About CSA
The Certified SOC Analyst
(CSA) program is the first step to joining a security operations center (SOC).
It is engineered for current and aspiring Tier I and Tier II SOC analysts to
achieve proficiency in performing entry-level and intermediate-level
operations. CSA is a training and credentialing program that helps the
candidate acquire trending and in-demand technical skills through instruction
by some of the most experienced trainers in the industry. The program focuses
on creating new career opportunities through extensive, meticulous knowledge
with enhanced level capabilities for dynamically contributing to a SOC team.
Being an intense 3-day program, it thoroughly covers the fundamentals of SOC operations,
before relaying the knowledge of log management and correlation, SIEM
deployment, advanced incident detection, and incident response. Additionally,
the candidate will learn to manage various SOC processes and collaborate with
CSIRT at the time of need.
Target Audience:
- SOC Analysts
(Tier I and Tier II)
- Network and
Security Administrators, Network and Security Engineers, Network Defense
Analyst, Network Defense Technicians, Network Security Specialist, Network
Security Operator, and any security professional handling network security
operations
- Cybersecurity
Analyst
- Entry-level
cybersecurity professionals
- Anyone who
wants to become a SOC Analyst.
Prerequisites
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The CSA program requires a
candidate to have one year of work experience in the Network Admin/Security
domain and should be able to provide proof of the same as validated through the
application process unless the candidate attends official training.
Learning Objectives of CSA
- Gain Knowledge
of SOC processes, procedures, technologies, and workflows.
- Gain a basic
understanding and in-depth knowledge of security threats, attacks,
vulnerabilities, attacker’s behaviors, cyber killchain, etc.
- Able to
recognize attacker tools, tactics, and procedures to identify indicators
of compromise (IOCs) that can be utilized during active and future investigations.
- Able to monitor
and analyze logs and alerts from a variety of different technologies
across multiple platforms (IDS/IPS, end-point protection, servers, and
workstations).
- Gain knowledge
of the Centralized Log Management (CLM) process.
- Able to perform
Security events and log collection, monitoring, and analysis.
- Gain experience
and extensive knowledge of Security Information and Event Management.
- Gain knowledge
of administering SIEM solutions (Splunk/AlienVault/OSSIM/ELK).
- Understand the
architecture, implementation and fine-tuning of SIEM solutions
(Splunk/AlienVault/OSSIM/ELK).
- Gain hands-on
experience in SIEM use case development process.
- Able to develop
threat cases (correlation rules), create reports, etc.
- Learn use cases
that are widely used across the SIEM deployment.
- Plan, organize,
and perform threat monitoring and analysis in the enterprise.
- Able to monitor
emerging threat patterns and perform security threat analysis.
- Gain hands-on
experience in the alert triaging process.
- Able to escalate
incidents to appropriate teams for additional assistance.
- Able to use a
Service Desk ticketing system.
- Able to prepare
briefings and reports of analysis methodology and results.
- Gain knowledge
of integrating threat intelligence into SIEM for enhanced incident
detection and response.
- Able to make
use of varied, disparate, constantly changing threat information.
- Gain knowledge
of Incident Response Process.
- Gain
understating of SOC and IRT collaboration for better incident response.
8 Critical Components of CSA
- 100 %
Compliance to NICE 2.0 Framework
- Emphasizes on
End-to-End SOCC workflow
- Learn Incident
Detection with SIEM
- Enhanced
Incident Detection with Threat Intelligence
- Elaborate Understanding
of SIEM Deployment
- Promotes
Hands-On Learning
- Lab Environment
Simulates a Real-Time Environment
- Learn more with
Additional Reference Materials
Workshop Outline
Module 1 – Security Operations and Management
Module 2 – Understanding Cyber Threats, IoCs, and Attack
Methodology
Module 3 – Incidents, Events, and Logging
Module 4 – Incident Detection with Security Information and Event
Management (SIEM)
Module 5 – Enhanced Incident Detection with Threat Intelligence
Module 6 – Incident Response
About Resouce:
Aditya Mathur is a Cyber
Security Expert, having worked with Telecom, Financial Services, for many years
as Security Consultant and IT Security Manager, and having expertise in Ethical
Hacking, Audit [PCI-DSS, RBI-PSS, RBI-PPI, UIDAI, BBPS, Vendor Risk
Assessments etc], Wireless Security, Web Application Security, and Cyber
Forensics. He has completed Masters in Enterprise Network Security
Management, a Certified Ethical Hacker and Certified SOC Analyst
(from EC-Council, Europe), PCI-DSS Implementer (CPISI), and Certified
Penetration Tester. His career span included imparting training to Security
Consultants, Auditors, Law Enforcement (Maharashtra Police Academy, Mumbai
Cyber Cell, Forensic Science Laboratory), to managing Enterprise Security,
Audit & Compliance.
