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Security Monitoring and Detection Operations
A monitoring operations module built around visibility, logging, detection workflows, and SOC-style defensive environments.
Months 17-18Malware Analysis and Security MonitoringModule 13 of 13
Why This Module Matters
It integrates networking, attack understanding, Windows infrastructure, and detection engineering into a final operational defense block.
Detailed Module Breakdown
- Visibility planning across logs, firewall events, and infrastructure telemetry
- Centralized review and correlation for suspicious activity detection
- Operational response patterns in monitored environments
- Capstone integration of attack observation, triage, and response planning
What You Will Study
- Monitoring setup across logging, firewalling, and infrastructure visibility
- Detection workflows for observing and correlating suspicious activity
- SOC-style practice that ties attack understanding to defensive response
Outcomes You Carry Forward
- Understand how monitored environments are assembled and tuned
- Correlate infrastructure activity with detection workflows
- Finish the track with a stronger SOC and monitoring mindset
Module Details
Requirements
- Foundational understanding of security operations and network behavior
- Readiness for integrated lab work across multiple systems
Best Suited For
- Students preparing for SOC, monitoring, and detection-oriented roles
- Learners who need hands-on operational defense experience
Delivery Notes
- This module should function as the integration capstone for the cyber track
- Assessment focuses on visibility, correlation, and response judgment
Phase Skills
This final phase covers malware analysis, monitoring infrastructure, detection workflows, and SOC-style operational response in monitored environments.
Malware triage, behavior interpretation, and defensive reportingLog visibility, monitoring workflows, and SOC-oriented response thinking
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