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Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking · Topic hub

SOC & Blue Team

A security operations centre watches for attacks and responds to them. This hub covers logs, SIEM, detection frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, endpoint tooling and the day-to-day work of a SOC analyst.

Start with lesson 1 Follow the SOC Analyst path
69
articles
16
lessons in the learning path
9
kinds of content
Oct 2026
newest article
Who it is for
Aspiring and junior SOC analysts.
Prerequisites
Networking, operating system basics and cybersecurity foundations.

Start here read in this order

  1. What Is a SOC Analyst? The Frontline Defender in Cybersecurity
    Explainer
  2. Types of Security Logs: A Complete Guide for Cybersecurity Monitoring
    Explainer
  3. Windows Log File Locations: Credential Access, Event Logs, Malware Indicators and Persistence Paths
    Explainer
  4. What Are IDS and IPS? Intrusion Detection vs Prevention Explained
    Comparison
  5. What Is EDR? Endpoint Detection and Response Explained for Beginners
    Explainer
  6. Best Free and Open Source SIEM Tools Compared
    Tools
  7. MITRE ATT&CK Framework Explained | Your Guide to Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence
    Tutorial
  8. How to Investigate Suspicious URLs Like a SOC Analyst: Tools and Steps
    Tutorial
  9. Blue Team Tools for Beginners: A Starter Stack With Hands-On Tasks
    Lab / project

This sequence is part of SOC Analyst, a 16-lesson learning path.

Concepts explained 35

Showing the newest 8 of 35. The rest are in all articles.

Tutorials 3

Commands & reference 1

Labs & projects 3

Comparisons 5

Tools 8

Certification preparation 1

Interview preparation 6

Careers & course information 7

All SOC & Blue Team articles 69, newest first

Hub structure updated 13 Nov 2026. Each article shows its own publication and update dates.