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If you are starting from zero and you want to become a SOC analyst, you have probably been drowning in advice.

Get this certification, watch this YouTube channel, learn this tool, take this course, and then you are right back where you started.

More confused than when you began.

So in this video, I am going to give you a complete roadmap from zero experience to SOC analyst ready.

I will show you exactly what to learn, what order to learn it in, and the free resources I would recommend at every single phase.

This is a video I wish I had when I was starting out.

If this is your first time seeing one of my videos, hello my name is Steven and I've been working in cybersecurity for over a decade, mainly within the security operations domain.

On this channel, you will find videos on career guidance, lab walkthroughs, and SOC-related projects that you can tackle and put onto your portfolio.

I also run a free community for aspiring SOC analysts like yourself called the MyID4SOC community.

So if you want to be surrounded with like-minded individuals working towards the same goal, I would highly recommend checking it out.

You'll also find a free Kickstarter guide in the community as well.

Link will be in the description down below.

So the first phase of becoming a SOC analyst has nothing to do with cybersecurity, unfortunately.

You need IT first, and I know that is not what most people want to hear, especially if you have been watching cybersecurity videos for months, and you're itching to get into the cool stuff.

But hear me out.

SOC analysts spend their days investigating activity on operating systems, networks, applications, and endpoints.

If you do not understand how any of these things work first, you cannot tell when something is wrong.

You will be lost in your first week on the job.

So that is why we start here.

For the IT phase, the resources that I would recommend or all free.

TCN Security has a free practical helpdesk course that walks you through the basics of being a helpdesk technician.

They also have a free Linux 100 fundamentals course that you absolutely need because as a SOC analyst, you will deal with Linux systems constantly.

For Windows, KevTech on YouTube has incredible free content.

He walks through Active Directory, Windows Server Administration, all the practical stuff that you actually use on the job.

And for the broader IT foundation, Professor Messer has a free CompTIA A-plus course on YouTube.

The A-plus is the IT generalist certification, and even if you do not take the exam, which is optional by the way,

the material covers everything from hardware to operating systems to troubleshooting.

Once you have the IT foundation, the next phase is networking.

And honestly, this is the phase where most beginners struggle

because networking just feels boring compared to learning a sim or playing with malware.

But networking is the language that all of those tools speak.

If you do not know networking, you cannot investigate a suspicious connection.

For free networking resources, Professor Messer has a Network Plus course on YouTube.

It covers OSI model, TCP IP, routing, switching, all the fundamentals.

For hands-on practice, you do have two free options.

GNS3 is a network emulator that lets you build virtual networks and configure devices.

Packet Tracer is similar and is made by Cisco.

Both are free.

Either one will let you build networks and break them, which is way more valuable than watching videos.

Now, if you're wondering which one to pick first, well, Packet Tracer is easier to get into, at least in my opinion, but GNS3 is more powerful.

So I would start with Packet Tracer and then graduate to GNS3 when you want more depth.

Now we get into security.

This is the phase where you learn the core concepts that the rest of your career is going to build on.

Things like the CIA triad, threat actors, attack types, defense, and depth, all of the stuff that shows up in every security conversation you will ever have.

For free resources, you guessed it, Professor Messer comes back here with the Security Plus course.

Same format as the others, free YouTube playlist, study notes available on the website, and the material is pretty solid.

The other resource I would recommend is TCM Security's Practical Security Fundamentals course, as it is free and it covers similar material.

And I would actually recommend doing both.

From here, you should have IT, networking, and security fundamentals.

Now, you can start learning the tools and workflows that you will actually use on the job.

For Sims, specifically with Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft has a free learning track called SC200, which covers Microsoft Sentinel, KQL, and Defender.

It is on Microsoft Learn and is completely free.

For Splunk, Cisco does offer a free career path

that is available on their education portal that covers the basics and is called the Cybersecurity Defense Analyst Path.

Security Blue Team also has free content that I would recommend.

They have a free version of their introductory training that covers the basics of Blue Team work.

And honestly, my channel does cover a lot of this too.

I have walkthroughs on Sentinel, Splunk, KC7, KQL, and real investigation workflows.

Now, I do want to talk about AI, and this is the section

that is going to set you apart from a lot of

the candidates who are applying to the same SOC role that you are.

AI is becoming part of the SOC analyst workflow, whether we like it or not.

Tools are integrating it directly, and analysts who know how to use AI well are pulling ahead of analysts who do not.

I've actually created a video talking more about this topic, which you can find in the description.

For free AI resources, TCM Security has an AI fundamentals course, and it is a solid starting point.

Anthropic has free courses on prompting and using AI tools effectively.

And Microsoft has an AI 901 certification track on Microsoft Learn, which is essentially their AI fundamentals path.

Now, you do not need to be an AI expert, but what you do need to understand is how to use AI as a tool to accelerate your work.

