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Career Development: The Key to Better SOC Performance
Catherine Southwick 25/08/2026

Career Development: The Key to Better SOC Performance

Analyst turnover can start to become a barrier to improving security operations because you’re having to continually rebuild capability rather than developing from within the team. The most effective SOCs create structured career pathways rather than isolated training plans, giving you and your team members a shared roadmap for progression.

CPTA: A Practical Pathway Into Offensive Cybersecurity
Ben Gonsalves 13/08/2026

CPTA: A Practical Pathway Into Offensive Cybersecurity

CPTA is designed to give you a structured, practical way to build offensive cybersecurity skills. You’ll work through practical labs and realistic scenarios, applying what you’re learning across infrastructure, Active Directory, web applications and AWS environments.

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Infosec Europe 2024: The Centri Round-Up
Duncan Whitley 28/06/2024

Infosec Europe 2024: The Centri Round-Up

Three busy days, one full van of merch, and nearly £50k worth of training given away. Infosec Europe may have been a couple of weeks ago, but we’re still buzzing!

Splunk-tacular: Your Guide to Easy Log Analysis
Joshua Beaman 27/06/2024

Splunk-tacular: Your Guide to Easy Log Analysis

Are you seeking resources to understand and make the best use of Splunk? Well, you are at the right place. This blog aims to guide you through the essentials of Splunk, including the practical use of Search Processing Language (SPL queries).

Google Casts a New Spell: Introducing Magik(a)
Renmarc Andrada 07/06/2024

Google Casts a New Spell: Introducing Magik(a)

How often do we witness the blend of innovation and generosity in the tech world? Google's latest contribution to the open-source community, Magika, serves as a fascinating case study in this regard.

Forwarding Windows Logs to Syslog using NXLog Tool
John Jonusauskas 29/05/2024

Forwarding Windows Logs to Syslog using NXLog Tool

NXLog is an open-source, multi-platform log management tool designed to collect, process, and forward log messages. It can gather logs from various sources across the network, including systems, applications, and devices.