🔥 The most comprehensive, production-ready SOC analyst training program on GitHub. Bridges foundational skills → automation mastery → offensive-defensive expertise → CISO-path thinking.

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📋 Table of Contents

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• 🎯 Overview
• 🎁 What You Get
• 🚀 Quick Start
• 🛤️ Learning Paths
• 📂 Project Portfolio
  • 🟢 Foundation Projects (1-6)
  • 🟡 Automation Projects (7-8)
  • 🔵 AI & Emerging Tech (9-10)
  • 🔴 Offensive-Defensive Mastery (11-14)
• 🛠️ Technology Stack
• 📈 Career Outcomes
• 🎓 Certifications
• 📁 Repository Structure
• 🤝 Contributing

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🎯 Overview

⚡ The SOC Landscape Has Changed Forever

By 2026, cybercrime is a $20 trillion economy. The average data breach costs $4.88 million. Attack windows have collapsed from weeks to hours.

🚨 Traditional SOC analysts are obsolete. The future belongs to automation architects and CISO-path thinkers.

This program trains you for the new reality:

2026 Reality	What It Means
🤖 AI agents handle 90%+ of routine triage	You supervise AI, not manually triage
🤝 Human-agent teaming is baseline	You architect collaborative workflows
⚙️ SOAR orchestration is mandatory	You design automated response chains
☁️ Cloud-native, identity-first security	You investigate across AWS/Azure/GCP
🎯 Intelligence-driven operations	You build ML-powered threat intel pipelines
🟣 Purple team validation is expected	You attack AND defend — the CISO mindset

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🎁 What You Get

🏗️ The Complete SOC Training Arsenal

📚 Core Documents (250,000+ words)

Document	Purpose	⏱️ Read Time
📖 QUICK-START-GUIDE.md	Week 1 action plan, platform setup	20 min
🗺️ SOC-Analyst-Roadmap.md	Original master plan (Projects 1-6)	10 min
🚀 2026-Automation-First-Roadmap.md	Future-state vision (AI, SOAR, cloud, CISO-path)	40 min
🔗 INTEGRATION-GUIDE.md	How everything fits together	35 min

🛠️ 14 Project Templates — ALL Complete

Category	Projects	Status
🟢 Foundation (Manual Skills)	P1-P6	✅ Complete
🟡 Automation & Orchestration	P7-P8	✅ Complete
🔵 AI & Emerging Tech	P9-P10	✅ NEW — Complete
🔴 Offensive-Defensive Mastery	P11-P14	✅ NEW — Complete

Every template includes:

• ✅ Day-by-day execution plan with real commands & code
• ✅ Evidence capture guidelines
• ✅ 3 resume bullet versions (CISO-path aligned)
• ✅ STAR method interview answers
• ✅ Skills developed checklist
• ✅ Common mistakes to avoid
• ✅ Quantifiable metrics & outcomes

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🚀 Quick Start

🏁 Get Started in 3 Steps (30 minutes)

Step 1️⃣ — Read the Quick Start Guide

cat QUICK-START-GUIDE.md

Step 2️⃣ — Create Platform Accounts (All Free)

Platform	Purpose	Link
🔵 LetsDefend	SOC monitoring labs	letsdefend.io
🟢 TryHackMe	SIEM & IR labs	tryhackme.com
🟡 CyberDefenders	Blue team CTFs	cyberdefenders.org

Step 3️⃣ — Start Project 1

cat templates/Project-1-Template.md

🎯 This Week: Triage your first 20 security alerts!

