Blue Team Roadmap

Master defensive cybersecurity skills to protect organizations from threats. Learn SIEM, incident response, threat hunting, and security operations.

Learning Path

Follow these steps to become a Blue Team security professional.

1

Networking Fundamentals

TCP/IP, protocols, and networking basics.

OSI & TCP/IP models
Common protocols
Ports & services

2

SOC Fundamentals

Monitoring and alert handling.

SOC roles
Alert triage
Escalation process

3

SIEM & Log Analysis

Log correlation & dashboards.

Splunk / ELK
Log parsing
Detection rules

4

Endpoint Security

EDR & endpoint monitoring.

EDR tools
Threat hunting
YARA rules

5

Incident Response

Forensics & investigation.

IR lifecycle
Evidence handling
Containment

6

Threat Intelligence

OSINT & threat feeds.

IOCs
Threat reports
Analysis mindset

7

Security Hardening

System & policy hardening.

Baseline configs
Least privilege
Compliance

8

Blue Team Labs

Hands-on practice.

SIEM scenarios
IR simulations
Real incidents