Cyber Security61hrs 45min

Incident Handling & Response Professional (new)

Delivered through an Securetain Premium subscription with expert-led courses, immersive labs, and optional eCIR + prep bundles that include exam vouchers.

Includes full lifecycle labs and reporting prep before attempting the eCIR exam.

Instructors: Alexis AhmedSecuRetain:eCIR
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Path note

Bundle deals (eCIR + prep) include 3 months of full training; exam vouchers expire 180 days after purchase.

Snapshot

At a glance

Delivery
Securetain Premium + immersive virtual labs
Certification
Securetain eCIR (Certified Incident Responder)
Focus
Full IR lifecycle + real-world simulations

Overview

Path at a glance

The Incident Handling & Response Professional path walks defenders through every phase of a response engagement, blending practicum-level labs with focused theory so your team can operate like an IR squad.

You will learn to plan readiness activities, detect and triage threats through SIEM and endpoint telemetry, apply threat intelligence and threat hunting, and finalize investigations with digital forensics and communications.

Focus

Focus areas

  1. Step 1

    Full incident-response lifecycle training covering preparation, detection, analysis, threat intelligence, threat hunting, and digital forensics.

  2. Step 2

    Real-world SIEM and endpoint triage work plus communication/reporting that feeds directly into eCIR scenario-based exams.

  3. Step 3

    Hands-on exam prep that pairs IA workflows with lab-based validation of containment, eradication, and recovery.

Delivery

How this path is delivered

Delivered through an Securetain Premium subscription with expert-led courses, immersive labs, and optional eCIR + prep bundles that include exam vouchers.

Certification

Exam focus

Securetain eCIR (Certified Incident Responder) – scenario-heavy, hands-on exam that combines SIEM, endpoint, forensics, CTI, and reporting work.

Curriculum

What you'll cover

Introduction to Security Operations Center (SOC)

Build operational context for alert triage, logging, and communication rhythms that power professional incident-response teams.

Incident Response: Preparation

Master planning, playbook development, readiness checks, and stakeholder alignment before an incident occurs.

Incident Response: Detection

Apply SIEM, log analysis, and endpoint telemetry to surface suspicious behavior and generate high-fidelity investigations.

Incident Response: Analysis

Correlate telemetry, threat intelligence, and contextual data to identify attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures.

Incident Response: CTI & Threat Hunting

Combine threat intelligence with hunting hypotheses to proactively uncover stealthy adversary activity.

Incident Response: Digital Forensics

Capture forensic evidence, analyze artifacts, and hand off findings to remediation and reporting teams.

Labs

Hands-on practice

  1. Triaging simulated breach activity using SIEM dashboards, log correlation, and endpoint telemetry to validate attacker behavior.
  2. Hunting stealthy threats with CTI-informed hypotheses, enrichment, and detection tuning before escalating incidents.
  3. Conducting digital-forensics investigations to recover artifacts, timeline attacks, and support containment recommendations.

Skills

Skills you practice

Alert triage, reporting, and incident communicationsSIEM/event analysis paired with endpoint telemetry proficiencyThreat intelligence and hunting reasoningDigital-forensics investigation and evidence preservationeCIR-style practical response documentation

Audience

Ideal learners

  • Aspiring or reskilling incident responders
  • SOC Tier 1 and Tier 2 analysts
  • IT security personnel seeking more advanced IR exposure
  • Red teamers/penetration testers who want incident-response practice

Availability

What to expect

Bundle deals (eCIR + prep) include 3 months of full training; exam vouchers expire 180 days after purchase.