Course Outline
Foundations of Cybersecurity
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Identify the essential skills and knowledge required to work as a cybersecurity analyst
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Understand how security breaches affect business operations
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Explain principles of security ethics
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Recognize common tools utilized by cybersecurity analysts
Play It Safe: Manage Security Risks
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Identify primary threats, risks, and vulnerabilities impacting business operations
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Examine how organizations apply security frameworks and controls to protect operations
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Define widely used Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools
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Utilize a playbook to address threats, risks, and vulnerabilities
Connect and Protect: Networks and Network Security
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Define various network types and their components
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Illustrate how data is transmitted and received across networks
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Understand methods to secure networks against intrusion tactics
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Describe system hardening techniques
Tools of the Trade: Linux and SQL
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Explain the relationship between operating systems, applications, and hardware
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Compare a graphical user interface with a command line interface
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Navigate and manage the file system using Linux commands via the Bash shell
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Use SQL to retrieve information from databases
Assets, Threats, and Vulnerabilities
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Classify assets
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Analyze an attack surface to uncover risks and vulnerabilities
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Identify threats such as social engineering, malware, and web-based exploits
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Summarize the threat modeling process
Sound the Alarm: Detection and Response
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Identify the steps necessary to contain, eradicate, and recover from an incident
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Analyze packets to interpret network communications
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Understand basic syntax, signatures, and logs components in Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) tools
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Execute queries in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools to investigate events
Automate Cybersecurity Tasks with Python
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Explain how the Python programming language is applied in cybersecurity
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Create new, user-defined Python functions
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Use regular expressions to extract information from text
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Practice debugging code
Put It to Work: Prepare for Cybersecurity Jobs
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Determine when and how to escalate a security incident
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Engage with the cybersecurity community
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Find and apply for cybersecurity jobs
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Prepare for job interviews
Requirements
- No degree or experience required.
Testimonials (3)
The final day which is the Machine Learning Topic
John Erick Baltazar - Globe Telecom
Course - Google BigQuery
It was a really good training course, well prepared and explained by the trainer with great hands on experience on GCP.
Mircea
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Responses with solutions and practical use.
