-: In this section of the course, 2 2
we're going to cover Automation Concepts and Technologies. 3 3
Now, as we go through this section, 4 4
we're going to have a singular focus 5 5
on domain 1, security operations, and objective 1.5. 6 6
Now this objective, 7 7
objective 1.5 states that you must be able 8 8
to explain the importance of efficiency 9 9
and process improvement in security operations. 10 10
Now, as we begin in this section, 11 11
we're going to discuss continuous integration 12 12
and continuous delivery or deployment, 13 13
which is also known as CI/CD, 14 14
and how it's going to be conducted within 15 15
an enterprise organization to help improve your security. 16 16
CI/CD is essentially a rapid release 17 17
of your code into a production environment, 18 18
and this is a major shift in a way of thinking, 19 19
going from weekly and monthly releases, 20 20
into daily or even multiple times a day releases 21 21
for our different software products 22 22
inside of high velocity enterprise organizations. 23 23
Then we're going to discuss the concept of DevSecOps 24 24
and infrastructure as code known as IAC. 25 25
Both of these are critical 26 26
if you want to be using CI/CD within your organization. 27 27
Next, we're going to discuss the use 28 28
of artificial intelligence and machine learning 29 29
within your enterprise and how you can use that 30 30
within your security organization to increase the security 31 31
and decrease the time it takes to respond to a given threat. 32 32
Then we're going to be discussing 33 33
the concept of data enrichment 34 34
and how we can create malware signatures 35 35
using that data and machine learning 36 36
to make our jobs as cybersecurity analysts a lot easier. 37 37
Next we're going to talk about SOAR 38 38
which is the Security Orchestration Automation and Response, 39 39
and we're going to talk about how it's going to help us 40 40
improve our organizations and its efficiency. 41 41
Then, we'll discuss the use of standardized processes 42 42
within our security operations centers 43 43
to help streamline our operations. 44 44
After that, we're going to take a look 45 45
at a concept known as the Single Pane of Glass. 46 46
This essentially means that we're going to have 47 47
a management console that presents data 48 48
from multiple data sources in a unified display. 49 49
This Single Pane of Glass is going to serve 50 50
as our starting point from which we, 51 51
as cybersecurity analysts, are going to be able 52 52
to see the big picture of what's going on 53 53
within our networks at any given time 54 54
and it's really critical to maintaining a good understanding 55 55
of the enterprise network that we are trying to defend. 56 56
Finally, we'll take a short quiz to see what you learned 57 57
during this section of the course, 58 58
and review each of those quiz questions 59 59
to ensure you can explain 60 60
why the correct answers were right. 61 61
So let's get ready to SOAR 62 62
as we start covering automation concepts 63 63
and technologies in this section of the course.