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Why Cybersecurity Is More About Thinking Than Tools
Ben Gonsalves 04/08/2026

Why Cybersecurity Is More About Thinking Than Tools

Discover why critical thinking, curiosity, and problem solving are some of the most valuable skills you can bring to cybersecurity. Learn how to develop a cybersecurity mindset, build practical skills through hands-on labs and structured training, and take your first steps towards a blue team or SOC analyst career.

Developing Advanced Investigation Skills with BTL2
Catherine Southwick 28/07/2026

Developing Advanced Investigation Skills with BTL2

Learn why SOC analysts need advanced investigation skills to correlate evidence, reconstruct attack timelines, and understand the full scope of an incident. Discover how BTL2 helps experienced SOC analysts build practical investigation skills across Windows, Linux, network, cloud, and enterprise environments through realistic, hands-on investigations.

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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.

Securing Our World: Celebrating Cybersecurity Awareness Month With Centri
Duncan Whitley 15/10/2024

Securing Our World: Celebrating Cybersecurity Awareness Month With Centri

It's currently Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which gives us a great opportunity to reflect on how fundamental cybersecurity has become in today's world. This year, the theme is "Secure Our World," which perfectly captures the growing urgency for individuals and organizations to take action to protect their digital environments. In this...