Welcome! This advanced course equips students with hands-on skills to detect, analyze, and mitigate modern cyber threats using enterprise-grade tools and techniques.

Throughout this course, students will:

• Analyze and neutralize advanced threats (APTs, zero-day exploits, ransomware).
• Deploy defensive technologies (EDR, SIEM, deception tools).
• Conduct forensic investigations using industry-standard methodologies.
• Simulate red-team/blue-team engagements in realistic cyber ranges.

By the end of this course, you will be able to lead organizational defense strategies and prepare for certifications like CompTIA CySA+ and CASP+.

This course blends immersive cyber range labs, threat intelligence analysis, and capture-the-flag (CTF) exercises to prepare you for roles such as:

• SOC Analyst (Tier 2/3)
• Threat Hunter
• Cybersecurity Incident Responder

Expectations:

• Students must complete weekly threat hunts.
• Maintain lab journals.
• Adhere to ethical hacking guidelines.

Learning Objectives

1. Detect advanced threats using SIEM (Splunk, QRadar) and EDR (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne) tools.
2. Analyze attack patterns using MITRE ATT&CK framework and threat intelligence feeds.
3. Contain breaches by isolating compromised systems and deploying countermeasures.
4. Investigate incidents through memory forensics (Volatility) and disk analysis (FTK, Autopsy).
5. Harden networks using deception technologies (Canaries, Honeypots) and Zero Trust principles.
6. Automate defenses with SOAR platforms (Phantom, Demisto) and Python scripts.
7. Evaluate organizational security posture through purple team exercises.
8. Document incident response procedures aligned with NIST SP 800-61.