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.
Jamie is Centri's Lead QA Engineer, helping make sure our websites are as bug-free as possible while providing a good...
Offensive cybersecurity training helps close the gap between understanding suspicious activity and understanding the wider attack. It gives analysts practical...
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.
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.
Gareth Baddams is Centri's Principal Content Engineer, who leads development of practical cybersecurity training. Garath speaks about his role, his favorite parts of his role, his professional background, his hobbies, and what he wanted to become when he was a kid.
Discover why CISOs invest in the Certified Security Operations Manager (CSOM) certification to build stronger SOC leaders. Learn how CSOM develops leadership, operational management, performance measurement, and continuous improvement skills that help security teams become more effective and resilient.
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.
Meet Luke Fisher, one of Centri’s Product Managers, who helps shape the direction of cybersecurity training courses and certifications. He shares how he balances learner needs with business goals, his varied day-to-day work, and why he’s passionate about building products that make a real difference in skills development.
Many people assume cybersecurity careers require advanced coding skills or a computer science degree, but that’s not always the case. While technical knowledge is important, many entry-level cybersecurity roles rely heavily on communication, problem-solving, curiosity, and critical thinking. This article explores what SOC analysts actually do, the transferable skills employers...
