Publication date : 01/16/2024

Course : SOC (Security Operations Center) Analyst course

Practical course - 8d - 56h00 - Ref. ASR
Price : 4570 € E.T.

SOC (Security Operations Center) Analyst course



Required course

At the end of the course, the learner will be able to perform the functions of a Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst, mainly detecting and analyzing intrusions, anticipating and implementing the necessary protection measures.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. ASR
  8d - 56h00
4570 € E.T.




At the end of the course, the learner will be able to perform the functions of a Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst, mainly detecting and analyzing intrusions, anticipating and implementing the necessary protection measures.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Understanding the organization of a SOC
Understanding the SOC analyst's job
Understanding the tools used by SOC analysts
Identify key issues through use cases
Learn to detect intrusions
Managing incidents
Optimizing information system security

Intended audience
System and network technicians and administrators, IT managers, security consultants, engineers, technical managers, network architects, project managers...

Prerequisites
Familiarity with the ANSSI security guide, knowledge of networks, introductory course in cybersecurity or equivalent.

Practical details
Hands-on work
Numerous practical exercises on setting up and using SOC analyst tools, intrusion detection, the most common problems and post-incident analysis.

Course schedule

1
The SOC (Security Operation Center)

  • What is a SOC?
  • What is it used for? Why are more and more companies using it?
  • SOC functions: logging, monitoring, audit and security reporting, post-incident analysis.
  • The benefits of a SOC.
  • SOC solutions.
  • SIM (Security Information Management).
  • SIEM (Security Information and Event Management).
  • SEM (Security Event Management).
  • Example of a monitoring strategy.

2
The SOC analyst's job

  • What does a SOC analyst do?
  • What are its skills?
  • Monitor and sort alerts and events.
  • Know how to prioritize alerts.

3
Information gathering

  • Heterogeneous sources. What is a safety event?
  • Security Event Information Management (SIEM). Events collected from the IS.
  • Equipment system logs (firewalls, routers, servers, databases, etc.).
  • Passive collection in listening mode and active collection.

4
Optimizing IS security: tools, best practices, pitfalls to avoid

  • Overview of solutions and products.
  • Syslog.
  • The SEC.
  • Splunk software.
  • French legislation.

5
Intrusion detection, the main issues

  • Understand network protocols (TCP, UDP, ARP, ICMP, routers, firewalls, proxies, etc.).
  • Attacks on TCP/IP (spoofing, denial of service, session theft, SNMP attacks, etc.).
  • Intelligence gathering, trace search, network scans.
  • Trojans, backdoors, browser bugs, Covert Channels, distributed denial-of-service agents...
  • Attacks and exploitation of vulnerabilities (takeover, DDoS, buffer overflow, RootKits, etc.).

6
How do you manage an incident?

  • Signs of successful IS intrusion.
  • What have the hackers achieved? How far did they get?
  • How do you react to a successful intrusion?
  • Which servers are affected?
  • Find the entry point and fill it.
  • The Unix/Windows toolbox for evidence retrieval.
  • Clean-up and return to production of compromised servers.

7
Analyze incidents for better protection: forensic analysis

  • Computer forensics: types of computer crime, role of the computer investigator.
  • Modern cybercrime.
  • Digital proof.

8
Forensic analysis of a Windows operating system

  • Acquisition, analysis and response.
  • Understanding start-up processes.
  • Collect volatile and non-volatile data.
  • How the password system and Windows registry work.
  • Analysis of data contained in RAM and Windows files.
  • Cache analysis, cookie and browsing history, event history.


Dates and locations
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Remote class

Dernières places
Date garantie en présentiel ou à distance
Session garantie

REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 21 May, 25 June, 1 Oct., 5 Nov.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 5 Mar., 21 May, 25 June, 1 Oct., 5 Nov.