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AWS SOC Analyst: Detecting Threats in the Cloud
3 students
Created byMotasem Hamdan
Last updated 12/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Cloud MITRE
  • AWS CLI
  • AWS Logging
  • AWS Log Analysis with jq
  • AWS Log Analysis with Splunk
  • IR and AWS Investigations

Course content

5 sections14 lectures2h 40m total length
  • Introduction0:31

Requirements

  • Basic Knowledge of AWS Infrastructure
  • Basic Cybersecurity

Description

SOC in AWS is a hands-on, analyst-level course that shows you how real attacks unfold inside Amazon Web Services  and how defenders actually catch them.

You’ll learn how attackers abuse identity, permissions, and cloud-native APIs, and how those actions appear inside AWS telemetry. From CloudTrail to VPC Flow Logs, from GuardDuty findings to raw log investigations, you’ll practice reading signals the way a real SOC analyst does.

You’ll learn:

  • How to investigate suspicious activity in AWS step by step

  • How to connect weak signals across logs

  • How to move from alert-driven SOC work to proactive threat hunting

  • How to explain findings clearly during incidents and escalations


Who This Course Is For

This course is designed for:

  • SOC Analysts who want to move into cloud-focused roles

  • Junior–Mid Security Analysts struggling to understand AWS logs and alerts

  • Blue Teamers who want real-world cloud threat hunting skills

  • Cloud Engineers who want to understand how AWS is attacked and defended

  • Security students preparing for SOC, cloud security, or detection roles


Pre-Requisites (What You Should Know Before Starting)

You don’t need to be an AWS expert  but some basics will help.

Recommended (not strict requirements):

  • Basic understanding of AWS services (EC2, IAM, S3 at a high level)

  • Familiarity with security concepts (authentication, permissions, logging)

  • Basic SOC knowledge (alerts, incidents, logs even from on-prem environments)

You do not need:

  • Advanced scripting

  • Prior threat hunting experience

  • Deep cloud architecture knowledge

Everything AWS-specific is explained from a security analyst’s perspective, not a cloud engineer’s.

Who this course is for:

  • Aspiring AWS SOC Analysts