All Episodes
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Episode 11 — Understand Databases for Analysts: Data Models, Queries, and Audit Trails (Task 10)
This episode gives analysts the database literacy needed to investigate incidents, validate suspicious activity, and interpret audit trails without being a full-time d...
Episode 10 — Apply Segmentation With Purpose to Reduce Blast Radius and Exposure (Task 4)
This episode explains segmentation as a risk control that must be designed with clear intent, tested with evidence, and maintained over time to remain meaningful. You ...
Episode 9 — Master Network Technology Concepts: Wireless, SDN, WAN, and Virtualization (Task 5)
This episode covers modern network technology concepts that commonly appear in exam questions because they change how controls, visibility, and attack paths work. You ...
Episode 8 — Use Network Tools Confidently: Testing Reachability, Name Resolution, and Paths (Task 10)
This episode teaches how to use foundational network testing concepts to validate what is truly happening during outages, suspicious behavior, or containment actions. ...
Episode 7 — Secure Network Access Paths: VPNs, NAC, Identity, and Remote Entry (Task 2)
This episode explains how remote access and network admission controls shape enterprise exposure, and how to evaluate whether these controls are actually enforcing pol...
Episode 6 — Decode Devices, Ports, and Protocols Quickly Like a Threat Hunter (Task 5)
This episode trains you to interpret what devices, ports, and protocols suggest about intent, risk, and investigative next steps, which is a frequent requirement in ex...
Episode 5 — Strengthen Computer Networking Fundamentals: Packets, Sessions, and Trust Boundaries (Task 5)
This episode reinforces core networking fundamentals that appear in detection, incident questions, and control design across the exam. You will define packets, flows, ...
Episode 4 — Build Cloud Networking Intuition for Security: Virtual Networks, Routing, and DNS (Task 5)
This episode explains cloud networking concepts the way security analysts need to understand them: as pathways that shape exposure, logging, and containment options. Y...
Episode 3 — Exam Acronyms: High-Yield Audio Reference for Fast Recognition (Task 5)
This episode builds fast acronym recognition so you can decode exam questions without losing time or misreading what a control or tool actually implies. You will learn...
Episode 2 — Map the 21 Supporting Tasks Into Your Everyday SOC Workflow (Task 4)
This episode shows you how to take the supporting tasks tested by the exam and map them to a realistic SOC workflow so you can study by anchoring concepts to actions y...
Episode 1 — CCOA Exam Orientation: Format, Scoring, Policies, and Spoken Study Plan (Task 19)
This episode sets expectations for how the CCOA exam is structured, what the questions tend to test, and how to translate the blueprint into an audio-first study routi...