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these are the top five free SOC analyst
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trainings for beginners this is going to
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include simulation training cyber range
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platforms beginner learning courses and
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project guides to put onto your resume
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and these are all free so be sure to
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watch until the end to find the perfect
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SOC training for you number one is a
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cyber security job simulation where
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you'll be acting as an information
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security analyst and analyzing security
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alerts to respond to a ransomware attack
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by learning how to analyze alerts from a
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CISA applying that intel to reduce the
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risk of an attack and help recover some
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hacked files so this cyber security job
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simulation is hosted on a website called
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forage and they actually have a few of
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these cyber security simulations that
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would work through some of them include
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fishing some are on SOC some are on
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incident response ransomware identity
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access management there's a lot of
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different skills that you can learn from
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doing these 3 to four hour cyber
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security job simulations that you can
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also put onto your resume and again
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these are all free so I highly recommend
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doing them it's a great way to get some
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hands-on experience in a simulation
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these are also hosted by actual
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companies like Mastercard PWC Datacom so
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it's a great way to see what you could
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actually be doing on the job as an
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entry- level SOC analyst or security
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analyst and if you don't have any
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current cyber security work experience
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this is one of the best ways I recommend
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getting some experience on there and pro
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tip if you do put this experience on
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your resume I would put this under
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technical experience rather than work
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experience just to make sure there's no
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confusion when you do start interviewing
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and recruiters or hiring managers start
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asking you about this experience you can
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let them know that it was cyber security
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job simulation experience so you can
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share what this experience was and the
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specific skills and tools that you
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learned i'll have this free training and
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all the other trainings I'll mention in
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this video linked in my description
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below all right free training number two
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on this list is Rangeforce Cyber Range
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so this is basically a cyber range
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platform but they have a free edition of
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their platform specifically for
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beginners where you can access free
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technical labs and dive directly into
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malware labs see how attackers hijack
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websites and go deeper into ransomware
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TTPs so basically within the rangeforce
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cyber range you'll get hands-on
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experience working with real threats in
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their complimentary solo labs you'll
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learn how to apply technical skills use
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different cyber security tooling and
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actually understanding and applying the
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cyber security concepts they may be
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learning from other technical courses
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through their hands-on cyber range i
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actually recommend this free cyber range
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for anyone who's interested in blue team
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but also in red team even purple teaming
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if you're someone who is interested in
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both defensive and offensive security
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but for the sake of this video if you're
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specifically interested in SOC analyst
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work then this is a great way to
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understand how hackers actually hack
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into systems understanding different
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TTPs or tactics techniques and
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procedures which are basically the
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behaviors and methods that are used by a
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cyber attacker to plan and execute any
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attacks and it also allows a cyber
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security professional like an SOC
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analyst to anticipate and defend against
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those attacks and because they're using
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real world threats within the cyber
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range you really get some great hands-on
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experience with cyber threats that are
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actually being used in the real world
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also another great experience to add
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onto your resume and personally I got
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some of my firsthand experience in a
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cyber range from one of my previous
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companies we had an internal cyber range
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and it was a great way to actually get
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some experience and that's also where we
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hosted a lot of CTFs or capture the
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flags and nowadays CTFs are both red
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team and blue team focused so just
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because you're interested in SOC or blue
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teaming doesn't mean that you're closed
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off from CTFs because I know CTF
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competitions and challenges are
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typically focused towards red teaming or
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ethical hacking but just know that there
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is a space for SOC analysts in the
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capture the flag world as well and this
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is a great way to get your feet wet to
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get some experience within a free cyber
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range environment all right free
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training number three on this list is
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Blue Level 1's free beginner SOC
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training path okay so Blueutine level
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one definitely has one of the most
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popular entry-level SOC certifications
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out there especially because it's been
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in the market longer than the newer SOC
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certifications that have been released
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by Try Hackme and Hack the Box but did
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you know Blue Level One also has free
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training including introduction to
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PowerShell introduction to Bash Python
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Blue Team Junior Analyst Pathway Bundle
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Vulnerability Management Virtual
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Machines Threat Hunting Dark Web
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Operations Digital Forensics OSENT or
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Open Source Intelligence Network
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Analysis if you're a complete beginner
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to SOC blue team or defensive security
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then honestly I would start here and go
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through this entire course it's a great
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way to learn all the basics and if you
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do eventually prepare for the blue team
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level one certification then you already
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have the foundations down they even have
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a cyber security interview prep portion
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of this free course so you can
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technically already start preparing for
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your cyber security interviews just
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through this course after learning all
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the foundations so I would highly
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recommend checking out this course and
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not only is this course just learning
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material it is also very hands-on there
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are practical assessments and exercises
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and even a capsule project for you to
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actually use the skills that you learn
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with PowerShell you'll get to write your
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first batch program you'll get to run
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your first Python program and these are
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all skills that you can also add onto
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your resume so it's a win-win basically
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going through this course because you
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also get to put those skills into
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practice right away and if you don't
