Recently I attended the BHIS(Black Hills Information Security) SOC Core Skills training I will add the class link here https://wildwesthackinfest.com/training/soc-core-skills-john-strand/ and I want to say I learned some new things and knew a few but overall the training really helped me improve my knowledge and have a better understanding of what is expected of a SOC analyst.
It was a four day event from 12pm to 4pm EST and we covered everything from introduction to networking to reading pcap files, finding malicious processes and understanding malicious traffic to the breakdowns of different forms of IDS/IPS/EDRs their was just so much content thankfully he records all of his sessions and he makes them available after the entire course ends. Also he posted the GitHub repository to all the links shared with the students to check out. I will also leave that link here to observe and download https://github.com/mildlytested/Wild-West—SOC-Core-Skills—Notes I will say one thing john did very well was to keep all the students engaged including myself. I was trying to absorb every piece of information and take down as much notes as possible and his explanations of certain topics just really fascinated me. I sat there at times and asked “Why?” and then he would move forward to explain different scenarios and situations on why you would do a certain task. I don’t want to spoil too much for anyone who visits my site but rather sign-up for the class and get a grasp on how much you can learn from him. I will also leave a main website link as they provide different services and trainings.
https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/
https://wildwesthackinfest.com/training/