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Getting Started with ELK Stack: Overview

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If you are a SOC Analyst, IT Admin, or just someone looking to protect your home network, it is beneficial to know how to use Elastic’s free community ELK Stack for Security. Learn what the ELK Stack is and how to navigate its interface in this primer that prepares you for Cybrary’s other courses that feature the ELK Stack.
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If you are a SOC Analyst, IT Admin, or just someone looking to protect your home network, it is beneficial to know how to use Elastic’s free community ELK Stack for Security. Learn what the ELK Stack is and how to navigate its interface in this primer that prepares you for Cybrary’s other courses that feature the ELK Stack.
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Introduction to the Elastic ELK Stack
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Module 1: Introduction
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Familiarization with the ELK Stack Interface
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What Is the ELK Stack and How Can It Be Used?

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Introduction to the Elastic ELK Stack
Familiarization with the ELK Stack Interface Part 1

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Familiarization with the ELK Stack Interface
How the ELK Stack Works

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Introduction to the Elastic ELK Stack
Familiarization with the ELK Stack Interface Part 2

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Familiarization with the ELK Stack Interface
Lab: Explore the ELK Stack Interface

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Familiarization with the ELK Stack Interface
Course Description

If you are a SOC Analyst, IT Admin, or just someone looking to protect your home network, it is beneficial to know how to use Elastic’s free community ELK Stack for Security. Learn what the ELK Stack is and how to navigate its interface in this primer that prepares you for Cybrary’s other courses that feature the ELK Stack.

Who should take this course?

The target audience for this training is individuals who work in a Network Security role or Administration who may be interested in implementing the Elastic ELK stack into their environment. This training is also intended for entry-level SOC analysts who may be using ELK.

What are the prerequisites for this course?

This training assumes you have a foundational knowledge of TCP/IP networking, ports and protocols, and Linux and Windows fundamentals.

Why take this course?

What makes this course so beneficial is that you will learn what makes ELK Stack an affordable and flexible SIEM solution that can serve many use cases. In this course, you will get hands-on experience navigating and using ELK Stack as a SIEM. This will prepare you to take other courses in the series where you will create custom queries and alerts, configure dashboards, and configure a Beats agent to forward your logs to ELK. You will also be prepared to take the capstone lab in this series, where you will use ELK to detect malicious activity in a realistic threat-hunting scenario. These subsequent courses will be released over time, so be sure to check back for them if you don't see them on the Cybrary platform right away.

What makes this course different from others?

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

  • Describe what Elastic's ELK Stack for Security is and how it works
  • Navigate the Elastic User Interface and interact with the ELK Stack

    • Your instructor, Skyler Gehman, is a Cyber Operations Specialist in the Army. He is a graduate of the Joint Cyber Analysis Course at the Navy's Center for Information Warfare and the Army's Cyber Center of Excellence for Offensive and Defensive Cyberspace Operations. He has also worked in the manufacturing of military electronics and weapons systems.

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    Learn core concepts and get hands-on with key skills.

    Practice

    Exercise your problem-solving and creative thinking skills with security-centric puzzles

    Prove

    Assess your knowledge and skills to identify areas for improvement and measure your growth

    Get Hands-on Learning

    Put your skills to the test in virtual labs, challenges, and simulated environments.

    Measure Your Progress

    Track your skills development from lesson to lesson using the Cybrary Skills Tracker.

    Connect with the Community

    Connect with peers and mentors through our supportive community of cybersecurity professionals.

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    Getting Started with ELK Stack: Overview

    If you are a SOC Analyst, IT Admin, or just someone looking to protect your home network, it is beneficial to know how to use Elastic’s free community ELK Stack for Security. Learn what the ELK Stack is and how to navigate its interface in this primer that prepares you for Cybrary’s other courses that feature the ELK Stack.
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    Course Description

    If you are a SOC Analyst, IT Admin, or just someone looking to protect your home network, it is beneficial to know how to use Elastic’s free community ELK Stack for Security. Learn what the ELK Stack is and how to navigate its interface in this primer that prepares you for Cybrary’s other courses that feature the ELK Stack.

    Who should take this course?

    The target audience for this training is individuals who work in a Network Security role or Administration who may be interested in implementing the Elastic ELK stack into their environment. This training is also intended for entry-level SOC analysts who may be using ELK.

    What are the prerequisites for this course?

    This training assumes you have a foundational knowledge of TCP/IP networking, ports and protocols, and Linux and Windows fundamentals.

    Why take this course?

    What makes this course so beneficial is that you will learn what makes ELK Stack an affordable and flexible SIEM solution that can serve many use cases. In this course, you will get hands-on experience navigating and using ELK Stack as a SIEM. This will prepare you to take other courses in the series where you will create custom queries and alerts, configure dashboards, and configure a Beats agent to forward your logs to ELK. You will also be prepared to take the capstone lab in this series, where you will use ELK to detect malicious activity in a realistic threat-hunting scenario. These subsequent courses will be released over time, so be sure to check back for them if you don't see them on the Cybrary platform right away.

    What makes this course different from others?

    By the end of this course, you should be able to:

  • Describe what Elastic's ELK Stack for Security is and how it works
  • Navigate the Elastic User Interface and interact with the ELK Stack

    • Your instructor, Skyler Gehman, is a Cyber Operations Specialist in the Army. He is a graduate of the Joint Cyber Analysis Course at the Navy's Center for Information Warfare and the Army's Cyber Center of Excellence for Offensive and Defensive Cyberspace Operations. He has also worked in the manufacturing of military electronics and weapons systems.

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    Focused on validating security controls by trying to break them (i.e. penetration testing or ethical hacking). Topics such as Kali Linux, metasploit, scanning, and privilege escalation. Offensive security seeks out the problem or vulnerability through ethical hacking and finds a solution to disable the operation.
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