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EC-Council SOC Essentials

The SOC Essentials (S|CE) is designed for aspiring security professionals, freshers, and career switchers to provide insights into security operations frameworks and related technologies. With 8 modules covering robust topics from the computer network and security fundamentals to SOC components and architecture, S|CE prepares you to identify 

various aspects of cyber threats and secure digital environments. No IT/Cybersecurity experience required for this course. Test your skills with CTF-based Capstone Projects and validate these newly acquired skills in proctored exams. Further, it provides 10+ hours of premium self-paced video training with 6 hands-on labs to simulate real-world scenarios.

Key Features

6 lab practical exercises

10+ hours of premium self-paced video training

900+ pages of ecourseware

Capstone Projects with Real-World CTF Challenges

Year-long access to courseware and 6-month access to labs

Proctored exam voucher with 1-year validity

Earn a globally recognized EC-Council certification.

Increase your value in the job market

Why EC-Council Essentials Series is the Most Popular and Fastest Growing Beginner Level Training Program for Freshers and Career Switchers

213,000+ Learners Trust EC-Council’s Essentials Series
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S|CE course offering

$299

Program Information

The SOC Essentials (S|CE) course will provide candidates with the fundamental insights of SOC required to begin a career in the field. Along with comprehensive lecture videos and hands-on labs, the course will help candidates identify the various aspects of cyber threats to secure digital environments.
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SOC Essentials (S|CE)

Who is S|CE for?

Digital Forensics Essentials (S|CE) Recognitions

Florida DOE (Department of Education)

Approved by the United States, Florida DOE (Department of Education) as industry-recognized credentials on the Florida Career and Professional Education Act (CAPE) for secondary education.

Virginia Department of Education

Approved by the state of Virginia Department of Education Career and Technical Education as industry-recognized credentials.

Ohio DOE (Department of Education)

Approved by the Ohio DOE (Department of Education) and Workforce as an industry-recognized credentials list.

Arkansas DOE

Approved by the Career and Technical Education division within the Arkansas DOE as industry-recognized credentials.

Why Do Professionals, Students, Career Starters and Changers Worldwide Choose the EC-Council's Essentials Certification?

FAQs

SOC stands for Security Operations Center. It comprises a team of skilled cybersecurity professionals who monitor a company’s IT infrastructure. Monitoring the infrastructure is essential to checking, detecting, preventing, or responding to cyber threats.

Upon completion of the 13-hour S|CE course and passing the required exam, EC-Council will certify you for the SOC Essentials program.

To run the labs, the minimum hardware requirement is an Intel i5 or better processor, 16-32 GB of memory, either Windows, MacOS, or Linux operating systems, VMware Workstation Player or Oracle VirtualBox hypervisor, and 100GB or better storage capacity. Your system should also have any of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, or Brave.

After completing the S|CE course, you can apply for the EC-Council’s Certified SOC Analyst training. It will help you gain the required incident-handling skills to become a SOC expert.

Yes, EC-Council’s SOC Essentials course is for beginners. Early career professionals, high school students, and career switchers can take it to launch their careers in cybersecurity.

Yes, the EC-Council Essentials Series is widely recognized and popular in the industry for covering essential core skills for aspiring cybersecurity professionals. Trusted by over 200,000 candidates in 150 countries, these entry-level courses are highly regarded.

Once you have completed the S|CE course, you can further apply for the EC-Council’s Certified SOC Analyst training program. This program is designed to provide aspiring SOC professionals with the necessary tools and knowledge to excel in their careers.

The EC-Council S|CE course has different pricing plans for individuals, universities, and enterprises. Enquire here to get more information about the course plans and prices.

If you want to pursue a career in cybersecurity, EC-Council’s Essentials Series is a great place to start. This course offers eight different training options, each catering to a specific aspect of cybersecurity. The available options include E|HE for the fundamentals of Ethical Hacking, N|DE for the basics of Network defense, D|FE for insights on Digital Forensics, C|SE for Cloud Security, D|SE for those interested in DevSecOps, I|SE for the basics of IOT, S|CE for the essentials of SOC, and T|IE for insights on Threat Intelligence.

The EC-Council SOC Essentials course is open to individuals without prior experience in IT or cybersecurity. It is suitable for high school and college students and those looking to make a career change and advance their careers in cybersecurity.

After completing the S|CE course and passing the proctored exam, the EC-Council will certify you for the SOC Essentials course.

No prior work experience is required for the EC-Council’s S|CE course. However, your system should have an Intel i5 or better processor, 16-32 GB of memory, either Windows, MacOS, or Linux operating systems, VMware Workstation Player or Oracle VirtualBox hypervisor, and 100GB or better storage capacity.

After gaining solid fundamental SOC skills from the S|CE course, you can further apply for the EC-Council certified SOC Analyst training program (C|SA) to enhance your skills and advance in your career.

The S|CE certification focuses on hands-on labs and immersive experience to help you gain jobready skills in security technologies focused on computer networks, threat intelligence, incident response, and log management.

If you want to transition into cybersecurity roles from another industry, you need to gain fundamental IT and technical skills in the field. You can enroll in EC-Council’s Essential Series Courses that cover 8 distinct cybersecurity skills. This series aims to upskill candidates with crucial fundamental cybersecurity knowledge through immersive, hands-on lab experience.

If you are looking forward to transitioning careers from a non-cybersecurity background, enrolling in EC-Council’s Essentials series can be your first step. It is open to individuals without prior experience in IT or cybersecurity.

A proctored exam is supervised by an authorized individual called a proctor to ensure the integrity and security of the exam process. The proctor monitors the test-takers during the exam to prevent any misconduct.

Yes. Within the EC-Council’s SOC Essentials (S|CE), students encounter the Capture the Flag (CTF) capstone projects. To engage them with real-world exercises, it offers them hands-on experiences, allowing them to apply their knowledge in simulated environments. These human versus machine challenges not only refine their theoretical concepts in all domain areas but also prepare them for their cybersecurity careers to address real-world problems.

Yes, EC-Council’s Essentials Series exams are fully proctored by EC-Council to maintain the integrity and fairness of the certification process. Proctored exams ensure that candidates comply with the rules and regulations established by EC-Council.

The SOC Essentials (S|CE) Series is designed for security professionals and freshers to enhance their skills and knowledge about essential security technologies. Focused on honing candidates with in-demand skills, the S|CE course will provide insights into security operations frameworks and related technologies that are required to master the foundational concepts of SOC.

In this program students will learn the basics of computer networks,  TCP/IP model, OSI model, Windows/Linux/Unix security concepts, threats, vulnerabilities, and attack concepts in terms of cyber threats. Further, students will go through the complete SOC architecture: its  importance, workflow, and processes of SOC. Students will learn more advanced architectural concepts like SIEM architecture and deployment models, and data sources that are commonly used. Learn everything about Log Management like; dashboards, reports, and incident escalation in terms of dealing with real positive and false alerts. This course will also teach you sources, types, and lifecycle of threat intelligence and give an introduction to threat hunting as well while diving deep into incident response lifecycle processes. One of the key features of this course is the capstone project CTF challenges where you’ll tackle authentic objectives, demonstrating your ability to think critically, apply acquired knowledge, and employ hands-on skills to resolve a variety of challenges within a genuine (yet controlled) target system. If you are looking to learn advanced SOC certification, click here: Certified SOC Analyst (C|SA) 

Accreditations and Recognitions

EC-Council is recommended and endorsed by leading organisations and government bodies in the cybersecurity industry.