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Certified SOC Analyst (CSA) Program - Official Syllabus

Course Information

  • Course Title: Certified SOC Analyst (CSA)
  • Institution: International Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics Academy (ICDFA)
  • Program Director: Aminu Idris, AMCPN
  • Duration: 6 Months (Standard Track)
  • Prerequisites: Basic understanding of networking and operating systems.

Course Description

This program is designed to equip aspiring cybersecurity professionals with the hands-on skills and knowledge required to work in a Security Operations Center (SOC). The curriculum is highly practical, focusing on real-world scenarios, industry-standard tools, and large-scale datasets.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

  1. Analyze and respond to security incidents: Investigate, document, and report on security incidents using industry best practices.
  2. Utilize SOC tools and technologies: Demonstrate proficiency in using SIEM, EDR, NSM, and other SOC tools.
  3. Perform network and malware analysis: Analyze network traffic and malware samples to identify threats.
  4. Conduct threat hunting: Proactively hunt for threats in an enterprise environment.
  5. Apply cloud security principles: Monitor and secure cloud environments.

Assessment

  • Module Assignments: 40%
  • Labs: 30%
  • Quizzes: 10%
  • Capstone Project: 15%
  • Final Exam: 5%

Required Materials

  • A computer with at least 16GB of RAM and 100GB of free disk space.
  • VirtualBox or VMware Workstation Player.
  • Internet access.

Course Outline

This is a 6-month program. The following is a week-by-week breakdown of the topics covered.

Week Module Topic
1 1: SOC Fundamentals & Home Lab Setup Introduction to SOC Operations
2 1: SOC Fundamentals & Home Lab Setup Building Your SOC Home Lab
3 1: SOC Fundamentals & Home Lab Setup Essential Linux Command-Line Skills
4 1: SOC Fundamentals & Home Lab Setup Essential Windows PowerShell Skills
5 2: Network Security & Traffic Analysis Networking Fundamentals for SOC Analysts
6 2: Network Security & Traffic Analysis Network Security Monitoring Tools
7 2: Network Security & Traffic Analysis Firewall and Proxy Log Analysis
8 2: Network Security & Traffic Analysis Advanced Traffic Analysis & CIC-IDS2017
9 3: SIEM & Log Management Introduction to SIEM
10 3: SIEM & Log Management Basic SIEM Alerting and Correlation
11 3: SIEM & Log Management Threat Intelligence Integration
12 3: SIEM & Log Management Advanced SIEM Usage
13 4: Endpoint Security & Malware Analysis Endpoint Security and EDR
14 4: Endpoint Security & Malware Analysis Digital Forensics and Incident Response
15 4: Endpoint Security & Malware Analysis Malware Analysis with FlareVM
16 4: Endpoint Security & Malware Analysis Phishing Email Analysis
17 5: Cloud SOC Monitoring Introduction to Cloud Security
18 5: Cloud SOC Monitoring Cloud SOC Monitoring with CSE-CIC-IDS2018
19 5: Cloud SOC Monitoring AWS Security Services
20 5: Cloud SOC Monitoring Azure and GCP Security Services
21 6: Threat Hunting & Cyber Threat Intelligence Introduction to Threat Hunting
22 6: Threat Hunting & Cyber Threat Intelligence Advanced Threat Hunting
23 7: AI/ML in SOC & Capstone AI and Machine Learning in SOC
24 7: AI/ML in SOC & Capstone Capstone Project & Final Exam