Focused Skills. One Thing, Learned Properly.
Some skills don't need 15 modules. Ridgeline Skills are focused training on a single tool or technique — practitioner-written, same depth standard as full courses, included with every subscription.
One tool to production proficiency
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Hands-on with worked examples
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Included with Premium & Specialist
Production proficiency
Every skill teaches one capability to the depth where you can use it at work tomorrow. Not an introduction. Not an overview.
Worked examples throughout
Every section is built around a complete worked example you execute in your own lab. The tool output is real. The analysis is real.
Guided lab capstone
Each skill ends with a guided lab that walks you through the complete workflow end-to-end against a realistic scenario.
Available Skills
DFIR & Investigation
Skill
KAPE and EZ Tools Mastery
KAPE · MFTECmd · PECmd · AmcacheParser · RECmd · Timeline Explorer
DFIR Tools
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Velociraptor for Endpoint Investigation
Velociraptor · VQL · Notebooks · Artifact Exchange
DFIR Tools
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Skill
Malware Triage
PEStudio · strings · VirusTotal · ANY.RUN · YARA · STIX
DFIR Tools
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Skill
YARA Rule Writing for DFIR
YARA · THOR Lite · Velociraptor · yarGen · PE headers
DFIR Tools
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Skill
Wireshark for Security Analysts
Wireshark · tshark · tcpdump · BPF · Display Filters
Network Analysis
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Detection & Hunting
Skill
Sigma Rules for Detection Engineers
Sigma · sigma-cli · KQL · SPL · Elastic · ATT&CK
Detection Engineering
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Skill
Sysmon Configuration and Tuning
Sysmon · XML Config · SwiftOnSecurity · GPO · Intune
Detection Engineering
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Skill
Log Analysis with Regex
grep · sed · awk · PowerShell · regex101
Log Analysis
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Security Engineering
Skill
Conditional Access Design
Entra ID · Conditional Access · Named Locations · Device Compliance
Identity Security
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Skill
Email Authentication Masterclass
SPF · DKIM · DMARC · DNS · M365 · Google Workspace
Email Security
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Skill
PowerShell for Security Operations
PowerShell · WinRM · Get-WinEvent · Microsoft Graph
Security Operations
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Git for Security Teams
Git · GitHub · VS Code · CI/CD · Sigma
Security Operations
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Skills are included with every subscription.
Premium and Specialist subscribers get full access to every Ridgeline Skill, every course, and every future update.