If you could name 5 tools/software worth learning for a cybersecurity analyst to become more employable, what would they be?

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  • monkey

    Infection Monkey - An open-source adversary emulation platform

    https://github.com/guardicore/monkey The Infection Monkey is an open source security tool for testing a data center's resiliency to perimeter breaches and internal server infection. The Monkey uses various methods to self propagate across a data center and reports success to a centralized Monkey Island server.

  • Scout Monitoring

    Free Django app performance insights with Scout Monitoring. Get Scout setup in minutes, and let us sweat the small stuff. A couple lines in settings.py is all you need to start monitoring your apps. Sign up for our free tier today.

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  • atomic-red-team

    Small and highly portable detection tests based on MITRE's ATT&CK.

    https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team Atomic Red Team™ is a library of tests mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK® framework. Security teams can use Atomic Red Team to quickly, portably, and reproducibly test their environments.

  • APTSimulator

    A toolset to make a system look as if it was the victim of an APT attack

    https://github.com/NextronSystems/APTSimulator APT Simulator is a Windows Batch script that uses a set of tools and output files to make a system look as if it was compromised. In contrast to other adversary simulation tools, APT Simulator is designed to make the application as simple as possible. You don't need to run a web server, database or any agents on set of virtual machines. Just download the prepared archive, extract and run the contained Batch file as Administrator. Running APT Simulator takes less than a minute of your time.

  • DumpsterFire

    "Security Incidents In A Box!" A modular, menu-driven, cross-platform tool for building customized, time-delayed, distributed security events. Easily create custom event chains for Blue- & Red Team drills and sensor / alert mapping. Red Teams can create decoy incidents, distractions, and lures to support and scale their operations. Build event sequences ("narratives") to simulate realistic scenarios and generate corresponding network and filesystem artifacts.

    https://github.com/TryCatchHCF/DumpsterFire The DumpsterFire Toolset is a modular, menu-driven, cross-platform tool for building repeatable, time-delayed, distributed security events. Easily create custom event chains for Blue Team drills and sensor / alert mapping. Red Teams can create decoy incidents, distractions, and lures to support and scale their operations. Turn paper tabletop exercises into controlled "live fire" range events. Build event sequences ("narratives") to simulate realistic scenarios and generate corresponding network and filesystem artifacts.

  • Notes

    For government: Python, Splunk, Nessus, McAfee, know your current events in the cyber landscape.For modern world: https://github.com/gracenolan/Notes/blob/master/interview-study-notes-for-security-engineering.md

  • SaaSHub

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