All Episodes
Displaying 41 - 60 of 66 in total
Episode 41 — Managing Incident Response Execution: investigation techniques that reach the truth
This episode focuses on how incident response execution works in practice once an event is declared, because the GSOM exam often tests whether you can move from alert-...
Episode 42 — Scope incidents rapidly using hypotheses, timelines, and high-value evidence
This episode teaches rapid scoping as a structured method rather than a guessing game, which GSOM tests because effective scoping determines whether you contain the ri...
Episode 43 — Execute containment choices that reduce risk without crippling the business
This episode explores containment as a set of controlled options with tradeoffs, because GSOM questions often ask you to choose a response that reduces attacker capabi...
Episode 44 — Drive eradication and recovery with verification and controlled reentry steps
This episode explains how eradication and recovery should be executed with verification gates, because GSOM expects you to prevent “false recovery” where systems retur...
Episode 45 — Close the loop with lessons learned that strengthen every IR phase
This episode teaches lessons learned as an operational improvement process, which GSOM tests because mature programs turn incidents into better detections, clearer pla...
Episode 46 — Spaced Review: investigate, contain, eradicate, recover, and learn without guesswork
This episode consolidates the incident response execution flow that GSOM repeatedly evaluates, helping you recognize which phase a question is targeting and what “best...
Episode 47 — Proactive Detection and Analysis: threat hunting and active defense fundamentals
This episode introduces threat hunting and active defense as proactive practices that complement alert-driven monitoring, which GSOM tests because SOC maturity include...
Episode 48 — Run the threat hunting process from hypothesis to defensible conclusions
This episode teaches the full threat hunting workflow in a way the GSOM exam expects you to apply, emphasizing that hunts must produce defensible conclusions, not just...
Episode 49 — Apply active defense techniques that increase visibility and adversary friction
This episode focuses on active defense techniques that strengthen detection and slow adversaries, which GSOM may test by presenting options that range from safe improv...
Episode 50 — Use community sourced resources to supplement gaps in detection capabilities
This episode explains how to use community resources responsibly to accelerate detection coverage, which GSOM tests because leaders must balance speed with trust, qual...
Episode 51 — Convert hunt results into improved detections, playbooks, and data needs
This episode explains how threat hunting creates lasting value only when results are converted into durable operational improvements, which GSOM tests by asking what t...
Episode 52 — Spaced Review: reinforce threat hunting, active defense, and community resource leverage
This episode consolidates proactive detection concepts that GSOM expects you to apply with confidence, especially when traditional alerts are not giving you enough cla...
Episode 53 — SOC Analytics and Metrics: choose measures that reflect progress and effectiveness
This episode introduces SOC analytics and metrics as decision tools rather than vanity numbers, which GSOM tests because leaders must measure what matters, detect drif...
Episode 54 — Set SOC goals and analytics that guide continuous maturity planning
This episode teaches how to set SOC goals that are specific enough to guide day-to-day choices and long-term maturity, a GSOM expectation because exam questions often ...
Episode 55 — Analyze SOC operations to find bottlenecks, gaps, and high-impact improvements
This episode focuses on operational analysis as a way to identify where your SOC is losing time, losing quality, or losing visibility, which GSOM tests by presenting s...
Episode 56 — Build a strategic plan that turns metrics into sustained operational change
This episode teaches how to convert metrics into a strategic improvement plan that survives beyond a single initiative, which GSOM tests because SOC leadership must de...
Episode 57 — Communicate SOC performance with metrics leaders trust and teams respect
This episode explains how to communicate SOC performance in a way that earns trust, because GSOM expects leaders to report clearly without hiding problems or punishing...
Episode 58 — Spaced Review: make metrics, analytics, and planning feel automatic under pressure
This episode reinforces the analytics mindset that GSOM tests: metrics are tools for better decisions, not decorations, and they must be chosen, interpreted, and acted...
Episode 59 — Continuous Improvement: use post-incident data to fuel future growth
This episode focuses on continuous improvement as a repeatable loop that uses post-incident evidence to strengthen the SOC, which GSOM tests because mature operations ...
Episode 60 — Automate repetitive SOC tasks to boost consistency and reduce burnout
This episode teaches automation as a controlled way to improve consistency and free analysts for higher-value thinking, which GSOM tests by asking what should be autom...