Turn your homelab into a full-scale Security Operations Center (SOC) and XDR platform—built with open-source power, engineered for real-world defense. In Home SOC / XDR Lab in Action , you’ll learn how to architect, deploy, and automate a complete SOC using Wazuh , Elasticsearch (ELK) , Suricata , Zeek , TheHive , Cortex , and Grafana . Every chapter is hands-on, every workflow tested, and every configuration ready for implementation—no theory, no filler, just modern defensive engineering. Build. Detect. Automate. Defend. You’ll begin by understanding SOC tiers, XDR concepts, and modern detection pipelines , then progress to building a full stack that ingests, correlates, and visualizes events across endpoints, servers, and networks. Learn to integrate Linux and Windows agents, Suricata and Zeek telemetry , and enrich data using GeoIP and threat intelligence feeds . Finally, automate detection and response workflows using TheHive , Cortex , and SOAR integrations like Shuffle and Node-RED . Each section includes real-world lab exercises, modular configurations, and reproducible deployments—ideal for SOC analysts, blue-teamers, cybersecurity students, and homelab builders who want to master modern security operations from the ground up. Inside You’ll Learn How To: Deploy Wazuh + ELK on Proxmox or Docker for fast SOC setup. - Integrate Suricata, Zeek, and Beats agents for full telemetry coverage. - Design and tune Wazuh rules, decoders, and Sigma-based detections . - Enrich and correlate events with AlienVault OTX and AbuseIPDB feeds. - Automate incident response with TheHive , Cortex , and SOAR pipelines . - Monitor SOC performance using Prometheus , Grafana , and alerting workflows. - Harden your lab with TLS, RBAC, and backup/restore automation . Why This Book Stands Out Unlike traditional security guides, this book builds a complete, operational SOC using the same stack trusted by professional defenders. It’s designed for 2025-ready environments—hybrid, containerized, telemetry-driven, and automation-first. Whether you’re a SOC analyst , incident responder , or security researcher , this book gives you the practical mastery to build, monitor, and automate real-world detection and response systems. Hands-on. Complete. Future-proof. Home SOC / XDR Lab in Action is your blueprint to designing and operating a modern, intelligent SOC from your own homelab—step by step, tool by tool, alert by alert.