Timetable Plan

● Duration: 4–5 hours/day

● Structure: Divide time into 3 sessions (SOC Analyst, Bug Bounty, Python), with breaks
in between.

Monday to Friday:

1. Morning (SOC Analyst) - 2 Hours

○ Focus:
■ Day 1-2: Basics of SOC operations (SIEM tools, Incident Response)
■ Day 3-4: Monitoring logs and threat detection techniques
■ Day 5: Case studies and hands-on labs
2. Afternoon (Bug Bounty) - 1.5 Hours
○ Focus:
■ Complete TryHackMe rooms progressively:
■ Week 1: Introductory rooms (e.g., Web Fundamentals, OWASP
Top 10)
■ Week 2: Web application testing
■ Week 3: Exploitation techniques (e.g., SQLi, XSS)
3. Evening (Python) - 1.5 Hours
○ Focus:
■ Week 1: Basics (variables, data types, loops, functions)
■ Week 2: File handling and modules
■ Week 3: Apply Python to cybersecurity (e.g., automation, log analysis)

Saturday:

1. SOC Analyst (Morning, 2 Hours)

○ Perform a practical lab (e.g., SIEM exercises, malware analysis).
2. Bug Bounty (Afternoon, 2 Hours)
○ Finish any pending rooms or revisit hard concepts.
3. Python (Evening, 1 Hour)
○ Build a small project (e.g., automate file scanning or analyze logs).

Sunday:

1. Review & Practice (All Topics) - 4–5 Hours

○ Morning: Revisit SOC Analyst content and labs.
 ○ Afternoon: Reattempt TryHackMe challenges or complete bonus rooms.
○ Evening: Work on a mini Python project or revise concepts.

Week 1 Detailed Plan

SOC Analyst

Goal: Learn the basics of SOC operations, SIEM tools, and incident response.

Monday:

● 1 hour: Introduction to SOC Analyst role and responsibilities.

○ Key concepts: Threat detection, incident response, and monitoring.
● 1 hour: Overview of SIEM tools (Splunk, Elastic Stack, etc.).
○ Watch tutorials or read beginner guides for these tools.

Tuesday:

● 1 hour: Basics of threat intelligence and log analysis.

○ Understand log sources: firewalls, endpoints, servers.
● 1 hour: Lab: Analyze sample logs in Splunk or a similar tool.

Wednesday:

● 2 hours: Deep dive into incident response process (identify, contain, eradicate, recover).

Thursday:

● 1 hour: Understanding malware analysis basics.

● 1 hour: Practice: Recognize suspicious patterns in logs.

Friday:

● 2 hours: Hands-on case study: Investigate a mock incident using a SIEM tool.

Bug Bounty (TryHackMe)

Goal: Understand web application security and begin exploring vulnerabilities.

Monday:

● 1.5 hours: TryHackMe room: Introduction to Web Hacking (if available).

Tuesday:
 ● 1.5 hours: Learn the OWASP Top 10 (start with SQL Injection and XSS).

Wednesday:

● 1.5 hours: TryHackMe room: OWASP Top 10 Basics.

Thursday:

● 1.5 hours: Introduction to Burp Suite (try TryHackMe room if available).

Friday:

● 1.5 hours: Practice SQL Injection in a TryHackMe lab.

Python Programming

Goal: Master the fundamentals of Python programming.

Monday:

● 1.5 hours: Basics: Install Python, write your first program, and understand variables and
data types.

Tuesday:

● 1.5 hours: Control structures: Practice if-else, for loops, and while loops.

Wednesday:

● 1.5 hours: Functions: Learn how to define and call functions, and use parameters/return
values.

Thursday:

● 1.5 hours: Data structures: Lists, dictionaries, tuples, and sets.

Friday:

● 1.5 hours: File handling: Read/write to files and understand error handling.

Saturday & Sunday

● SOC Analyst: Practice labs (use platforms like TryHackMe or CyberDefenders).

● Bug Bounty: Revisit TryHackMe rooms or learn new techniques.
 ● Python: Build a small project, like reading and analyzing logs or parsing a CSV file.