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already have a cyber security home lab
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you can build one completely for free i
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have a video on this linked in my
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description as well it's an 8-minute
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video it is very beginner friendly so if
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you don't have a cyber security home lab
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you can do this using open source tools
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including goali Linux and virtual box so
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I highly recommend checking out that
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video it'll save you a whole lot of time
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in messing around with different tools
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because it's just super straightforward
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and you can use this home lab to do all
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of your future cyber security projects
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trainings and any exercises including
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the ones that you would be doing from
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the courses mentioned in this video so
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highly recommend checking that out okay
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so something else you have to think
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about if you're going into cyber
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security is how to keep your accounts
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online safe this includes your social
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media bank accounts your emails and all
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the data that those credentials are
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protecting and this is why I recommend
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using a password manager specifically
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Keeper security using Keeper ensures
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that all my passwords pass keys and data
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are secure and easy to manage and it's
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honestly crazy to think how many people
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use the same password for every single
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account keeper is my go-to password
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manager and not only do they protect
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your passwords but they also protect
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your pass keys which are more secure and
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fishing resistant which means hackers
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won't be able to get into your accounts
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you've probably seen the pop-ups from
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your phone asking to store a pass key
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and this is exactly what I'm talking
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about but without a password manager
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these pass keys are tied to one specific
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device so it can only be used on the
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phone tablet or laptop that you created
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it on and that is where Keeper security
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comes in keeper allows you to manage
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your pass keys and traditional passwords
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for effortless authentication making it
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easy to access all of your accounts
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anytime anywhere and most importantly on
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any device and yes as an incoming cyberc
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professional one of the best things that
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you can do to protect your accounts and
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stay secure online is by getting a
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let's get back to the rest of the topics
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okay free training number four on this
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list is the tryhackme beginner learning
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path now this one is just the
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foundations the meat and bones if you're
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completely new to anything cyber
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security anything it try Hackme has more
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than 500 free labs that you can work on
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again for free I personally recommend
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this to someone who has no cyber
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security experience who may not know
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what Linux is has never used a terminal
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or the command line has never even
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downloaded a virtual machine this is
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where I would recommend starting out if
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you are that person or someone who has
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zero zero experience and I do want to
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mention that is not a bad thing honestly
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starting out with free trainings like
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all the ones listed in this video is one
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of the best ways to learn especially if
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you're currently a student because I
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know what you hear is probably just yo
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just go study for the Security Plus and
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start applying to jobs that is honestly
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really really bad advice of course I do
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recommend getting your Security Plus but
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the Security Plus exam fee for just one
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attempt is like $400 so if you're a
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beginner if you're a student if you're
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applying to jobs it's really hard to
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just you know spend $400 on an exam
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especially if you if you haven't
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actually gotten any hands-on experience
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or taken any free training before
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spending hundreds of dollars on a
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certification especially in a tougher
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job market so if you want to start from
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the complete basics then I would
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recommend this Try Hackme beginner
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learning path i know that the labs if
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you have a free account on tryhackme are
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up to 1 hour a day but I believe there's
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a loophole if if you use a specific
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learning mode you can actually get free
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labs or longer labs I will find the
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exact quote this was specifically from
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the CEO and founder of Try HackMe that
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told me this there is a way to get
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around the restriction basically that
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you have on a daily basis so I do highly
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recommend this learning path so I would
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definitely check out Try Hackme and as
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an honorable mention Hack the Box is
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also a really great platform that has
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training labs and learning paths that
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you can also take as a complete beginner
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they're also room and lab style so the
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formatting is similar but I find that
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typically students tend to prefer one
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over the other i would test out both
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platforms and see which one you prefer
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or the one that you're more comfortable
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with and go from there all right last
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but not least number five on this list
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is Let's Defend if you've done any
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research on SOC or blue team or
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defensive security training you've
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probably come across Let's Defend
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they're one of the most popular SOC
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simulation trainings out there and yes
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there are free trainings there are free
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courses and they also have an SOC
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simulation you'll get SOC alerts you'll
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have to triage them you'll have to dig
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into them you'll have to review logs
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it's basically a full-on SOC simulation
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exactly what it sounds like as if you
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were working as an SOC analyst their
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free courses and trainings include SOC
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fundamentals fishing email analysis
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Linux for blue team detecting web
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attacks building a malware analysis lab
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and malware traffic analysis using
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Wireshark so I do think these are a bit
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more higher level compared to the other
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courses and trainings that I've
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mentioned on this list already so I
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would highly recommend checking that out
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so I think these are very valuable for
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someone who may already know the basics
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and want to look for a course that is a
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bit more advanced or technical using
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certain tools that maybe they haven't
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touched before okay so that is it for
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this video let me know if you have any
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questions in the comments below
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hopefully this was helpful especially
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for those of you who are just starting
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out and looking for some free training
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or courses or projects i'll also link a
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few other learning resources I recommend
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for beginners in my description as well
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don't forget to also check out Keeper
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also linked in my description you can
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