All Episodes
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Episode 51 — Compare Monitoring Tools and Technologies: SIEM, EDR, NDR, SOAR, and IDS (Task 7)
This episode compares major monitoring tools and technologies in terms of what they detect well, what blind spots they have, and what evidence they can produce during ...
Episode 50 — Logs and Alerts Triage: Prioritization, Enrichment, and Next-Best Questions (Task 8)
This episode focuses on triage as a structured decision process: prioritize what matters, enrich what is missing, and ask the next-best questions that move you toward ...
Episode 49 — Master Logs and Alerts: Sources, Normalization, Context, and Alert Fatigue (Task 7)
This episode teaches how to master logs and alerts by understanding where telemetry comes from, how it is normalized, and why context determines whether an alert is ac...
Episode 48 — Recognize Indicators of Compromise and or Attack With High Confidence (Task 7)
This episode explains how to recognize indicators of compromise and indicators of attack with high confidence by combining context, validation, and careful interpretat...
Episode 47 — Tune Detection Use Cases: Reduce Noise Without Missing True Positives (Task 6)
This episode focuses on tuning detection use cases so alerts become actionable without sacrificing the ability to catch real attacks. You will learn how noise is creat...
Episode 46 — Build Detection Use Cases That Map to Real Adversary Behavior (Task 6)
This episode teaches how to build detection use cases that map to real adversary behavior rather than generic “bad event” lists. You will learn to start with an attack...
Episode 45 — Data Analytics for Detection: Baselines, Outliers, Correlation, and Meaningful Signals (Task 6)
This episode explains data analytics concepts used in detection engineering, focusing on what makes a signal meaningful and how analysts avoid being overwhelmed by noi...
Episode 44 — Spaced Retrieval Review: Adversary Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures Rapid Recall (Task 18)
This episode reinforces rapid recall of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures by connecting them to the evidence and decisions analysts must make under pressur...
Episode 43 — Penetration Testing Explained for Defenders: Reading Results and Closing Gaps (Task 2)
This episode explains penetration testing from a defender’s perspective, focusing on how to interpret results and convert them into prioritized remediation that reduce...
Episode 42 — Grasp Exploit Techniques: Privilege Escalation, Lateral Movement, and Living Off Land (Task 1)
This episode explains key exploit techniques in a defender-friendly way, focusing on what each technique accomplishes and what evidence it leaves behind. You will lear...
Episode 41 — Walk Through Cyber Attack Stages: Recon, Exploit, Persist, and Exfiltrate (Task 1)
This episode breaks down cyber attack stages into a practical sequence that helps you recognize where you are in an incident and what actions reduce risk most effectiv...
Episode 40 — Differentiate Attack Types: Ransomware, BEC, DDoS, and Data Theft (Task 1)
This episode helps you differentiate major attack types by objectives, indicators, and the defensive priorities each one demands, which is a common exam requirement wh...
Episode 39 — Evaluate Threat Intelligence Sources: Credibility, Context, Timeliness, and Actionability (Task 3)
This episode teaches how to evaluate threat intelligence sources so you can use intelligence effectively without being misled by hype, outdated indicators, or low-qual...
Episode 38 — Profile Threat Actors and Agents: Motivation, Capability, and Likely Next Moves (Task 1)
This episode explains how to profile threat actors and agents using motivation, capability, and constraints, so you can predict likely next moves and select appropriat...
Episode 37 — Trace Attack Vectors From First Contact to Initial Foothold (Task 1)
This episode teaches how to trace attack vectors from first contact to initial foothold, which is critical for both incident response and exam questions that ask you t...
Episode 36 — Spaced Retrieval Review: Cybersecurity Principles and Risk in One Narrative (Task 18)
This episode provides a connected review of cybersecurity principles and risk concepts so you can recall them quickly and apply them to complex questions under exam ti...
Episode 35 — Understand Web Application Risk: OWASP Patterns and Real-World Attack Paths (Task 2)
This episode explains web application risk using common OWASP-style patterns and real-world attack paths that translate directly into exam scenarios. You will learn ho...
Episode 34 — Contain System and Endpoint Risk: Patching, Hardening, and EDR Realities (Task 2)
This episode focuses on system and endpoint risk, where patching and hardening reduce the attack surface, but real operations include exceptions, delays, and imperfect...
Episode 33 — Tackle Supply Chain Risk: Vendors, Dependencies, and Software Integrity Validation (Task 17)
This episode explains supply chain risk as the set of threats that arise when your organization depends on vendors, cloud services, open-source libraries, and outsourc...
Episode 32 — Manage Network Risk: Exposure, Lateral Movement Paths, and Resilience Weaknesses (Task 2)
This episode teaches how to manage network risk by focusing on exposure points, lateral movement paths, and resilience weaknesses that amplify incident impact. You wil...