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Operating Systems for Defenders

Operating Systems for Defenders gives you the working knowledge of Windows and Linux internals that defensive work actually requires. Not a system administration course, not a developer course. A defender's view of how operating systems organize processes, users, files, and logs so you can read evidence, recognize abnormal behavior, and reason about compromised endpoints.

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Move through each lesson in order to build the core concepts, then validate your understanding where quizzes are available.

1
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Processes, Users, and the Idea of Security Context

Lesson 1 of 6 in this course sequence.

2
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Windows Essentials for Defenders

Lesson 2 of 6 in this course sequence.

3
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Linux Essentials for Defenders

Lesson 3 of 6 in this course sequence.

4
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Privilege Escalation on Both Platforms

Lesson 4 of 6 in this course sequence.

5
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Persistence: Long-Term Attacker Footholds

Lesson 5 of 6 in this course sequence.

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Reading Endpoint Evidence Like a Defender

Lesson 6 of 6 in this course sequence.