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How Mature Is Your SOC? A Practical Assessment for Security Leaders
Catherine Southwick 01/07/2026

How Mature Is Your SOC? A Practical Assessment for Security Leaders

Assess how mature your SOC really is beyond MTTD and MTTR. Learn why traditional metrics miss the full picture, explore the five domains that define SOC maturity, and discover how Centri's free SOC Leaders Maturity Assessment helps identify capability gaps and improvement opportunities.

Security Blue Team is Now Centri
Joanne Morley 01/06/2026

Security Blue Team is Now Centri

Security Blue Team is becoming Centri from 1 June 2026. What started as practical, hands-on cybersecurity training built in a garage has grown into a global learning community supporting organisations and individuals across multiple areas of cybersecurity. While the name is changing, the leadership, platform, certifications, and community-first approach remain...

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Forensics 101: Live Acquisition USB and Digital Triaging with Kape
Malik Girondin 09/12/2024

Forensics 101: Live Acquisition USB and Digital Triaging with Kape

Live acquisition is a computer forensics technique that involves collecting data from a running computer system, rather than one that is powered off or dormant. The goal is to capture volatile forensic data, such as that in the main memory (RAM) while minimizing any impact on the system’s integrity. This...

Command and Control Chaos
Aditya Rai 13/11/2024

Command and Control Chaos

A Command and Control, also known as a C2 or C&C server, is an essential tool for cybercriminals and hackers, acting as the central hub for managing and coordinating malicious activities such as data breaches, malware distribution, and cyberattacks.

Logging Windows file tampering attempts
John Jonusauskas 30/10/2024

Logging Windows file tampering attempts

Imagine you’re working in a company, and an insider threat tampers with a critical file, like a financial document or a system configuration file. If you don’t know who, when, or what was modified, you may not even realize something is wrong until it’s too late. This can lead to...

Cloud Security: A Defender's Perspective
Aditya Rai 16/10/2024

Cloud Security: A Defender's Perspective

Cloud security involves a broad set of policies, technologies, applications, and controls utilized to protect virtualized IP, data, applications, services, and the associated infrastructure of cloud computing.