The Complete Hands-On Cybersecurity Analyst Course

Our take

The Complete Hands-On Cybersecurity Analyst Course is a all level Cybersecurity course from Mike S on Udemy. It runs about 104 hours, and holds 4.7★ from 1,861 students in our Udemy course reviews.

Best for: all level learners who want one guided path through Cybersecurity. Skip it if: You already work professionally in Cybersecurity and need advanced architecture patterns.

📘 What you will learn

• A wide range of cybersecurity skills including basic through advanced skills; ranging from Linux basics to penetration testing and malware analysis.
• How to build home lab virtual environments for hands-on learning, testing tools safely, enhancing skills, and simulating real-world cybersecurity scenarios.
• Incident response skills required to quickly detect, contain, investigate, and mitigate cyber threats to minimize damage and ensure recovery.
• Practical experience from projects and labs that can be added to resume/cv and portfolios.
• Threat detection and analysis, incident response and management, use of SIEM and event management tools, network monitoring and forensics, and pentesting.

📑 Course content

38 sections · 478 lectures · 104 hours of video · updated 11/2026

1. Getting started — 57 lectures · 12.4h
2. Core foundations — 62 lectures · 13.6h
3. Building real projects — 90 lectures · 19.7h
4. Intermediate techniques — 74 lectures · 16.1h
5. Deep dive & best practices — 57 lectures · 12.5h
6. Capstone project — 84 lectures · 18.2h
7. Next steps — 54 lectures · 11.5h

🎯 Who it is for

Suits: Complete beginners, career switchers, and self-taught devs who want structure.

Needs: Desire to learn cybersecurity skills. Access to a computer that can support running multiple virtual machines. Recommend at least 16GB of RAM.

👤 Instructor

Mike S — Cyber threat professional with 16 years of experience in cyber threat analysis focused on Digital Forensics and Incident response (DFIR) and Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI). Technical certifications include CISSP, GREM, GCFA, GCFE, GCTI, GCIH, GNFA, GBFA, C|EH, CCNA (expired), Security+, Network+, and Splunk Certified Power User. Member of SANS Advisory Board.

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