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maxipontifex t1_iux2czh wrote

Why does Offensive Security need a Defense Developer?

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Offsec_Community OP t1_iux4nar wrote

Great question. We are creating more defensive training. We have a SOC200 course that is out and the OSDA (Offensive Security Defense Analyst) exam coming out soon. The best security analyst is a well rounded one that can have a defense and offensive mindset. You can not have defense training if there is no one to play the offensive part so creating defense training just makes sense.

We also have defense challenge labs too. The student has access to a ELK SIEM with a working network that starts up. The student presses a play button and full network attack from initial compromise to the end of the attack happens and the student has to find what happened in the logs. Having a hacker at your fingertips basically so analyst can train on "hunting" is great training.

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