Blue Team Basics

Blue Team Basics is a beginner course in blue team cyber security: the defenders who protect an organization's networks, systems and data by monitoring, detecting and responding to attacks. You learn how attackers operate, how defenders think, and the tools and habits a blue team relies on every day.

What you will learn

• Security monitoring and threat detection: monitoring, endpoint defense, network defense, vulnerability management and threat intelligence.

• Incident response and digital forensics: what defenders do once an attack is detected.

• Security engineering and hardening: making systems harder to attack.

• Attacks through a defender's eyes: the anatomy of an attack, risk, the threat landscape and attacker behaviors.

• Securing systems and networks: network defense techniques, user authentication and access control, and endpoint security.

• Blue team tools: the tools blue teams use and how automation helps them.

• Best practices: cyber hygiene, how red and blue teams work together, and building a strong blue team strategy.

By the end you will understand how a cyber security blue team works and have a solid foundation for defensive roles such as SOC analyst.

Who is this course for?

• Beginners in Cybersecurity

• Aspiring Cybersecurity Professionals

• IT Professionals and Administrators

• Students and Self-Learners