What I Learned from the Unified Kill Chain - TryHackMe SOC Level 1

🛡️ Strengthening My SOC Skills

As part of my journey into Security Operations Center (SOC) analysis, I recently completed the Unified Kill Chain room on TryHackMe. This hands-on experience gave me deeper insights into advanced attack techniques and how defenders can counteract them effectively.

The Unified Kill Chain (UKC) extends beyond traditional models like the Cyber Kill Chain, incorporating 18 attack stages that provide a more detailed perspective on modern cyber threats.

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🔍 What I Learned

✅ Understanding Attack Phases – The UKC breaks down an attack into three main phases:

• Initial Foothold (gaining access through phishing, exploits, etc.)
• Network Propagation (privilege escalation, lateral movement)
• Action on Objectives (data exfiltration, persistence)

✅ Real-World Threat Detection – The room provided practical scenarios to analyze different attack tactics. I strengthened my ability to identify reconnaissance techniques, privilege escalation paths, and persistence mechanisms used by attackers.

✅ Defensive Strategies – By mapping attack methods to SOC monitoring techniques, I practiced detecting threats using SIEM logs, event correlation, and proactive threat hunting.

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🚀 Why This Room Was Valuable

This hands-on learning experience helped me improve in:
✔️ Threat Hunting & Incident Response – Recognizing early signs of intrusion before they escalate.
✔️ Network Security Monitoring – Understanding how attackers move laterally across systems.
✔️ SOC-Level Analysis – Applying detection strategies to each attack phase.

Completing this room reinforced my SOC analysis and cyber defense skills, making it an essential step in my cybersecurity journey!

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I’ll continue sharing SOC insights, threat intelligence techniques, and cybersecurity learning experiences. Stay tuned!

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