Learn how to integrate Security Onion into cybersecurity education as a comprehensive teaching platform for blue team operations. Discover practical approaches for using Security Onion to teach detection engineering, alert investigation, and threat hunting skills in an academic setting. Explore the implementation of hands-on cybersecurity training that bridges high-level concepts with practical blue team skills needed in professional environments. Gain insights from a real-world case study of integrating Security Onion into a graduate-level Cybersecurity Operations course at Canisius University, including specific methodologies for providing students with authentic defensive security experience. Understand how to leverage Security Onion's capabilities to create engaging learning experiences that prepare students for careers as blue team professionals across various industries including higher education, manufacturing, financial services, and healthcare.