Know how to write a good prompt, know when AI is wrong, and know how to verify an output.

Speaking of such, I do have a SOC Automation Project 2.0 on this channel

that walks you through integrating OpenAI directly into a SOC workflow.

So I would highly recommend checking that out if you want to put a pretty cool project onto your portfolio.

Now, let's talk about certifications.

And I am going to be completely honest with you here because this is where a lot of money gets wasted.

The certifications that I would actually recommend for someone starting out are CompTIA Security Plus and Microsoft SC200.

Security Plus lets hiring managers know that you have foundational knowledge, whereas SC200 lets them know that you have knowledge about the Microsoft security stack,

which by the way, a lot of SOCs have today.

Now, I'm not a big fan of chasing certifications.

I would always rather see someone with hands-on experience and a real portfolio than someone with a stack of certs.

But I have to be honest with you about what I've been seeing in the job market lately.

CompTIA CESA Plus has been showing up more and more in SOC analyst job postings.

So if you are working through your certification and you are not sure what comes after Security+, then CESA Plus is worth considering.

But just know that you do not need all three right away.

Start with Security+, add SC200 when you are diving into Microsoft Sentinel,

and then look into CESA Plus if you are seeing it come up more in the jobs that you are applying for.

What I would not do is collect 10 random certifications hoping that one of them lands you a job.

I mean, certifications can help you get past resume screening, but they do not get you the job, which brings me to the next phase.

Projects, in my opinion, is one of the biggest differences between candidates who get interviews and candidates who get ignored.

The three projects that I would recommend you build are the following.

The first is an Active Directory project.

So spin up a domain controller, create users, configure group policies, and then attack it.

This teaches you how Windows environments actually look like and what suspicious activity looks like inside them.

The second is the SOC automation project.

Build a small environment with a SIM and EDR and some kind of alerting pipeline.

Tools like Waza, Sentinel, and Splunk all have free options that work for this.

Generate some attacks, watch them get detected, and then document what happened.

The third is a SOAR EDR project.

SOAR stands for Security Orchestration Automation and Response.

Build a small workflow that takes an alert from your EDR and then enriches it with threat intelligence.

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And then either auto-contains or escalate based off of the data.

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This right here is the kind of project that makes a hiring manager go, Oh, this person actually understands the workflow.

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Oh, and by the way, all three projects are inside my free community.

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Now, when you are doing these projects, be sure to document everything as you go.

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Take screenshots, write up what you found, then put it on GitHub or LinkedIn.

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And that right there is your proof of work.

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Alongside building up your own projects, you should also be working through hands-on labs that simulate real sock work.

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Some of the free resources that you can use are try hack me, hack the box, cyber defenders, security blue team, and malware traffic analysis.

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If you work through even half of these, you are going to be in a way better position than the average candidate applying for entry-level SOC roles.

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And that right there is the roadmap.

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We have IT fundamentals, networking, security fundamentals, SOC analyst skills, AI, the right certifications, real projects, and hands-on labs.

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Just know that all of these free resources alone is going to take time.

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It takes discipline and it takes the ability to figure out what to do next when you get stuck.

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Now, before I tell you about my paid option, I want to be very clear about something.

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The MyD for Forge is SOC analyst specific.

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So if you are completely new to IT and you have not yet built up the foundations, your first step is not the Forge.

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Your first step is the IT, networking, and security fundamentals that I walked you through earlier in this video.

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Build those up first.

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Use the free resources that I listed and get comfortable with the basics.

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Once you have those foundations down and you are in the position to invest, then the MyD for Forge could be your next step.

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The Forge is an ongoing community built specifically for aspiring SOC analysts who are ready to do the work.

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We have a structured 90-day SOC accelerator program that walks you through alert triage, investigations, and documentation step-by-step.

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We have a defer course to level you up beyond what most entry-level training covers.

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You get continued access to the SOC simulator with simulated clients including Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, and Defender XDR.

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So you are working with real alerts, and we do run monthly capture the flag events.

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And you are also surrounded by a community of people working towards the same goal as you.

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Now, the reason why I am positioning to forge the way I am is

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because working with real alerts on real enterprise tools is the true test of whether you are ready for the job.

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You can read about SOC analysts' work for years, but until you sit down and triage a real alert, you do not actually know if you can do it.

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The Forge does give you that practice in a safe environment where you can make mistakes

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and then learn from them before you ever set foot in a real SOC.

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But at the end of the day, whatever path you pick, the most important thing is that you start and commit to it.

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That is it for the video, and I hope that you found that informative.

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If you did, let me know by hitting that like button and subscribe if you want to.

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Remember to stay curious and do things differently.