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🛤️ Learning Paths

🏃 Path A: Fast Track (10-12 weeks)

🎯 Goal: Entry-level SOC Analyst Tier-1 job

Detail	Value
📋 Projects	1, 2, 3, 7
📝 Resume Bullets	9-12
📂 Portfolio Projects	4
💼 Start Applying	Week 10

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🔧 Path B: Complete Professional (16-20 weeks)

🎯 Goal: Mid-level SOC Analyst / Detection Engineer

Detail	Value
📋 Projects	1-7 (all foundation + SOAR)
📝 Resume Bullets	15-18
📂 Portfolio Projects	7 + GitHub detection repo
💼 Start Applying	Week 16

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🚀 Path C: Automation-First Leader (20-28 weeks)

🎯 Goal: AI SOC Engineer / Tier 4 Orchestrator

Detail	Value
📋 Projects	1-10 (full automation suite)
📝 Resume Bullets	20+
📂 Portfolio	ML models, STIX bundles, PQC assessment
💼 Start Applying	Week 20+

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👑 Path D: CISO-Path Elite (28-40 weeks) — ⭐ NEW

🎯 Goal: Senior Security Engineer → CISO Track

Detail	Value
📋 Projects	1-14 (complete mastery)
📝 Resume Bullets	42+ CISO-aligned bullets
📂 Portfolio	AD attacks, cloud forensics, APT emulation, YARA rules
💼 Target Roles	Security Architect, Staff SecEng, CISO-track

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📂 Project Portfolio

🗂️ 14 Projects • 5 Phases • Zero to CISO-Path

🟢 Foundation Projects (1-6)

💡 Build manual investigation skills before automating.

#	Project	Platform	⏱️ Duration	📊 Difficulty	🔑 Key Skills
1	🔍 Live SOC Monitoring	LetsDefend	2-3 weeks	🟢 Beginner	Alert triage, log analysis
2	📧 Phishing Email Analysis	CyberDefenders	1-2 weeks	🟢 Beginner-Int	Email forensics, IOC extraction
3	🖥️ Incident Response (SIEM)	TryHackMe	2-3 weeks	🟡 Intermediate	Splunk/Elastic, MITRE ATT&CK
4	🔐 Ransomware Forensics	CyberDefenders	2 weeks	🟡 Int-Advanced	Memory/PCAP analysis
5	🎯 Threat Hunting	TryHackMe	2-3 weeks	🟡 Int-Advanced	Hypothesis-driven hunting
6	⚙️ Detection Engineering	Home Lab	2-3 weeks	🔴 Advanced	Sigma rules, GitHub publication

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🟡 Automation Projects (7-8)

⚡ 2026 automation-first skills — SOAR orchestration & ML-powered TI.

#	Project	Platform	⏱️ Duration	📊 Difficulty	🔑 Key Skills
7	🤖 Automated Phishing Responder	Wazuh + Shuffle + TheHive	2-3 weeks	🔴 Advanced	SOAR playbooks, API integration
8	🧠 Automated Threat Intel Platform	MISP + OpenCTI + Cortex + ML	3-4 weeks	🔴 Enterprise	ML filtering, STIX/TAXII, auto-detection

🌟 Project 8 Highlights:

• 🤖 ML model (89% accuracy) filters 10,000 IOCs → 50 actionable
• ⚡ Intelligence → Detection time: 5 minutes (vs. 5 days manual)
• 🎯 Automated Sigma rule generation + SIEM deployment
• 📊 15+ threat intelligence sources integrated

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🔵 AI & Emerging Tech (9-10) — ⭐ NEW

🧪 Next-generation capabilities — AI agents & quantum-safe cryptography.

#	Project	Platform	⏱️ Duration	📊 Difficulty	🔑 Key Skills
9	🧠 AI-Assisted Threat Hunting	Jupyter + LLM API + Splunk	2-3 weeks	🔴 Advanced	AI supervision, prompt engineering, STIX 2.1
10	🔐 Post-Quantum Cryptography	OpenSSL + liboqs + Lab	2 weeks	🔴 Advanced	NIST PQC, hybrid TLS, crypto inventory

🌟 Project 9 Highlights:

• 🤖 LLM agent performs autonomous log analysis in Jupyter
• 📊 Hunt cycle time: 45 minutes (vs. 8 hours manual — 91% faster)
• 🛡️ AI hallucination validation protocol built-in
• 📦 Automated STIX 2.1 intelligence bundle generation

🌟 Project 10 Highlights:

• 🔬 Inventory 200+ cryptographic implementations
• 🔒 Deploy hybrid TLS (classical + ML-KEM-768)
• 📋 36-month migration roadmap with cost analysis
• 🏢 Executive briefing — board-level risk communication

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🔴 Offensive-Defensive Mastery (11-14) — ⭐ NEW

⚔️ CISO-path projects — attack, defend, and lead. The skills that separate elite security leaders.

