✓ Acquire a comprehensive knowledge of SOC processes, procedures, technologies, and workflows.

✓ Develop a foundational and advanced understanding of security threats, attacks, vulnerabilities, attacker behavior, and the cyber kill chain.

✓ Learn to identify attacker tools, tactics, and procedures to recognize indicators of compromise (IoCs) for both active and future investigations.

✓ Gain the ability to monitor and analyze logs and alerts from various technologies across multiple platforms, including IDS/IPS, endpoint protection, servers, and workstations.

✓ Understand the centralized log management (CLM) process and its significance in security operations.

✓ Acquire skills in collecting, monitoring, and analyzing security events and logs.

✓ Attain extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in security information and event management (SIEM).

✓ Learn how to administer SIEM solutions such as Splunk, AlienVault, OSSIM, and the ELK Stack.

✓ Understand the architecture, implementation, and fine-tuning of SIEM solutions for optimal performance.

✓ Gain practical experience in the SIEM use case development process.

✓ Develop threat detection cases (correlation rules) and create comprehensive reports.

✓ Learn about widely used SIEM use cases across different deployments.

✓ Plan, organize, and execute threat monitoring and analysis within an enterprise environment.

✓ Acquire skills to monitor emerging threat patterns and perform security threat analysis.

✓ Gain hands-on experience in the alert triaging process for effective threat management.

✓ Learn how to escalate incidents to the appropriate teams for further investigation and remediation.

✓ Use service desk ticketing systems for efficient incident tracking and resolution.

✓ Develop the ability to prepare detailed briefings and reports outlining analysis methodologies and results.

✓ Learn how to integrate threat intelligence into SIEM systems for enhanced incident detection and response.

✓ Understand how to leverage diverse and continually evolving sources of threat intelligence.

✓ Gain knowledge of the incident response process and best practices for managing security incidents.

✓ Develop a solid understanding of SOC and incident response team (IRT) collaboration for improved incident management and response.

✓ Assist in responding to and investigating security incidents using forensic analysis techniques.

✓ Gain specialized knowledge in cloud-based threat detection and how to adapt techniques for cloud environments.

✓ Engage in proactive threat detection by participating in threat-hunting exercises.

✓ Develop skills in creating SIEM dashboards, generating SOC reports, and building effective correlation rules for advanced threat detection.

✓ Acquire hands-on experience in malware analysis techniques.

✓ Explore how AI/ML technologies can be leveraged to improve threat detection and response in SOC operations.

• Exam Code: 312-39

• Number of Questions: 100

• Duration: 3 Hours

• Availability: EC-Council Exam Portal

• Exam Title: Certified SOC Analyst

• Test Format: Multiple Choice