Foundations of Cybersecurity

Knowledge of cybersecurity has become a self-evident essential skill for anyone in technology or business today. As a result of the proliferation of cyber-attacks, companies, governments and individuals are suffering increasingly severe damage to their daily lives. In this Journey, your instructors guide you step by step through the key things you need to know about cybersecurity, and provides you the technical skills to become a proficient entry-level "Cybersecurity Warrior."

1courses
Certificate of completion
Kevin Cardwell
core
Cloud
13 hours 20 minutes

Course Overview

Knowledge of cybersecurity has become a self-evident essential skill for anyone in technology or business today. As a result of the proliferation of cyber-attacks, companies, governments and individuals are suffering increasingly severe damage to their daily lives.  In this Journey, your instructors guide you step by step through the key things you need to know about cybersecurity, and provides you the technical skills to become a proficient entry-level "Cybersecurity Warrior."

Course Includes

1.4K
STUDENTS*
94%%
RECOMMEND*

This journey includes:

  • 13+ hours of on-demand video
  • 26 modules
  • Core level
  • Direct access/chat with the instructor
  • 100% self-paced online
  • Many downloadable resources
  • Shareable certificate of completion

Skills You Will Gain

Cybersecurity
Hacking
Penetration Testing
TCP/IP

Learning Outcomes (At the end of this program, you will be able to...)

  • Learn the basics of the cybersecurity field 
  • Become familiar with the techniques and motivations of hackers 
  • Discover the different tools used by hackers
  • Understand the Cybersecurity standards and the differences between them 
  • Analyze threats and risks within the context of the cybersecurity landscape
  • Evaluate decision-making outcomes of cybersecurity scenarios
  • Obtain the expertise required to be able to build a career in cybersecurity.
  • Take steps towards creating a cybersecurity culture within an organization.
  • Master the key concepts of TCP/IP
  • Understand routing, how to count in Binary and switching
  • Master the key concepts from the Network+ exam
  • Get to know the key features of Wireshark
  • Explore the different methods of setting up a packet capture
  • Analyze packets using the Wireshark tool
  • Analyze client to server communication with Wireshark
  • Examine network traffic and identify potentially malicious traffic
  • Examine the data within the network and how it shows up in Wireshark
  • Determine the vector to attack a system or network
  • Assess a web application for weak input validation
  • Deploy tactics to evade detection from IDS/IPS
  • Conduct analysis of data and prepare preliminary findings from a penetration test

 

Who Should Attend

  • This course is aimed at all the individuals who want to guide their future professional career in the area of Cybersecurity
  • IT technicians: System engineers, Network engineers, DB Administrators, Software engineers, developers, …  
  • Security engineers who would like to increase their knowledge in standards and laws for example. 
  • You have no experience in Cybersecurity and want to learn the basic.
  • You’re an IT manager wanting to gain a broad understanding of cybersecurity at a decision-making level to assist you in identifying its role within your organization.
  • You’re a system admin wanting an understanding of potential cybersecurity threats and security measures you should take in your rapidly growing organization.
  • Windows IT administrators and sysadmins

Curriculum

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Meet Your Expert Instructors

Kevin Cardwell

Kevin Cardwell

Cybersecurity
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