Operations Sprint [Advanced]
- Governance and Compliance Evidence Collection [Guided]
- Harden a JumpBox for Secure Administration [Guided]
- Hunt Threats Using Intelligence and Rule-Based Detection [Guided]
- Implement TLS and Certificate Controls for a Service [Guided]
- Integrated Hardening Sprint A: Segment, Harden, and Secure Services [Advanced]
- Prioritize Risks and Implement One Remediation [Guided]
- Reduce DVWA Exposure by Using Compensating Controls [Guided]
- Secure Privileged Access and Auditing in Active Directory [Guided]
- Threat Modeling to Controls: Identify Risks and Implement Mitigations [Guided]
- Triage, Contain, and Automate Incident Response [Guided]
Step 3 — Incident handling, certified
Work incidents end to end in the CySA+ labs, then certify it.
follows a certification path
Learn
- PathFollow the CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-003) path — the incident-response, SIEM and vulnerability-management labs live on this path
Step 4 — Evidence and forensics
Capture, preserve and read the evidence an incident leaves behind.
2 courses · 28 labs
Learn
- CourseDigital Forensics for Pentesters - Hands-on Learning 🔒 StationX Unlimited
18 sections · 67 lectures
- Training Overview 2
- Course Overview 1
- Building Your Forensics Lab Environment Using VirtualBox 6
- New Course Content 6
- Troubleshooting VirtualBox 2
- Introduction to Autopsy 4
- Kali forensic Mode 4
- CSI Linux Investigator 3
- Digital Forensics Case Management 1
- Open-source intelligence (OSINT) 3
- Using Shodan to Search for Vulnerable devices 3
- Computer Forensics 9
- Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis 5
- Malware Hunting with Sysinternal Tools 3
- Stenography 2
- Network forensics Using Wireshark 7
- Practice What You learned 5
- Audio Version of Training 1
- CourseMaster Wireshark 3 in 5 Days 🔒 StationX Unlimited
6 sections · 34 lectures
- Training Overview 2
- Day One 3
- Day Two 8
- Day Three 7
- Day Four 7
- Day Five 7
Practise
- LabsNetwork Forensics — 15 labs 🔒 StationX Unlimited
- Analyze Browser-based Heap Spray Attack
- Automated in-Depth Packet Decoding
- Clonezilla_Network
- Identifying Intrusion and Mitigating Attacks with RHEL Server
- Identifying Malicious Callbacks
- Identifying Malicious Network Connections
- Incident Detection and Identification
- Nexpose: Analysis & Reporting (Executive, High Risk and Recommendation Reporting)
- Parse Files Out of Network Traffic
- Searching for Indicators of Compromise
- Setting up Filters and Queries in Kibana
- Use pfTop to Analyze Network Traffic
- Verify Attributes of Identified SilentBanker Intrusion
- Verify Attributes of Intrusion Through Additional Analysis
- Windows Event Log Manipulation via Windows Event Viewer
- LabsForensic Investigations and Evidence Handling — 13 labs 🔒 StationX Unlimited
- Analyze Packed Executable to Identify Attack Vector and Payload
- Analyze and Update a Company BCP/BIA/DRP/CIRP
- BCP DRP and Test Planning
- Creating a Case in Autopsy
- Creating a Case in OSF
- Creation of BCP and DRP
- FTK Analysis & Reporting
- FTK Enterprise Fundamentals and Mobile Investigation
- Metadata Extraction Lab
- Open Source Password Cracking
- Password Cracking with PRTK
- Registry Analysis
- Virtualization
Step 5 — Malware triage
Work out what a sample does before deciding what to do about it.
1 course · 18 labs
Learn
- CourseIntroduction to Malware Analysis for Incident Responders 🔒 StationX Unlimited
7 sections · 24 lectures
- Training Overview 2
- Introduction 1
- Malware Concepts: Building a solid foundation upon which to learn 4
- Malware Analysis: Foundational concepts before begin working with malware 3
- Setting Up the Analysis Environment (FlareVM) 5
- Conducting the Analysis 8
- Conclusion 1
Practise
- LabsMalware Analysis & Reverse Engineering — 18 labs 🔒 StationX Unlimited
- Advanced Techniques for Malware Recovery
- Analysis and Recommendation Report
- Analyze DoomJuice Infection to Identify Attack Vector and Payload
- Analyze Malicious Activity in Memory Using Volatility
- Analyze and Classify Malware
- Conduct Root Cause Analysis for System Crashes
- Detect Embedded Shellcode in a Microsoft Office Document
- Dynamic Malware Analysis
- Fundamentals of Malware Analysis
- Linux Analysis
- Log Analysis
- MAC Analysis
- Practical Malware Analysis Labs
- Recover from Incident
- Remove Trojan
- Reverse Engineering Malware
- RootKit
- Validate Indications of Compromise: Analysis of PE File
Step 6 — Build the response process
Write the plan, the playbooks and the regulatory reporting an organisation actually needs.
1 course
Learn
- CourseBuild Security Incident Response for GDPR Data Protection 🔒 StationX Unlimited
11 sections · 84 lectures
- Section 1: Introduction 4
- Section 2: Incident Response in CyberSecurity 8
- Section 3: Building a Security Operations Center (SOC) 7
- Section 4: GDPR and Incident Response 6
- Section 5: GDPR Incident Response Methodologies (IRM) 15
- Section 6: Incident Response Tools for GDPR compliance - free vs enterprise 3
- Section 7: Banking challenges related to cyber risk 7
- Section 8: Financial Malware history with examples 15
- Section 9: Making a business case for Financial Malware 11
- Section 10: Some simple hacking attempts - demo 7
- Section 11: Conclusion 1
Where this leads
- Digital Forensics Analyst — career path — Advanced
- CISSP — Certified Information Systems Security Professional — Advanced
Advanced · after the job
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