#	Project	Platform	⏱️ Duration	📊 Difficulty	🔑 Key Skills
11	🏰 AD Attack & Defense Lab	Home Lab + BloodHound + Impacket	3 weeks	🔴 Advanced	Kerberoasting, DCSync, PtH, Golden Ticket + detection
12	☁️ Cloud Security Investigation	AWS + Azure + Prowler	3 weeks	🔴 Advanced	CloudTrail forensics, Sentinel KQL, PIM abuse
13	🟣 Purple Team Exercise	ATT&CK Navigator + Atomic Red Team	2 weeks	🔴 Advanced	APT emulation, full kill chain, coverage matrix
14	🦠 Malware Reverse Engineering	FlareVM + Any.Run + Wireshark	2 weeks	🔴 Advanced	Static/dynamic analysis, YARA rules, C2 analysis

🌟 Project 11 Highlights:

• 🏰 Deploy 2,500+ user AD with BadBlood vulnerabilities
• ⚔️ Execute 6 AD attacks + build Sigma detection for each
• 🗺️ BloodHound attack path analysis → 0 paths to Domain Admin
• 📊 100% detection coverage, <5 min MTTD

🌟 Project 13 Highlights:

• 🎭 Reproduce real APT campaign (Scattered Spider)
• 🔴🔵 Red side attacks + Blue side detects EVERY step
• 🗺️ ATT&CK Navigator heatmap — 100% coverage
• 📊 12 techniques, 2.1-min average MTTD

🌟 Project 14 Highlights:

• 🔬 Static analysis: PEStudio, FLOSS, strings extraction
• 💥 Dynamic analysis: Any.Run sandbox, behavioral monitoring
• 🌐 Network analysis: Wireshark C2 traffic decoding
• ✍️ Write 5+ YARA rules with 95% detection, 0% false positives

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🛠️ Technology Stack

🏗️ Platforms (Free & Open-Source)

Category	Tools
🎓 Training	LetsDefend • TryHackMe • CyberDefenders
📊 SIEM/EDR	Splunk Free • Elastic Stack • Wazuh
⚙️ SOAR	Shuffle • TheHive • Cortex
🧠 Threat Intel	MISP • OpenCTI • AlienVault OTX
🔍 Detection	Sigma • YARA • Suricata
🤖 AI/ML	Python scikit-learn • Jupyter • OpenAI/Claude APIs
⚔️ Offensive	Impacket • Mimikatz • BloodHound • Atomic Red Team
🔬 Malware Analysis	FlareVM • Any.Run • PEStudio • Wireshark
☁️ Cloud Security	AWS CloudTrail • Azure Sentinel • Prowler
🔐 Crypto	OpenSSL 3.x • liboqs • oqs-provider

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📈 Career Outcomes

📅 Timeline Expectations

Week	🏆 Milestone	💼 Job Readiness
8-10	Projects 1-3 complete	✅ Entry-level SOC Analyst Tier-1
12-16	Projects 1-7 complete	✅ Mid-level SOC / Detection Analyst
20-24	Projects 1-10 + certs	✅ AI SOC Engineer, Tier 4 Orchestrator
28-40	Projects 1-14 complete	👑 Security Architect → CISO Path

📝 Resume Transformation

❌ Before (Generic):

• Studied cybersecurity fundamentals
• Completed online courses

✅ After This Program:

• Monitored and triaged 150+ security alerts, achieving 92% TP/FP accuracy
• Architected SOAR pipeline reducing MTTC from 45 minutes to 3 minutes
• Built ML-powered TIP processing 12,500 IOCs/day with 89% accuracy
• Led purple team exercise emulating APT campaign with 100% detection coverage
• Analyzed 10+ malware samples, authoring YARA rules with 95% detection rate
• Conducted multi-cloud security investigations across AWS and Azure

