Cyfotok Labs
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Working in a SOC (Security Operations Center) is not just about receiving alerts. SOC teams use metrics to measure how efficiently they operate, how quickly they detect threats, how fast they respond to incidents, and whether they meet SLA commitments. In this lab, you will easily understand SOC Metrics, MTTD, MTTR, SLA, Escalation Timelines, KPI Dashboards, and SOC Reporting through real-world examples, relatable stories, and practical scenarios. You will also explore how the measurements used daily by SOC teams help improve security operations in the industry.
Cybersecurity is not only about hackers carrying out attacks; it is also about the defenders who stop them. Those defenders are known as the Blue Team. In this lab, you will learn how the Blue Team thinks, how they monitor threats, how they handle incidents, and how they respond to attacks through practical examples. We will explore the activities that take place in a real-world Security Operations Center (SOC) environment through simple, story-based scenarios. Defensive cybersecurity concepts will be explained in a beginner-friendly way, making them easy to understand.
Security Playbooks are step-by-step response guides that help security analysts respond to incidents in a structured and consistent manner without panicking. In this learning path, you will learn how to create, follow, and improve Security Playbooks for real-world security scenarios such as phishing attacks, malware infections, suspicious login attempts, ransomware incidents, and insider threats through practical, hands-on exercises.
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This lab explains how different security roles work within a Security Operations Center (SOC). Learners will understand the responsibilities of Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 Analysts, Incident Responders, Threat Hunters, Detection Engineers, and SOC Managers. Additionally, through real-world scenarios, this lab will help learners identify the appropriate SOC role and understand how SOC teams collaborate.
Fixing a security incident immediately is important, but it is not enough. Understanding why the incident happened, how it occurred, and which security controls failed is the essence of Root Cause Analysis (RCA). In this learning path, you will learn how to analyze real-world cybersecurity incidents. Instead of stopping at identifying the visible symptoms, you will discover how to determine the actual root cause and apply techniques to prevent similar incidents from happening again in the future.
In the cybersecurity world, attacks do not happen randomly. Every attack has a threat actor behind it. A threat actor is a person, group, organization, or nation-state entity that performs an attack. In this lab, we will learn about the different types of threat actors, their motivations, objectives, attack methods, and real-world behavior in a beginner-friendly way. Understanding threat actor profiles is an essential skill for SOC Analysts, Threat Hunters, Incident Responders, Penetration Testers, and Cybersecurity Researchers.
In cybersecurity, attackers and defenders often operate as separate teams. However, one of the most effective ways to improve an organization's security is through collaboration between both teams to identify and address security gaps. This collaborative approach is known as Purple Teaming.
In this lab, we will explore two important concepts used in cybersecurity monitoring: IOC (Indicator of Compromise) and IOA (Indicator of Attack). An IOC is used to identify evidence left behind after an attack has occurred. An IOA is used to detect an attack by identifying the attacker's behavior while the attack is in progress. By the end of this lab, you will understand the difference between IOC and IOA, their detection methods, real-world examples, and a practical identification challenge.
How does a cyber attack begin? What steps does an attacker follow? What happens from the initial reconnaissance phase until the attacker achieves their objective? In this learning path, you will learn the Cyber Kill Chain framework in a beginner-friendly way. Step by step, you will explore each stage of the attack lifecycle, along with the SOC analyst's perspective, threat hunting insights, and detection opportunities at every phase.
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