Accredited Certification
Online
Available now
eCIR
INEInternationally recognized accreditation body
🧪
Hands-on trainingReal-world labs & simulations
🏅
Internationally accreditedBy global bodies
📝
International examOfficially recognized certificate
🎯
Job-market readyIn-demand skills
About the certification
🔍 Start your professional incident response career with the eCIR certification from INE
eCIR (Certified Incident Responder) certification is an advanced professional certification in the field of Incident Response and SOC Operations, focusing on developing skills in security incident analysis, digital investigation, and attack response within real-world enterprise environments.
Certification content & modules
🛡️Threat Detection & SIEM Operations (20%)
- Create and use SIEM queries to detect suspicious activity
- Analyze and correlate records from multiple sources
- Detecting Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)
- Analyze the attacker's initial activities within the network
💻Endpoint & Network Analysis (35%)
- Analyze device data (Endpoints) and logs
- Discovering methods of escalation (Privilege Escalation)
- Persistence Mechanisms Analysis
- Monitor data theft and access credentials
- Network traffic analysis and command and control (C2) communication tracing
- Detection of lateral movement within the network (Lateral Movement)
🧾Digital Forensics & Evidence Analysis (20%)
- Analyze digital evidence from systems and files
- Examining suspicious documents and files
- Analyze Windows and Registry logs
- Extract evidence and link it to the attack chain
🧠Threat Intelligence & Attribution (10%)
- Linking behaviors to known attacks (MITRE ATT&CK)
- Analysis of attack groups’ methods (APT Groups)
- Understand attack patterns and link them to actors
📝Reporting & Communication (15%)
- Preparing professional investigation reports
- Documenting the attack sequence (Timeline)
- Providing recommendations to contain and address incidents
- Simplify results for management and technical team
👨💻Who is this certificate for?
- SOC Analysts (Tier 1 & Tier 2)
- Incident Response Specialists
- Cyber Security Analysts
- Blue Team Engineers
- Threat Hunters
- IT Security Professionals who want to move into the field of security investigations
What you'll learn
- Analyze PCAP files
- Link multiple source records
- Evaluation of continuity methods
- Identify advanced persistent threats activity
Quick details
LevelProfessional
Delivery MethodOnline
Official certificate information
⏱️
Exam duration
A fully hands-on exam in a browser lab that simulates an enterprise hack, with automated grading and instant results; INE has not published a specific time period on the current official page (rebuilt September 2025 version). Note: The old version (eLearnSecurity) was 48 hours lab + 48 hours report
🎟️
Voucher validity
180 days from date of purchase (all attempts, including returns, must be submitted before expiration)
🔁
Exam retake
One free redo included, completed within 14 days of the first attempt and within the validity of the voucher (180 days)
📅
Certificate validity
3 years from the date of grant (renewable)
Certifications Related
Accredited Certification
Save 70%
INE
Show college students
A professional accredited certification in cybersecurity with hands-on training and real-world simulation.
Save 70%
Ethical Hacking
INE
eJPT — Junior Penetration Tester
A professional accredited certification in cybersecurity with hands-on training and real-world simulation.
