When you first stepped into the SOC, everything was about speed. Triaging alerts. Escalating threats. Ticking SLAs. And for the most part, that worked until it didn’t. Because at some point, the alerts stopped telling you what you really needed to know.
- What actually happened on the endpoint?
- Where did the attacker hide persistence?
- How did they bypass detection?
- How were we breached two days after we “contained” the threat?
These weren’t questions you could answer with logs alone. Or SIEM dashboards. Or your favourite EDR pivot. They required forensics, precision and investigative depth. After a few years in the SOC or on the IR team, you hit a rhythm. You’ve seen enough alerts. You can triage in your sleep. But digging deeper, building timelines from memory, carving files from disk, hunting persistence across macOS, Android, or Linux that still feels like uncharted territory for many.
And let’s face it: most teams don’t have structured training that goes beyond surface-level analysis.
The Advance Endpoint Investigation learning path changes that.
The Problem: Investigation Skill Gaps Are Widening
Security tools now flood teams with more alerts and data than ever but they’re only as good as their configuration. The real issue? Too many teams rely on them completely, instead of using them to guide real investigative work.
But what happens when:
- Your trusted SIEM or EDR isn’t installed on a compromised host?
- The threat actor slips past detection entirely, leaving no alert behind?
- A system isn’t onboarded, misconfigured, or goes dark mid-incident?
In these moments, your tools won’t save you, your skills will.
Effective incident response demands hands-on investigation, directly on the host. Analysts must know how to connect to and analyse endpoints without relying on dashboards or automated triage. That means navigating Windows, Linux, macOS, and mobile environments with confidence.
Whether it's digging into memory dumps, examining deleted files, or uncovering timestomped artifacts, the reality is clear: alert-based workflows aren’t enough. This path builds cross-platform forensics expertise—so analysts are prepared when the tools fail, the stakes are high, and the truth lies deep in the system.
The Solution: A Unified Learning Path for Advanced Endpoint Investigations
The Advanced Endpoint Investigations Path is a hands-on, lab-driven journey built to close the growing skill gap in digital forensics and incident response.
It’s specifically designed for SOC Analysts, Incident Responders, and DFIR practitioners who want to:
- Build lasting confidence in forensic tooling and evidence acquisition
- Effectively respond to threats across Windows, Linux, macOS, and mobile environments
- Triage smarter, contain incidents faster, and lead investigations with precision and clarity
This learning path was created to provide repeatable, real-world skills that directly translate to on-the-job performance. It equips analysts to investigate confidently across all major operating systems in a safe, realistic, consequence-free environment allowing them to make mistakes, learn from them, and build deep technical confidence.
Each module guides you step-by-step through the investigation lifecycle, from initial triage to timeline reconstruction, memory analysis, file carving, persistence hunting, and artifact interpretation.
When doing this learning path you will be encouraged to pivot between OSes and evidence types as they would during a real-world investigation, building the muscle memory and adaptability that high-stakes incident response demands.
What you will walk away with
Clarity on When and How to Apply Forensics
Learners develop a strong mental model of when to apply memory, disk, and mobile forensics, depending on the incident scenario. Rather than guessing or defaulting to basic log triage, you can make fast, informed decisions about the right investigative approach whether during a live incident.
Confidence Across Operating Systems
No more hesitation when switching platforms. You will gain practical, hands-on experience investigating Windows, Linux, macOS, and mobile systems. By working with real forensic images, tools, and scenarios, they remove OS-specific blind spots and build the agility to pivot across environments with confidence.
Precision in Uncovering Attacker Artifacts
Whether tracing a timestomped executable, recovering memory-resident malware, or reconstructing lateral movement across endpoints, you sharpen their ability to identify high-value forensic artifacts quickly and defensibly. This accelerates containment and drives more accurate incident timelines.
Enterprise-Ready Investigation Playbooks
Rather than relying on ad hoc processes or fragmented tooling, graduates finish with structured, repeatable workflows for key investigation types memory capture, disk carving, persistence hunting, and more. These can be reused, documented, and scaled across your teams, reducing knowledge gaps and increasing response quality.
Clearer Paths to Career Progression
With this advanced capability, you are better equipped to take on more senior roles including DFIR Specialist, Threat Hunter, or IR Team Lead. The confidence, versatility, and tooling fluency developed through this path directly support career advancement and specialisation in high-impact cybersecurity functions.
This Is the Training the Field Demands
Security professionals don’t just need more alerts they need answers. And that means knowing how to investigate deeper than a dashboard.
TryHackMe’s Advanced Endpoint Investigations Path delivers real-world, role-aligned, cross-platform forensic skills the kind required to close incidents, uncover root cause, and protect organisations at a higher level.
Whether you’re looking to grow into a DFIR specialist, lead incident response, or just feel more confident when the logs go dark, this is the learning path for you.
Master the Investigation. Lead the Response.
Carah Els