Cybersecurity Foundations

Businesses and organizations have been spending a lot on cybersecurity. As our society is more technologically reliant than ever before, there is no sign that this trend will stop. Personal data that could result in identity theft is now posted to the public on our social media accounts. Sensitive information like social security numbers, credit card information, and bank account details is now stored in cloud storage services like Dropbox or Google Drive. 
 

This training course is designed to provide participants with 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, they learn about current threat trends across the Internet and their impact on organizational security.

The course will cover topics on standard cybersecurity terminology and compliance requirements, examine sample exploits, and gain hands-on experience in mitigating controls. 

• Gain a comprehensive understanding and awareness of security
• Identify different data protection principles
• Interpret and analyze tool output for network mapping/footprinting
• Reduce the attack surface of systems and network devices
• Review networking as it applies to security controls
• Examine the role of PKI/certificates in building trusted relationships between devices in a network
• Implement login security and other identity management solutions
• Explore current malware threats, anti-malware solutions, social engineering threats, methods, and techniques
• Analyze software vulnerabilities and security solutions for reducing the risk of exploitation
• Identify physical security controls and the relationship between physical and IT security
• Learn legal considerations and investigative techniques when it comes to cybersecurity