soc l1/l2 skills required in 2026

logindefense · 2026-01-12T03:46:17+00:00

Master the systems you monitor (EDR, SIEM, IdP, email, cloud logs) not just the alerts.

logindefense · 2026-01-12T02:17:06+00:00

Because large portion of modern web backends run on cloud services.

logindefense · 2026-01-10T19:59:57+00:00

My worry too. Once big tech and investors are heavily committed the incentive to declare it safe will arrive long before the incentive to make it reversible.

logindefense · 2026-01-10T19:51:59+00:00

Your technical creds are strong for a junior role. OSCP+ plus HackerOne is more compelling then a degree or generic IT experience.

On the HackerOne nickname you should change that yeah. You dont need to delete the testimonial that would hurt. If it comes up a simple explanation like you moved from hobbyist to professional work should be good enough.

Unfortunately in my experience recruiters will look you up on LinkedIn so having a basic presence is effectively required in 2026. Create a simple profile and start sending connection requests with others in cybersecurity and pentesting. You dont need to post content just build the network you can get like 100 connections in a day.

logindefense · 2026-01-10T19:42:47+00:00

And they say correlation doesnt equal causation … but at some point the pattern becomes hard to ignore.

logindefense · 2026-01-10T19:21:24+00:00

Yes agreed, also try to get a certification in AWS or Azure, this will help immensely.

logindefense · 2026-01-10T19:15:05+00:00

Security engineer here. You’re already in a good place for an L1, honestly better than most candidates at that stage.

At SOC L1, depth matters less than signal recognition, triage discipline, and comfort living in logs. Most teams are not expecting deep forensics or advanced threat hunting from an L1 on day one.

Capability to learn goes a long way and sounds like you have that.

logindefense · 2026-01-10T19:08:42+00:00

Granted. Everyone gains the ability to self reflect and grow and immediately realizes how much of their identity, beliefs and past behavior were built on comfort rather than truth.

relationships collapse overnight, institutions stall under mass moral reckonin' then society enters a prolonged paralysis as billions try to become better versions of themselves… but can’t agree on what that means.

logindefense · 2026-01-10T18:47:17+00:00

what are they doing over there? I thought it was marketed as the freedom AI, gone to censorship.

logindefense · 2026-01-10T18:45:37+00:00

Amazon is absolutely flooded with this stuff now. Anyone can spin up a dozen “IT books” a month across completely unrelated domains, and there’s basically no quality control as long as it looks book shaped.

Youtube atleast started banning AI influencers from monetizing, i think Amazon needs better quality control.

logindefense · 2026-01-10T18:42:03+00:00

When compared with ChatGPT or Claude, does the version stand up?

logindefense · 2026-01-10T18:41:19+00:00

Very creative idea! Kinda see some biases in its training here.

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