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🛰️ AI-Driven Security Operations

Cybersecurity career path

Use AI and ML to detect, investigate and respond faster: security copilots, AI-powered SIEM/XDR, automation and applied data science.

Typical roles

• AI-enabled SOC Analyst
• Detection & Automation Engineer
• Security Data Scientist

Suggested certifications, by phase

Foundation

• SecAI+ CompTIA SecAI+
• CCFP CrowdStrike Certified Falcon Practitioner
• Elastic SIEM Analyst Elastic Certified SIEM Analyst

Core

• SC-200 Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate
• CySA+ CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+
• SPLK-5001 Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Analyst
• PAN XSIAM Analyst Palo Alto Networks Certified XSIAM Analyst
• Google PSOE Google Cloud Professional Security Operations Engineer

Advanced

• GMLE GIAC Machine Learning Engineer
• GSOC GIAC Security Operations Certified
• GPYC GIAC Python Coder
• PAN XSIAM Engineer Palo Alto Networks Certified XSIAM Engineer
• SPLK-5002 Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Engineer

Mastery

• GASAE GIAC AI Security Automation Engineer
• PAN SecOps Architect Palo Alto Networks Certified Security Operations Architect

A suggestion, not a set of prerequisites — one or two certifications per phase is plenty.