Junior Security Operations Center Analyst Badging Program for Student Employees
Wednesday, May 03, 2023 | 8:00AM–8:45AM PT | Cedar Ballroom, Second Floor
Session Type:
Breakout Session
Delivery Format:
Demonstration
In 2019, the California Polytechnic State University Information Security Office established a Learning Security Operations Center (SOC), where a team of security analysts works together to proactively monitor the university’s ability to operate securely. The students learn Tier 1 SOC duties (e.g., proactive monitoring, remediation, compliance, and communication skills). In this very competitive job market and the industry's desire for cybersecurity “unicorns,” we wanted to give our students a leg up in the job hunt. In 2021, we created a homegrown three-tier (entry-level, intermediate, and advanced) badging program to recognize our student employee accomplishments while they work in the Learning SOC as Junior SOC Analysts. The badge is a visual representation of the student’s achievements and skills learned while working in the SOC. These badges are shareable through social media platforms like LinkedIn via their profiles. We’ve developed a rubric to identify the qualifications for each badge; a link to the associated metadata is also viewable through the social media platform. Along the way, they must meet four SOC Key Competencies: SIEM, Procedures, Monitor, and Collaborate.