Table of Contents
- What exactly do SOC Analysts do?
- What it takes to become SOC Analyst
- Learn Fundamentals
- Online Profile
- Internship/Experiance
- Certification
- Get a JOB
What exactly do SOC Analysts do?
- Security tools must be implemented and managed.
- Investigate suspicious activities and take steps to contain and prevent them (24×7)
- Cut down on downtime.
- Security assistance to other teams
- Audit and compliance assistance
What it takes to become SOC Analyst
- Learn Fundamentals
- Your online profile
- Get Internship/Experience
- Certification
- Find SOC Analyst Job
Learn Fundamentals
Technologies:
- IT Networking
- Network security
- Cryptography
- Endpoint security
Tools
- SIEM
- Firewalls,
- IDS/IPS,
- Sanbox,
- EDR,
- Email security
Process:
- Incident response,
- documentation,
- compliance support
Online Profile
- Create a LinkedIn profile with appropriate keywords like SIEM, firewall, IDS/IPS, and so on.
- Create a Medium/LinkedIn article and share it with the community.
Internship/Experiance
Look for an internship as a cybersecurity analyst or an entry-level position as a network or system engineer.
Certification
- Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate
- EC-Council Certified SOC Analysts(CSA)
- EC-Council Certified Ethical
- Hacker(CEH)
- ComTIA Security+
Get a JOB
- Use your current network to reach out to SOC Managers/SOC Heads on Linkedin (But Don’t Spam)
- Submit your resume to job boards.