You’ve done your time as a Jr SOC Analyst, and you’re ready to advance your cybersecurity career. Enter: Incident Response (IR)! This course introduces students to the fundamentals of IR in a very hands-on, practical manner. Through step-by-step guided labs, learners will gain insight into how real-world intrusions unfold and how to respond effectively and systematically. Designed for entry-level analysts, SOC team members, and security professionals, this course focuses on developing structured response strategies, handling evidence correctly, and communicating findings clearly. The self-paced nature of the course allows learners to advance through exercises at their own speed while practicing techniques used in modern incident response programs.
Price = $100
Special News!!
We’re proud to announce that this is the 1st of many courses from the Cyber5W team to be exclusively offered on JHT. Stay tuned for many more courses and paths in the coming months and into 2026!
What do I get?
Students get their own web-based virtual environment to get hands-on experience with the tools and techniques taught in the course. It is also web-based, so you need nothing else other than a computer and Internet access. The image below shows the extensive cyber range at your fingertips!
Incident Response 101 covers the following topics:
0️⃣ Introduction
1️⃣ Preparation Phase
2️⃣ Detection Phase
3️⃣ Acquisition Phase / Documentation Phase
4️⃣ Wrap Up
Learning Outcomes
- Build a strong foundation for more advanced IR and DFIR investigations
- Understand the incident response lifecycle and NIST-based process
- Identify and validate security alerts using system and network artifacts
- Perform triage and containment of compromised systems
- Acquire and preserve digital evidence
- Analyze system logs and memory dumps for signs of compromise
- Document incidents and prepare response reports
- Use basic forensic and log analysis tools in real-time scenarios
Prerequisites for Incident Response 101
Some defensive cybersecurity knowledge is assumed such as taught in SOC Analyst 101 and then Constructing Defense 2025.
