I recently passed the Offensive Security Defense Analyst (OSDA) exam, this is OffSec’s first and only course for defensive security and it is aimed at analysts working in a SOC and threat hunters. The Course At time of writing the SOC-200: Foundational Security Operations and Defensive Analysis course is composed of 19 modules including the…

Over the past year, I have been deployed Crowdstrike Falcon LogScale (LogScale) as a Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) platform. This included ingesting a diverse range of log sources, building dashboards and authoring detection rules. In this post, I aim to share the key insights I’ve gained for those considering deploying LogScale or evaluating…

In July 2022 I took and successfully passed the OSCP exam on my first attempt. I went into the exam feeling extremely confident owing to many months of preparation. For those of you that like to over-prepare and leave as little to chance as possible the path I present here should ensure that you pass the…