🏆 Competitive Advantage

Candidate Type	What They Have	Your Advantage
😐 Average	Courses only	You have 14 hands-on projects
🙂 Good	2-3 basic projects	You have SOAR + ML automation
😊 Top 10%	SOAR automation	You have purple team + cloud + RE
👑 Top 1%	← YOU	Full-stack security + CISO-path 🏆

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🎓 Certifications (Optional)

Level	Certifications	When
🟢 Entry	CompTIA Security+ • AWS Cloud Practitioner	After P1-P3
🟡 Intermediate	GSEC • AZ-500 (Azure Security) • AWS Security Specialty	After P1-P7
🔴 Advanced	SEC545 (GenAI Security) • SEC598 (AI SOC) • AI-102	After P1-P10
👑 Elite	OSCP • CRTO • GCDA • CISSP	After P1-P14

💡 Pro Tip: Projects > Certifications in the 2026 market. Build first, certify second.

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📁 Repository Structure

soc-roadmap-2026/
├── 📖 README.md                          ← You are here
├── 🚀 QUICK-START-GUIDE.md               ← START HERE
├── 🗺️ SOC-Analyst-Roadmap.md
├── 🤖 2026-Automation-First-Roadmap.md
├── 🔗 INTEGRATION-GUIDE.md
├── 📂 templates/
│   ├── 🟢 Project-1-Template.md          (Live SOC Monitoring)
│   ├── 🟢 Project-2-Template.md          (Phishing Analysis)
│   ├── 🟢 Project-3-Template.md          (Incident Response)
│   ├── 🟢 Project-4-Template.md          (Ransomware Forensics)
│   ├── 🟢 Project-5-Template.md          (Threat Hunting)
│   ├── 🟢 Project-6-Template.md          (Detection Engineering)
│   ├── 🟡 Project-7-Template.md          (SOAR Automation)
│   ├── 🟡 Project-8-Template.md          (ML Threat Intel) 🚀
│   ├── 🔵 Project-9-Template.md          (AI Threat Hunting) ⭐ NEW
│   ├── 🔵 Project-10-Template.md         (Post-Quantum Crypto) ⭐ NEW
│   ├── 🔴 Project-11-Template.md         (AD Attack & Defense) ⭐ NEW
│   ├── 🔴 Project-12-Template.md         (Cloud Security) ⭐ NEW
│   ├── 🔴 Project-13-Template.md         (Purple Team) ⭐ NEW
│   └── 🔴 Project-14-Template.md         (Malware RE) ⭐ NEW
└── 📜 LICENSE

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🚀 Getting Started

📅 Today (30 minutes)

1. ⭐ Star this repository
2. 📖 Read QUICK-START-GUIDE.md
3. 🔐 Create accounts (LetsDefend, TryHackMe, CyberDefenders)

📅 This Week (10 hours)

4. 📂 Open Project-1-Template.md
5. 🎯 Complete Day 1-7 tasks (first 20 alerts)
6. 📝 Start your triage log

📅 Week 8-10

7. ✅ Complete Projects 1-3
8. 📄 Update resume with 6-9 SOC bullets
9. 💼 Start applying for SOC Analyst jobs

📅 Week 28-40 (CISO Path)

10. ⚔️ Complete Projects 11-14
11. 👑 42+ CISO-aligned resume bullets
12. 🎯 Target: Security Architect / Senior SecEng roles

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🤝 Contributing

This is a solo training program, but contributions are welcome!

Type	How
🐛 Bug Reports	Report issues or unclear instructions
💡 Ideas	Suggest additional project ideas
📝 Success Stories	Share your wins!
🔗 Pull Requests	Submit corrections & improvements

Guidelines:

• Follow existing template structure
• Keep content actionable (not theoretical)
• Test technical steps before submitting

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🎯 Final Thoughts

What you have: ✅ Complete training program (250,000+ words) • ✅ 14 project blueprints (ALL complete) ✅ 42+ CISO-path resume bullets • ✅ Day-by-day execution plans • ✅ STAR interview prep

What you need: ⏰ Consistency (10 hrs/week) • 🚀 Execution (start, don't read) • ⏳ Patience (8-40 weeks)

👉 Begin with the Quick Start Guide →

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