Systems Security Analyst

Issued by QA Ltd

Earners of this badge have demonstrated the ability to conduct reconnaissance, administer a domain, and collect and analyze logs. scenario. Network access to Kali Linux, Splunk, and Windows 2012 is also provided. In this environment, the learner conducts a series of specific tasks common to a System Security Analyst work role.

Type Validation
Level Foundational
Time Weeks
Cost Free

Additional Details

Skills

Domain Administration
Kali Linux
Log Analysis
Security Reconnaissance
Splunk
System Security Analysis

Earning Criteria

Determine the status of services, use icacls for analysing access control lists (ACLS), obtain an MD5 hash using md5sum, use netsh to export a copy of the firewall config, use sysinternals to complete system tasks, use PowerShell to find the incorrect file hash, analyse unusual activity, identify any processes that may be potentially malicious and terminate them, remove processes from infected machines, use PowerShell to get the content of the alternate data stream, verify binary signatures.