Career path
Training for Security Operations Analysts
Microsoft Learn helps you discover the tools and skills you need to become a security operations analyst.
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What is an security operations analyst?
Your responsibility is to reduce organizational risk by rapidly remediating active attacks in the environment, advising on improvements to threat protection practices, and referring violations of organizational policies to appropriate stakeholders.
Your path to becoming an security operations analyst
Option 1: Self-Paced Training
Work through online guided trainings paths at your own pace. As you journey through the learning paths and modules, you will be exposed to some of the skills you need to help you get credentialed.
Option 2: Instructor led training
Choose a traditional classroom training setting to learn on your own schedule, at your own pace, and in your own place.
Get Certified
Once you have completed the self-paced training and/or the instructor led course, try a practice assessment to see if you are ready for the certification exam.
Get connected
Are you interested in professional networking with other security operations analysts? Would you like to connect with training, placement, recruiting partners or employers for jobs?