Incident Response with Zeek
Breaches happen fast—your detection speed determines damage. This course teaches you to weaponise Zeek for real-time network monitoring and forensic analysis, turning raw traffic into actionable threat intelligence before attackers establish persistence.
AIU.ac Verdict: Ideal for SOC analysts, junior security engineers, and incident responders who need hands-on Zeek proficiency without months of lab time. The 75-minute format is punchy but assumes baseline networking knowledge—pure beginners may need TCP/IP fundamentals first.
What This Course Covers
You’ll configure Zeek for network traffic analysis, parse connection logs to identify suspicious behaviour, and build detection rules for common attack patterns. The course covers log interpretation, protocol analysis, and how to correlate Zeek output with other SIEM data—practical skills you’ll use in your first week on a SOC team.
Expect hands-on labs where you analyse real-world traffic captures, spot lateral movement indicators, and document findings for incident reports. Joe Abraham structures this around actual incident scenarios: data exfiltration, C2 callbacks, and reconnaissance activity—not theoretical exercises.
Who Is This Course For?
Ideal for:
- SOC Analysts: Need Zeek competency to triage alerts and hunt threats in network logs daily.
- Junior Security Engineers: Building incident response skills before stepping into on-call rotations.
- Threat Hunters: Want to leverage Zeek’s scripting and detection capabilities for proactive investigations.
May not suit:
- Network Administrators: This assumes security-focused intent; pure network ops folks may find the threat-hunting angle less relevant.
- Complete Beginners: Requires working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, and basic command-line fluency.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does Incident Response with Zeek take?
1 hour 15 minutes. Designed for busy professionals—watch in one sitting or split across two sessions.
Do I need Zeek installed before starting?
No. Pluralsight provides sandboxed labs where Zeek is pre-configured. You can follow along without local setup.
Will this teach me Zeek scripting?
This course focuses on using Zeek for incident response and log analysis. Advanced scripting is covered in deeper Pluralsight tracks.
What networking knowledge do I need?
Comfortable with TCP/IP basics, DNS, and HTTP. If you’re unsure, review Pluralsight’s ‘Networking Fundamentals’ first.
Course by Joe Abraham on Pluralsight. Duration: 1h 15m. Last verified by AIU.ac: March 2026.
