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SOC & Incident Response Training · Canada & GCC

Learn incident response from people who have led it.

Practical SOC and incident response training, taught by practitioners who previously worked at Mandiant, Accenture, PwC and Deloitte. Live online, or in person in Canada and the Gulf.

Next cohort: registration of interest is open

A day in incident response. This is the work you will practise.

Our instructors previously worked at

  • Mandiant
  • Accenture
  • PwC
  • Deloitte

and other leading security and advisory firms

20

years of combined frontline experience

250+

incidents investigated and responded to

11

countries our instructors have worked in

4

hands-on courses, from SOC foundations to threat hunting

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Why CyberCanada

Training built by responders, for responders

Most security courses teach tools. We teach how real incidents unfold: the first alert, the hard calls under pressure, and the report the board reads afterwards.

Taught by practitioners

Every instructor has worked frontline incident response or SOC operations at a global firm.

Hands-on labs

Work through realistic attack scenarios with real logs, endpoints and evidence, not just slides.

Canada & GCC context

Examples and reporting practice shaped by the frameworks you work under, such as NIST in North America and the NCA controls in Saudi Arabia.

Job-ready skills

Leave with the workflows, playbooks and reporting habits that hiring managers look for in SOC and IR roles.

Courses

Four practical tracks, from the SOC floor to leading investigations

Every course runs as an intensive week or a part-time track, live online or in person.

Analysts working at monitors in an operations centre Foundation to intermediate

SOC Analyst (Tier 1–2)

Build the daily skills of a SOC analyst: triaging alerts, investigating with a SIEM and escalating with confidence.

  • SIEM searches and log analysis
  • Alert triage and escalation
  • Phishing and endpoint investigations
  • Windows, network and cloud telemetry

Intensive: 5 days (40 hrs)

Part-time: 6–8 weeks

PricePrice on request

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A responder with a headset coordinating from a desk of screens Intermediate

Incident Response

Run an incident end to end: scoping, containment, eradication, recovery and the report leadership needs.

  • IR lifecycle and playbooks (NIST SP 800-61)
  • Ransomware and business email compromise
  • Containment decisions under pressure
  • Executive and regulator reporting

Intensive: 5 days (40 hrs)

Part-time: 6–8 weeks

PricePrice on request

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Digital Forensics (DFIR)

Find out what really happened: collect and analyse evidence from disk, memory and the cloud, and build a timeline that holds up.

  • Windows artefacts and timelines
  • Memory forensics
  • Evidence handling and chain of custody
  • Microsoft 365 and cloud logs

Intensive: 5 days (40 hrs)

Part-time: 6–8 weeks

PricePrice on request

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Threat Hunting & Threat Intelligence

Stop waiting for alerts. Hunt for attackers from a hypothesis and turn threat intelligence into detections.

  • Hypothesis-driven hunting
  • Mapping to MITRE ATT&CK
  • Intelligence-led detections (Sigma, KQL)
  • Tracking and reporting on adversaries

Intensive: 5 days (40 hrs)

Part-time: 6–8 weeks

PricePrice on request

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Instructors

Learn from people who have done the job

Our instructors built their careers inside global incident response and cyber advisory teams. Full profiles are available on request.

Incident Response Lead

Previously at Mandiant

Breach investigations · Ransomware response

SOC & Detection Engineering Manager

Previously at Accenture

SOC operations · Detection engineering

Digital Forensics Specialist

Previously at PwC

Forensics · Investigations · Expert reporting

Cyber Threat Intelligence Lead

Previously at Deloitte

Threat intelligence · Tabletop exercises

Formats

Train the way that suits you

A live virtual class on a laptop screen

Live online

Instructor-led virtual classes with live labs. Join from anywhere in Canada or the Gulf.

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In person in Canada

Classroom cohorts in Canada. The venue is confirmed when each cohort opens.

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In person in Saudi Arabia & the GCC

Classroom and on-site delivery across the Gulf, including private sessions at your offices.

Intensive week

5 days, 40 hours. Ideal for teams, and for anyone who can step away from work for a week.

Part-time track

6–8 weeks of evening and weekend sessions, built around a full-time job.

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For organisations

Prepare your team before the real incident

We train security teams as private cohorts and run tabletop exercises that test your people, your plan and your leadership.

  • Private cohorts for your SOC and incident response teams
  • On-site delivery in Canada and the GCC
  • Tabletop and ransomware simulation exercises for technical teams and executives
  • Content tailored to your environment, playbooks and regulators
Talk to us about team training

Certificates

Recognition for the work you put in

Certificate of completion

Every learner who completes a course receives a CyberCanada certificate of completion.

Prepare for industry certifications

Course content is mapped to the skills tested in widely recognised certifications, including CompTIA CySA+, GIAC GCIH and Security Blue Team BTL1.

  • CompTIA CySA+
  • GIAC GCIH
  • BTL1

CyberCanada is not an official training partner of these certification bodies, and exam fees are separate.

FAQ

Questions we often hear

Who are these courses for?

IT and security professionals moving into SOC or incident response roles, analysts who want to step up, and organisations building their in-house teams.

Do I need prior experience?

For the SOC Analyst course, a working knowledge of networking and operating systems is enough. Incident Response, Digital Forensics and Threat Hunting assume SOC experience or our SOC course.

When does the next cohort start?

Register your interest and we will send you the dates, venue and pricing as soon as the next cohort is confirmed.

Can my company book a private class?

Yes. We run private cohorts online or on-site in Canada and the GCC, and can add tabletop exercises for your leadership team.

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Next cohort

Register your interest

Tell us which course and format you prefer. We will contact you with dates and pricing, with no commitment.

Prefer to talk first?

info@cybercanada.net

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