| Class | Topic | Homework |
| 22-Aug | Course Intro SOC Intro |
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| 24-Aug | Information Security Management Systems | |
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| 29-Aug | Information Security Standards | |
| 31-Aug | Cost Benefit Analysis Security Metrics |
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| 5-Sep | How the Internet works | How does the Internet work? |
| 7-Sep | Internet Protocols | |
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| 12-Sep | Network Packet Analysis | Traffic Analysis |
| 14-Sep | Packet Analysis Workshop | |
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| 19-Sep | Log management Network “Metadata” |
Set up Splunk |
| 21-Sep | Log Analysis Workshop | |
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| 26-Sep | Firewalls Network Segmentation Netflow Analysis |
Firewall log analysis |
| 28-Sep | Firewall and Netflow Analysis Workshop | |
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| 3-Oct | Intrustion Detection and Prevention Systems Web Application Firewalls |
Write an IDS signature |
| 5-Oct | IDS Signature Workshop | |
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| 10-Oct | No Class – Fall Break | |
| 12-Oct | Incident Response Procedures | Main Project Assigned |
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| 17-Oct | Vulnerability Management | |
| 19-Oct | Main Project Workshop | |
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| 24-Oct | Endpoint Detection and Response | |
| 26-Oct | Main Project Workshop | |
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| 31-Oct | ||
| 2-Nov | Main Project Workshop | |
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| 7-Nov | Malware Analysis | |
| 9-Nov | Main Project Workshop | |
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| 14-Nov | Enterprise Incident Response Breach notification laws |
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| 16-Nov | Main Project Workshop | |
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| 21-Nov | How to build a SOC Security Leadership How to be a good employee |
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| 23-Nov | No class – Thanksgiving | |
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| 28-Nov | Main Project Workshop | |
| 30-Nov | Project Presentations | Main Project Due |
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| 5-Dec |