Cybersecurity Foundations Training in Denmark

TCP/IP Networking or equivalent knowledge

• Network professionals looking to advance their knowledge and explore cybersecurity as a career path
• Executives and managers looking to increase their ability to communicate with security professionals and implement a robust security solution at the organizational level
• Individuals wants to improve their understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals, including threats, mitigating controls, and organizational responsibilities

• Increase your awareness of security
• Interpret/analyze tool output for network mapping/footprinting
• Reduce attack surface of systems
• Review networking as it applies to security controls
• Explore different data protection principles
• Examine the role of PKI/certificates in building trusted relationships between devices in a network
• Implement login security and other identity management solutions
• Reduce attack surface of network devices
• Explore current malware threats and anti-malware solutions
• Explore social engineering threats, methods, and techniques
• Examine software vulnerabilities and security solutions for reducing the risk of exploitation
• Explain monitoring capabilities and requirements and how those may raise privacy concerns
• Identify physical security controls and the relationship between physical and IT security
• Explain incident response capabilities
• Identify legal considerations and investigative techniques when it comes to cybersecurity
• Research trends in cybersecurity

1. Cybersecurity Awareness

• What is security? 
• Confidentiality, integrity, and availability
• Security baselining 
• Security concerns: Humans
• Types of threats
• Security controls
• What is hacking?
• Risk management
• Data in motion vs. data at rest
• Module review

2. Network Discovery

• Networking review
• Discovery, footprinting, and scanning
• Common vulnerabilities and exposures
• Security policies
• Vulnerabilities
• Module review

3. Systems Hardening

• What is hardening?
• Types of systems that can be hardened
• Security baselines
• How to harden systems
• Hardening systems by role
• Mobile devices
• Hardening on the network
• Analysis tools
• Authentication, authorization, and accounting
• Physical security
• Module review

4. Security Architecture

• Security architecture
• Network devices
• Network zones
• Network segmentation
• Network Address Translation
• Network Access Control
• Module review

5. Data Security

• Cryptography
• Principles of permissions
• Steganography
• Module review

6. Public Key Infrastructure

• Public key infrastructure
• Certification authorities
• Enabling trust
• Certificates
• CA management
• Module review

7. Identity Management

• What is identity management?
• Personally identifiable information
• Authentication factors
• Directory services
• Kerberos
• Windows NT LAN Manager
• Password policies
• Cracking passwords
• Password assessment tools
• Password managers
• Group accounts
• Service accounts
• Federated identities
• Identity as a Service
• Module review

8. Network Hardening

• Limiting remote admin access
• AAA: Administrative access
• Simple Network Management Protocol
• Network segmentation
• Limiting physical access
• Establishing secure access
• Network devices
• Fundamental device protection summary
• Traffic filtering best practices
• Module review

9. Malware

• What is malware?
• Infection methods
• Types of malware
• Backdoors
• Countermeasures
• Protection tools
• Module review

10. Social Engineering

• What is social engineering?
• Social engineering targets
• Social engineering attacks
• Statistical data
• Information harvesting
• Preventing social engineering
• Cyber awareness: Policies and procedures
• Social media
• Module review

11. Software Security

• Software engineering
• Security guidelines
• Software vulnerabilities
• Module review

12. Environment Monitoring

• Monitoring
• Monitoring vs. logging
• Monitoring/logging benefits
• Logging
• Metrics
• Module review

13. Physical Security

• What is physical security?
• Defense in depth
• Types of physical security controls
• Device security
• Human security
• Security policies
• Equipment tracking
• Module review

14. Incident Response

• Disaster types
• Incident investigation tips
• Business continuity planning
• Disaster recovery plan
• Forensic incident response
• Module review

15. Legal Considerations

• Regulatory compliance
• Cybercrime
• Module review

16. Trends in Cybersecurity

• Cybersecurity design constraints
• Cyber driving forces
• How connected are you?
• How reliant on connectivity are you?
• Identity management
• Cybersecurity standards
• Cybersecurity training