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SOC Analyst

1. Intro to SOC (Learn the basics of SOC operations).

2. SIEM Introduction (Hands-on with SIEM tools like Splunk).
3. Threat Intelligence (Understand threat intelligence concepts).
4. Windows Event Logs (Learn log analysis).

Bug Bounty

1. Introduction to Web Hacking (Beginner-friendly).

2. OWASP Top 10 (Hands-on for each vulnerability).
3. Burp Suite Basics (Learn to use Burp Suite).
4. Injection (SQL Injection, XSS, etc.).
5. Web Fundamentals (Understand HTTP, DNS, etc.).

Python Programming Resources

Beginner Python Tutorials

1. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python (Perfect for beginners).

2. Python Crash Course (Book) - Covers the basics with practical projects.

Hands-On Practice

1. HackerRank (Beginner challenges).

2. Real Python (Comprehensive Python tutorials).

Projects for Week 1

1. Write a script to parse a log file (e.g., find specific keywords or filter data).
2. Create a simple password generator to practice loops and string manipulation.
Week 2: Advanced Foundations

SOC Analyst

● Day 1-2:
○ Learn threat hunting techniques (indicators of compromise, anomalous
behaviors).
○ Room: Threat Hunting.
● Day 3-4:
○ Advanced SIEM use cases: Configure alerts and dashboards.
○ Room: Splunk Basics.
● Day 5:
○ Malware traffic analysis.
○ Tool: Wireshark for network packet analysis.
○ Room: Intro to Wireshark.

Bug Bounty

● Day 1-2:
○ Deep dive into Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).
○ Room: XSS.
● Day 3-4:
○ Practice Broken Authentication testing.
○ Room: Authentication.
● Day 5:
○ Start learning Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF).
○ Room: SSRF.

Python

● Day 1-2:
○ Advanced functions and recursion.
○ Practice: Write functions for log parsing and data sorting.
● Day 3-4:
○ Learn regular expressions (regex) for log pattern matching.
○ Practice: Search specific error codes in logs using regex.
 ● Day 5:
○ Introduction to Python libraries for cybersecurity:
■ scapy (packet crafting).
■ pandas (data analysis).

Week 3: Hands-On Focus

SOC Analyst

● Day 1-2:
○ Incident response case studies (analyze past cyberattacks).
● Day 3-4:
○ Threat Intelligence Frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain).
● Day 5:
○ Blue team challenges.
○ Platform: CyberDefenders.

Bug Bounty

● Day 1-2:
○ Practice with Directory Traversal vulnerabilities.
○ Room: File Inclusion.
● Day 3-4:
○ Learn and test for CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery).
○ Room: CSRF.
● Day 5:
○ Participate in bug bounty CTF challenges.
○ Platform: Bugcrowd University or HackerOne CTF.

Python

● Day 1-2:
○ Networking with Python: Socket programming basics.
● Day 3-4:
○ Automate repetitive tasks in bug bounty (e.g., subdomain enumeration).
○ Practice: Write a script to identify open ports.
● Day 5:
○ Project: Automate simple log analysis using Python and pandas.
Week 4: Advanced Specialization

SOC Analyst

● Day 1-2:
○ Advanced threat hunting with MITRE ATT&CK tactics.
● Day 3-4:
○ Hands-on ransomware detection and response.
○ Room: Ransomware.
● Day 5:
○ Participate in SOC challenges on CyberDefenders or Blue Team Labs Online.

Bug Bounty

● Day 1-2:
○ Learn how to chain vulnerabilities (e.g., XSS → CSRF).
● Day 3-4:
○ Start reporting: Learn writing impactful bug bounty reports.
● Day 5:
○ Participate in live bug bounty programs (Bugcrowd, HackerOne).

Python

● Day 1-2:
○ Explore API interactions: Learn how to use APIs for automation.
○ Practice: Write a script to interact with TryHackMe's API or HackerOne.
● Day 3-4:
○ Work on Python and cybersecurity integration:
■ Write a script to extract metadata from files.
■ Automate scanning tools (e.g., Nmap using subprocess).
● Day 5:
○ Build a final project combining SOC and bug bounty:
■ Example: A script that scans logs for SQLi patterns or brute force
attempts.