Description

A focused course, tailored for you

SOC Analyst's Threat-Authorship Playbook for AI-Tooling Cycles

How a SOC analyst at an IT services firm reframes the seat as threat-hunting authority when AI tooling absorbs tier-1 work.

When AI tooling starts handling tier-1 SOC work, the analyst seats that survive are the ones already doing threat-hunting authorship work.

$199 one-time

Tailored to your situation. Access within 24 hours. 30-day money-back.

Includes a hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access, generated for your specific situation.

Why this course

AI-assisted security tooling has been absorbing tier-1 SOC work: triage, initial response, false-positive filtering. Junior analyst seats are read by the operating-model deck as cost the AI tooling is meant to reduce. Analyst seats with documented threat-hunting authorship read as the layer the tooling cannot replicate.

The analysts who survive own a documented threat-hunting playbook under their byline, a detection pack other analysts adopt, and a weekly threat-state artefact the SOC manager reads first.

The course covers the three artefacts and the 90-day path to threat-authorship framing. Plus a hand-built implementation playbook against your real threat landscape.

What you walk away with

A documented threat-hunting playbook under your byline.
A detection pack other analysts adopt.
A weekly threat-state artefact the SOC manager reads first.
A clean translation from generic SOC analyst to threat-authorship seat.
A defensible answer when the AI-tooling review asks why the analyst seat survives.
A 90-day plan to land the framing.

The 12 modules

Module 1. Reading the AI-tooling rollout for analyst implications

AI-assisted security tooling has been absorbing tier-1 SOC work for two years. The diagnostic for the SOC analyst layer specifically. Which specific layers AI absorbs (triage, false-positive filtering, initial response) and which layers it does not.

Module 2. Generic SOC analyst vs threat-authorship analyst

Two structurally different framings of the same SOC analyst seat. Generic SOC analyst reads as cost AI is meant to reduce; threat-authorship analyst reads as the layer the tooling cannot replicate. The three artefacts that mark the shift.

Module 3. Your threat-hunting playbook

Document hunts the SOC will reuse across tenants. Format: hypothesis, query, expected and unexpected results, escalation, false-positive handling. The playbook that becomes the team's standard.

Module 4. Detection pack other analysts adopt

Detection content the team adopts as standard. Sigma rules, custom queries, behavioural detections you wrote and the team uses. Worked examples for cloud-platform, endpoint, and identity detection categories.

Module 5. Weekly threat-state artefact for the SOC manager

Format, cadence, content of the weekly threat-state artefact the SOC manager reads first. Three worked examples calibrated for IT services SOC operations under AI-tooling pressure.

Module 6. Working with the AI tooling as accelerator

AI tooling at tier 1 frees analyst capacity for tier-2 and tier-3 hunting work. The work split that uses tooling for triage while keeping authorship under your name. Worked examples of the new operating model.

Module 7. Threat-intel partnership

Threat-intel work strengthens authorship by giving you reusable context that tooling cannot generate. The partnership pattern with threat-intel teams. Worked examples of intel-driven hunts that became standard playbooks.

Module 8. Cross-tenant patterns in IT services SOCs

IT services SOCs run multi-tenant operations across many client environments. The patterns that work across tenants. Worked examples of cross-tenant detection content and hunting playbooks.

Module 9. Conference and community presence

Conference and community presence (BSides, DEF CON, vendor communities) accelerates authorship positioning externally. The talks the firm endorses. The community work that strengthens the seat.

Module 10. Scope statement: analyst vs senior analyst / threat hunter

Two overlapping seats. The scope statement that puts you in the senior analyst or threat hunter track defensibly.

Module 11. Promotion mechanics inside IT services SOCs

Internal path inside IT services SOCs. The promotion artefact. The two reviewers who matter.

Module 12. Your 90-day move to threat-authorship framing

Day-by-day plan. Threat-hunting playbook v1 in front of SOC manager by week one. Detection pack drafted by week two. Weekly threat-state artefact running by week three. SOC manager conversation in month two. Senior analyst conversation in month three.

How this addresses your situation

Specific modules that map to what you said you are dealing with.

Modules 1 and 2 cover the diagnostic.

Modules 3 to 5 produce the three artefacts.

Modules 6 to 9 cover AI tooling, threat-intel, multi-tenant patterns, and community presence.

Modules 10 to 12 cover scope, promotion, and 90-day execution.

What you get with this course

The 12-module course delivered as text plus downloadable templates.
Templates for the threat-hunting playbook, the detection pack, and the weekly artefact.
A hand-built implementation playbook generated for your specific seat.
Three worked examples of the weekly artefact.
Scripted talking points for the SOC manager conversation.

What you will have in hand by Day 1, Week 1, Month 1

Day 1: Threat-hunting playbook scaffold drafted.

Week 1: Playbook v1 in front of SOC manager; detection pack v1 drafted.

Month 1: Weekly threat-state artefact landing with SOC manager; senior analyst conversation scheduled.

Before and after

Before

You run SOC analyst work. Alerts process. AI tooling has been rolled out.

After

Your hunting playbook is what the team adopts. The detection pack is in production use. The weekly artefact lands with the SOC manager. The senior analyst or threat hunter conversation is scheduled.

What happens if you do not address this

AI security tooling rollouts redraw tier-1 SOC benches within months.

Who it is for

For SOC analysts, junior threat hunters, and security operations ICs at IT services firms and MSSPs where AI tooling has been adopted.

Who this is NOT for. Senior threat-intel analysts already publishing externally. Analysts at firms with no AI security tooling. SOC managers (the manager-level move is different).

How it arrives

Text-based course via LMS, plus downloadable templates and the hand-built implementation playbook.

Time investment. Roughly 8 hours of reading and 10 to 14 hours producing your real artefacts.

Why $199 is the right number

Internal SOC training is operational. External cyber communities cover technique. A senior threat hunter mentor would cover maybe four of these 12 modules informally. $199 buys the focused playbook plus the implementation document for your specific seat.

FAQ

Will my SOC manager actually adopt my playbook?

Module 3 is built around the format SOC managers adopt.

What if my SOC has no formal threat-hunting culture?

Module 7 covers that case.

What is in the implementation playbook for me specifically?

A draft threat-hunting playbook; a draft detection pack; a 90-day plan with conversations against your SOC manager.

30-day money-back guarantee. If after a week of working through the materials this is not what you needed, reply to the receipt email and a full refund is processed. No questions, no forms.

Within 24 hours your account in the learning environment is provisioned and the tailored implementation playbook is delivered alongside it.