Security

Cybersecurity Analyst

Monitors, detects, and responds to security threats across an organization's systems and networks.

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Skill coverage

100%

8 of 8 skills

Course coverage

58%

19 of 33 courses

Skill coverage shows how much of the role's capability map already has a published course. Course coverage shows how much of the mapped course pipeline for this role has shipped.

Role skills: 8
Published coverage: 8
Relevant courses: 19

Capability map

Skills

Importance describes how central each capability is to the role. Course coverage shows where you can build the skill in the current OpenSkills catalog.

Detection and response

4 capabilities

Security monitoring
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Operates SIEM and detection tooling to spot suspicious activity.
Course coverage
- Data Loss Prevention
- Network Detection and Response
- Splunk Fundamentals
- Security Monitoring, Endpoint Detection and Response, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Security Information and Event Management, Security Operations Fundamentals (planned)
Incident response
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Triages, contains, and remediates security incidents methodically.
Course coverage
Threat intelligence
Importance: Very important (4 of 5)
Tracks attacker techniques and applies them to defensive priorities.
Course coverage
- Threat Intelligence
- Threat Hunting (planned)
Digital forensics
Importance: Important (3 of 5)
Collects and analyzes evidence to reconstruct security events.
Course coverage
- Digital Forensics
- Malware Analysis Fundamentals (planned)

Security foundations

4 capabilities

Network security
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Understands protocols, segmentation, and network attack surfaces.
Course coverage
- Network Security
- Attack Surface Management
- Denial-of-Service Defense
- Email Security
- Firewalls (planned)
Vulnerability management
Importance: Very important (4 of 5)
Identifies, prioritizes, and tracks remediation of weaknesses.
Course coverage
- Vulnerability Management
- Security Patch Management, Security Risk Management (planned)
Identity and access
Importance: Very important (4 of 5)
Reviews authentication, authorization, and privilege hygiene.
Course coverage
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Identity and Access Management Fundamentals, Privileged Access Management (planned)
Security frameworks
Importance: Important (3 of 5)
Applies standards and compliance frameworks to assess posture.
Course coverage
- CIS Controls
- Cybersecurity FundamentalsFree
- GDPR for Technology Teams
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- PCI DSS
- ISO/IEC 27001, Security Controls (planned)

Learning path

Relevant courses

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Core foundations

The concepts this role is built on.

Supporting knowledge

Adjacent knowledge that improves day-to-day judgment.

Attack Surface Management
CIS Controls
Cybersecurity FundamentalsFree
Data Loss Prevention
Denial-of-Service Defense
Email Security
GDPR for Technology Teams
Multi-Factor Authentication
Network Detection and Response
NIST Cybersecurity Framework
PCI DSS
Ransomware Defense
Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response
Splunk Fundamentals
Endpoint Detection and Response, Firewalls, Identity and Access Management Fundamentals, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, ISO/IEC 27001, Malware Analysis Fundamentals, Privileged Access Management, Security Controls, Security Information and Event Management, Security Operations Fundamentals, Security Patch Management, Security Risk Management, Threat Hunting (planned)

Specializations

Deeper paths for particular environments or directions.

Digital Forensics

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Skills

Detection and response

Security monitoring

Incident response

Threat intelligence

Digital forensics

Security foundations

Network security

Vulnerability management

Identity and access

Security frameworks

Relevant courses

Core foundations

Supporting knowledge

Specializations

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