Welcome to your comprehensive guide to building a free, valuable home SIEM lab quickly and efficiently! This tutorial helps aspiring SOC analysts gain hands-on experience without already having a job.

Advance your cybersecurity career: Hands-on experience is critical in cybersecurity. This video will give you actionable skills and knowledge.

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Simple Home Siem Lab Blog: https://medium.com/@aali23/a-simple-elastic-siem-lab-6765159ee2b2

So you want to become a SOC analyst? Blog post:
https://blog.ecapuano.com/p/so-you-want-to-be-a-soc-analyst-intro

EXPERIENCE AS A SOC ANALYST – YOUTUBE VIDEO:
https://youtube.com/playlist?listPL4Q-ttyNIRApvPC_QVW9gcKHzjvMrzSCy&sieXyIxe9jsnjCIiWC

Download VirtualBox
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Download Kali VM
https://www.kali.org/get-kali/#kali-platforms

RESUME BULLET POINTS:

Elastic Stack SIEM Configuration and Management: Successfully set up and configure Elastic Stack SIEM in a home lab environment. Proven competency in deploying a Kali Linux VM, configuring Elastic Agents for log collection, and forwarding data to the SIEM to effectively monitor security events.

Security Event Simulation and Analysis: Hands-on experience in generating and analyzing security events using Nmap on Kali Linux. Experienced in querying Elastic SIEM to identify and investigate security incidents, improving skills in network security monitoring and threat detection.

SIEM Visualization and Alerting: Developed a custom dashboard in Elastic SIEM to visualize security events, demonstrating skills in data interpretation and pattern recognition. Successfully created and tested alert rules to detect specific security events, demonstrating competency in proactive incident response and alert management.

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