Master Cybersecurity from the Front Lines - Real Breaches, Real Responses, Real Defense.

Blue Team Incident Chronicles: Real-World Breaches, SOC Playbooks, and Defensive Strategies for Cybersecurity Analysts is the ultimate field guide for modern blue team professionals, incident responders, and aspiring SOC analysts. Designed for real-world impact, this hands-on book delivers verified case studies, practical detection techniques, and expertly crafted playbooks drawn from authentic security operations.

In a threat landscape filled with phishing campaigns, credential theft, LLM prompt injections, and ransomware outbreaks, this book gives you the tools to detect, respond, and defend with confidence. You'll learn how top-tier analysts investigate live incidents using EDR, Sysmon, Sigma rules, and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks. Each chapter includes actionable content - from forensic logging and prompt sanitization to SOAR automation and cloud misconfiguration analysis - that you can immediately apply in labs or live environments.

Whether you're preparing for a cybersecurity certification like CySA+, GCIH, or CCIC, building your own blue team lab, or advancing your career in security operations, this book offers battle-tested guidance to sharpen your skills and mindset.

About the Author:
Wills H. Holmes is a seasoned cybersecurity professional and respected blue team strategist. With years of experience in threat hunting, incident response, and SOC management, Holmes brings clarity and credibility to complex security topics - translating them into practical insights every analyst can use.

Why Readers Trust This Book:

• Covers real-world incidents and verified breach scenarios

• Includes working detection and response examples

• Designed with labs, tools, and templates you can use immediately

• Integrates industry frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, Sigma, and SOAR

• Written for today's defenders, by a professional who's walked the front lines

Perfect for:
Cybersecurity analysts, SOC professionals, blue teamers, incident responders, cybersecurity students, and IT security teams looking to elevate their detection and response playbooks.