I interrupt this program to bring you some gamechanging news hey friends thought that
intro would be fun but this actually is game changing news I interrupted my whole life
stopped everything I had a cold you can hear it on my voice but you know what it doesn't matter
it does not matter because hack the box has gone blue hack the box as we know it will never be the
same all right I know Tad dramatic over there but if you have been around for a while you will know
that I sound like a broken record almost in every video I'm like you should gain skills
and a platform that you should try out is hack the Box da da da da they have made this year for me in
terms of cyber security educational skills and initiatives also I'm going to be drinking some
tea throughout this video because I am kind of recovering from a cold and whatnot so just bear
with me on this the information will make it worth it all right friends so that's right the
masters of ethical hacking has literally come up with a killer handson certification program for
cyber Defenders and basically the motivation behind this program is that they acknowledge
that unfortunately cyber criminals are getting smarter and smarter and smarter cyber Defenders
are struggling we're burning out we there's not enough ramp up for skilled professionals
to actually meet the demand in the industry today and certifications alone again broken record going
here but certifications alone is not what get you there right we need skilled professionals so hack
the box has produced a program a program that produces skilled professionals at the end of it
now this is brand new but let's let's work through this and talk through some of the content of what
is covered in this program whether this program is for you at what level you will be if you decide to
go on this journey and of course what the price is of the program all right now this program is
called the hack the Box certified defense security analyst certification htb C DSA I think I did it
that's the acrm but for the purpose of this video we'll just call it the hack the Box security
defense CER ification and basically it is aimed at getting professionals or individuals interested in
cyber security from a zero entry level state to an intermediate level when it comes to Skilling
firstly let's look at the platform credibility so how credible is the platform How likely are
you to be recognized as a skilled professional in the industry after you've completed this program
hack the box has been around for years it is one of the the highest recommended platforms from
a Skilling perspective hack the box has worked with multiple organizations to large Enterprises
military based organizations to produce proper skilled professionals so here you're really
getting kind of the recognition that goes with hack the box as a Skilling platform itself so even
though this is a brand new certification there is some sort of acknowledgement that hack the Box
has produced kind of this at the level at which they're known for in the industry and therefore
you might gain a lot of credibility by doing this certification also because hack the box is known
for a platform that provides handson skills and handson knowledge the defense certification from
hack box covers over 15 indepth modules it's really comprehensive and as I mentioned it's
aimed to get you add to an intermediate level let's talk about some of the skills that is
obtained in the certification firstly we'll start with the security Operation Center processes and
methodologies so you'll get an intro here to the sock the processes in the sock the procedures to
follow the best practices Security operation Center monitoring logging Etc then you'll get
hands-on experience in Sim operations so here they mention two specific platforms which is elk
and Splunk and these are really well utilized Platforms in the industry so there you know
you're getting some good Hands-On knowledge and experience moving over to the logging analysis
section so here you'll do actual log analysis of operating systems network devices security events
you'll have to work through spotting different suspicious activities and then basically linking
this back to different attack types and that will help you get that environmental contextual
knowledge that's required if you are to become a security analyst or a sock analyst further to
this they cover active directory passing the hash cber roasting and a lot of the ad based
attacks Network traffic analysis malware analysis and then incident handling what I like about the
incident response process is you'll have to work through really identifying the threat determining
the impact containing and then eradicating and then you'll also have to work on documenting
and Reporting and Communications and these are all real world skills that you would need if you
are to enter the job market as a cyber security analyst or as a sock analyst now moving on to
the exam itself so the exam actually requires you to detect Monitor and respond to an actual
Bridge scenario it will require you to handle a proper incident in the hack the Box cloudbased
environment so which means that you'll have to utilize all of the skills that you've gained
throughout the different modules these 15 modules in order to pass this very intrusive and invasive
handson exam now for some of the more integrate nitties you can't take the exam if you haven't
gone through the modules and the learning path itself secondly you shouldn't be afraid if you
are a complete beginner because hack the box as a platform itself has always has been for complete
beginners so even if it takes you a little bit longer to get to the stage where you are ready
to take the exam you can do some of the other foundational and beginner training first and
then do the defender certification itself next up let's talk about the pricing now hack the box has
always offered a bunch of flexible pricing options right so this means that you can even right now
you can go into hack the box and you can start for completely free but in the shift that the
company has made recently they've shifted to the hack the Box Academy type platform and what this
just means is that you can do the full path of certifications that they've already mapped out
and grouped for you which makes it slightly easier but with this also comes various costing options
and hack the Box is always kind of flexible in the pricing you can get the individual modules
for the program or for the course itself and hack the box and then you'll have to pay a price of
$210 to take the exam or you get the full package and the price that you'll pay is $490 for one year
those are the different pricing options now with hack the Box the really cool thing about this is
that this is a platform where you can try some of the content and the modules for free always
before you make the investment which is really cool because sometimes the training style or the
content or the way the program is set up is just not for you and you know we all learn differently
and we all should actually be able to try before we buy so that's one of the best things that I
really enjoy about hack the box is that you can play around and play around and you don't have
to pay for anything if it's something that you're not willing to invest in but this program really
has got my full attention because of course it is hack the box it is one of the most credible
platforms that I know and I'm really excited that blue teing is having such a moment these days I'm
really here for it all right so if you want to check out this program then I have a link down
below that you can go to to go to either the hack the Box site itself or directly to the program but
definitely check it out let me know your thoughts on the program and if you enjoy my content if you
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would like to see cover ing cyber security cyber security certifications training educational
programs or anything that you're interested from a cyber security perspective and next up you should
definitely watch this video where I talk more about how to become a cyber security analyst
that is it friends thanks for sticking with me through this video I will catch you next time
bye