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यह C1 स्तर का स्पीकिंग पाठ वीडियो “From Zero to SOC Analyst: Complete Roadmap” पर आधारित है। सबसे ज़्यादा दोहराए गए शब्द ये हैं: Soc, security, analyst, project, certification। इस वीडियो में शैडोइंग के लिए 134 वाक्य और 2122 शब्द हैं। बोला गया हिस्सा 11:49 लंबा है। वक्ता तेज़ बोलता है, लगभग 180 शब्द प्रति मिनट, इसलिए जुड़ी हुई और कमज़ोर ध्वनियाँ ज़्यादा मिलेंगी। केवल 80% शब्द अंग्रेज़ी के 3,000 सबसे आम शब्दों में से हैं, इसलिए शब्दावली कठिन है।

इस वीडियो की मुख्य शब्दावली

वीडियो के 15 सबसे कठिन शब्द, उच्चारण और अर्थ के साथ:

शब्द	उच्चारण	अर्थ
workflow संज्ञा	/ˈwɝkfloʊ/	कार्यप्रणाली, कार्यपद्धति
forge संज्ञा	/fɔɹd͡ʒ/	भट्ठी, भट्ठा
automation संज्ञा	/ˌɔ.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/	स्वचालन
malware संज्ञा	/ˈmæl.wɛəɹ/	मैलवेयर, दुर्भावनापूर्ण सॉफ़्टवेयर
surround क्रिया	/səˈɹaʊnd/	घेरना
stack संज्ञा	/stæk/	धुआँरा
suspicious विशेषण	/səˈspɪʃ.əs/	संदिग्ध
accelerator संज्ञा	/əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/	त्वरक
beginner संज्ञा	/bəˈɡɪnɚ/	नौसिखिया
sock संज्ञा	/sɑk/	मोज़ा
informative विशेषण	/ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/	शिक्षाप्रद
drown क्रिया	/dɹaʊn/	डूबना
technician संज्ञा	/tɛkˈnɪʃən/	तकनीशियन, यंत्रविद्
verify क्रिया	/ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/	परखना, जाँचना
optional विशेषण	/ˈɑp.ʃə.nəl/	वैकल्पिक

वीडियो में आने वाली फ़्रेज़ल वर्ब

शब्द	अर्थ
come back क्रिया	वापस आना
sit down क्रिया	बैठना

इस वीडियो का व्याकरण

वक्ता जिन संरचनाओं का सबसे अधिक प्रयोग करता है, वीडियो के असली शब्दों के साथ:

संरचना	वीडियो में
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — पहले शुरू हुआ काम जो अब भी जारी है	have probably been drowning · I've been working · have been watching
Passive voice be + past participle — ज़ोर इस पर कि क्या होता है, न कि कौन करता है	be surrounded · will be lost · is made
Relative clauses who / which + उपवाक्य — व्यक्ति या वस्तु के बारे में अतिरिक्त जानकारी	exam, which is · them, which is · Learn, which is

ध्यान देने योग्य उच्चारण

वक्ता 7 बार संक्षिप्त रूपों का प्रयोग करता है, जैसे I've, you're, I'm। इन्हें वैसे ही छोटा बोलें जैसा आप सुनते हैं।

“th” की ध्वनियाँ: walkthrough /ˈwɔːk.θɹuː/, anthropic /ænˈθɹɒp.ɪk/
“sh” और “zh” की ध्वनियाँ: certification /ˌsɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, automation /ˌɔ.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/, triage /ˈtɹi.ɑʒ/, suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, foundational /faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃə.nəl/
लंबे शब्द — बलाघात सही रखें: certification /ˌsɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, cybersecurity /saɪbəsɪˈkjʊəɹɪtɪ/, automation /ˌɔ.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/, accelerator /əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/, emulator /ˈɛmjəˌleɪtəɹ/

हिंदी भाषियों के लिए मुश्किल ध्वनियाँ:

/v/ और /w/ का फ़र्क़ — /v/ में ऊपर के दाँत निचले होंठ को छूते हैं, /w/ में होंठ गोल होते हैं: workflow /ˈwɝkfloʊ/, malware /ˈmæl.wɛəɹ/, walkthrough /ˈwɔːk.θɹuː/, informative /ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/, verify /ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/
शब्द की शुरुआत में s + व्यंजन — पहले “इ” न जोड़ें: stack /stæk/, screenshot /ˈskriːn.ʃɑt/
/æ/ — “ऐ” से ज़्यादा खुला: analyst /ˈænəlɪst/, malware /ˈmæl.wɛəɹ/, stack /stæk/, anthropic /ænˈθɹɒp.ɪk/

इस वीडियो से अभ्यास कैसे करें

पहले बिना बोले पूरा वीडियो एक बार सुनें और जो शब्द नहीं आते उन्हें लिख लें।
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अपनी आवाज़ रिकॉर्ड करें और मूल से तुलना करें, ख़ासकर workflow, forge, automation जैसे शब्दों पर ध्यान दें।

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