Incident Response
Skill Path
Incident Response is the rapid response function that addresses high-impact security events in real time. This skill path is designed to provide you with a general understanding of Incident Response as both a skill set and work role. Upon completing the skill path, you will earn a Credly digital badge that will demonstrate to employers that you’re ready for the job.
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About this Skill Path
Our Incident Response Skill Path is designed to help you build the muscle memory needed to act decisively under pressure. We emphasize Incident Analysis aligned with MITRE ATT&CK tactics and teach you how to identify, investigate, contain, and recover from real-world threats while minimizing business impact and preserving critical evidence.
By learning key concepts, workflows, and techniques for Live Collection, Scoping, Malware Triage, and Containment & Eradication, you’ll gain a full-spectrum understanding of what it takes to manage incidents effectively in today’s evolving threat landscape.
Skills you'll gain
Skill Path Outline
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The Incident Response Skill Path is expected to release in Q2 of 2025. Sign up now to explore our other Incident Response courses and content.
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Learn core concepts and get hands-on with key skills.
Incident Response Concepts
In this course, you will learn the basics of Incident Response. You will learn core concepts, the role of incident response within the broader context of cybersecurity, common roles and responsibilities, key references, and more.
Installing Velociraptor
In this hands-on lab, you will be introduced to the installation process for Velociraptor, an open-source digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) platform that delivers endpoint visibility at scale.
Exploring Velociraptor
In this hands-on lab, you will be introduced to the core functionality and features of Velociraptor, an open-source digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) platform that delivers endpoint visibility at scale.
Live Collection
In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to perform live collections from potentially compromised computer systems.
Incident Analysis
This course introduces basic analysis concepts and methods for use during incident response, including the investigative process, analytical methods, and documentation.
Incident Analysis: Execution
In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to analyze common execution mechanisms during an incident response engagement.
Incident Analysis: Persistence
In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to analyze common execution mechanisms during an incident response engagement.
Incident Analysis: Initial Access
In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to analyze common initial access mechanisms during an incident response engagement.
Incident Analysis: Credential Access
In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to analyze common initial access mechanisms during an incident response engagement.
Incident Analysis: Lateral Movement
In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to analyze common lateral movement mechanisms during an incident response engagement.
Incident Analysis: Command and Control
In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to analyze common command and control mechanisms during an incident response engagement.
Incident Analysis: Collection & Exfiltration
In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to analyze common collection mechanisms during an incident response engagement.
Malware Triage
In this hands-on lab, you will learn the basics of how to triage a malware sample. You will practice conducting manual behavioral analysis and submitting a malware sample to an automated sandbox.
Scoping with a SIEM
In this hands-on lab, you will learn the basics of scoping an incident, including the data, data sources, and common techniques used for scoping. You will practice incident scoping in the Elastic SIEM using common search criteria.
Containment and Eradication
In this course, you will learn the basics of containment and eradication during an incident, including common strategies and tactics, timing considerations, and common risks.
Practice
Exercise your problem-solving and creative thinking skills with security-centric puzzles
Logs, Loaders, and Beacons
In this hands-on challenge, you will practice using web logs and a SIEM to analyze possible program execution, persistence, credential stealing, lateral movement, command and control (C2), and data exfiltration attempts during a known security incident.
Dumps, Bumps, and Jumps
In this hands-on challenge, you will practice using a SIEM to analyze possible credential access attempts during a known security incident.
Packed and Ransomed
In this hands-on challenge, you will practice malware triage using static and dynamic analysis techniques and tools.
Prove
Assess your knowledge and skills to identify areas for improvement and measure your growth
Incident Response
Test your Incident Response knowledge and skills to identify strengths, gaps, and weaknesses in areas like Live Collection, Incident Analysis, Malware Triage, Scoping with a SIEM, and Containment & Eradication.
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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.
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Connect with the Community
Connect with peers and mentors through our supportive community of cybersecurity professionals.
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Frequently Asked Questions
This Skill Path is designed to expand the investigative and analytical skills required of senior defensive security professionals who want to formalize their approach and strengthen their response workflows.
Incident response is one of the most critical and in-demand functions in cybersecurity. Completing this Skill Path equips you with practical, job-ready skills to handle real incidents with confidence. You’ll improve your ability to think critically under pressure, follow proven response frameworks, and reduce risk for your organization, making you a more effective and valuable security professional.
This Skill Path prepares you for roles such as Incident Responder, Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst, Cybersecurity Analyst, and Threat Analyst. It also builds a strong foundation for more advanced roles in digital forensics, threat hunting, and security engineering.
