Cybersecurity Home Lab Setup (2025) | VMware, Essential Tools & Blue Team Practice
Get hands-on with setting up your own cybersecurity lab for Blue Team practice! In this video, I guide you through creating a lab environment using VMware, featuring Kali Linux, a Windows VM, and the Elastic Stack. Perfect for Blue Teamers and cybersecurity enthusiasts, this setup allows you to build essential skills in log analysis, threat detection, and network security. Follow along to set up your own lab, and don’t forget to subscribe for more in-depth cybersecurity training in this Blue Team course!
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0:00 – Intro
1:51- Installing VMWare Workstation Pro
4:28 – Install Windows ISO File
5:59 – Install Kali ISO
6:32 – Setting Up Windows VM
12:14 – Setting Up Kali Linux VM
15:20 – Kali Updates & Upgrades
17:19 – Installing ElasticSearch
22:35 – Installing Kibana
24:30 – Setting Up Windows
28:13 – Verifying Sysmon Install
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