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Build a home lab. Phase 1: Get a good server to run VM's on. Use Proxmox as the hypervisor. Get a managed network switch (used ones on eBay are fine). Setup a span port or get a physical network TAP. Install Zeek and capture all the traffic in and out of your house. Look at the logs. Understand them. Use the free version of Suricata IDS. Examine the logs, understand them. Phase 2: Install Splunk (it has a free version). Push all the Zeek/Suricata logs to Splunk with the universal forwarder. Learn how to use Splunk. Learn the query language. Download APPs, analyze data, build dashboards, setup alerts (https://research.splunk.com/). Phase 3: Setup Honeypots, trigger them to learn how they work. Phase 4: Install Windows and Linux desktops and servers. Use the Splunk universal forwarder to dump all the logs into Splunk. Learn the logs, understand them!