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Exclusive - Investigate cybersecurity threats and master techniques needed to protect your network.

In this cybersecurity course, you will gain a global perspective of the challenges of designing a secure system, touching on all the cyber roles needed to provide a cohesive security solution. Through lecture, labs, and breakout discussion groups, you will learn about current threat trends across the Internet and their impact on organizational security. You will review standard cybersecurity terminology and compliance requirements, examine sample exploits, and gain hands-on experience mitigating controls. In a contained lab environment, you will work with live viruses, including botnets, worms, and Trojans.

Who Should Attend?

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

TCP/IP Networking or equivalent knowledge

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

17. Course Look Around

Looking back
Looking forward
Planning your journey

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How many employees do you have in your IT department?

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50 – 250

250 – 1000

1000+

Cybersecurity Foundations Training in South Africa

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