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Junior SOC Analyst
Junior SOC Analyst – 3 Months Course Plan
Schedule: 4 Days a Week | 2 Hours per Day
Total Duration: 3 Months (12 Weeks | 96 Hours)
Overview
This 3-month Junior SOC Analyst course is designed with strong hands-on labs to build practical SOC skills. Students will work with Kali Linux, Metasploitable, Linux commands, Nmap, Wireshark, and Splunk SIEM to understand attacks and detect them in a SOC environment.
Week 1 – Cyber Security & SOC Fundamentals
- Introduction to Cyber Security
- SOC roles and responsibilities (L1/L2/L3)
- Blue Team vs Red Team
- Basic networking concepts
- Lab: Understanding logs
Week 2 – Networking for SOC
- TCP/IP, OSI Model
- Ports and protocols
- Firewalls, IDS/IPS
- Lab: Network traffic understanding
Week 3 – Linux Fundamentals
- Linux OS overview
- Linux file system
- Basic Linux commands
- User and permission management
- Lab: Linux practice
Week 4 – Kali Linux & Lab Setup
- Kali Linux installation
- Metasploitable installation
- Virtual lab networking
- Lab validation and testing
Week 5 – Advanced Linux & Enumeration
- Process and service management
- Log files analysis
- Introduction to enumeration
- Lab: Linux logs
Week 6 – Network Scanning with Nmap
- Nmap fundamentals
- Scanning techniques
- Service and version detection
- Lab: Scan Metasploitable
Week 7 – Traffic Analysis with Wireshark
- Packet capture basics
- Filtering and analysis
- Detecting scans and attacks
- Lab: Analyze attack traffic
Week 8 – Attack Understanding
- Brute force and exploitation basics
- Understanding attacker behavior
- MITRE ATT&CK overview
- Lab: Attack simulation
Week 9 – SIEM Fundamentals
- What is SIEM
- Splunk architecture
- Splunk installation
- Log ingestion
Week 10 – Splunk SPL & Detection
- SPL basics
- Searching and filtering
- Creating alerts
- Lab: Brute-force detection
Week 11 – SOC Operations & Incident Response
- Incident lifecycle
- Alert triage
- Phishing analysis
- Lab: Incident handling
Week 12 – Real SOC Scenarios & Career Prep
- End-to-end SOC case study
- Attack → Detection → Response
- SOC reporting
- Interview preparation
- Final assessment
Tools Covered
Kali Linux
Metasploitable
Linux Command Line
Nmap
Wireshark
Splunk SIEM