Cybersecurity: Launch Your Security Career
Build practical cybersecurity skills in ethical hacking, network security, Linux, Windows security, cloud security, and Python for security. You'll learn how to identify vulnerabilities, understand common security threats, and apply security practices to systems and networks. Through hands-on labs and exercises, you'll learn how to assess security risks, work with operating systems and networks, and apply cybersecurity techniques to real-world scenarios. You'll also build a foundation for industry certifications such as CompTIA Security+ and Network+ while developing skills for cybersecurity roles.
Build practical cybersecurity skills from networking fundamentals to system and cloud security. You'll work with Linux, Windows, networking, Python, cloud security, and ethical hacking while learning how to identify vulnerabilities and protect systems from common threats.
Through hands-on labs and exercises, you'll learn how to work with operating system security, permissions, networking protocols, cloud environments, and security tools. You'll also develop foundational skills in threat mitigation, vulnerability assessment, and incident response.
- Lecture: Basic commands and communication protocols
- Lecture: Fundamental structures of the operating system
- Exercise: Basic commands and communication protocols lab
- Quiz: Basic concepts of cybersecurity
- Lecture: Introduction to networking
- Lecture: OSI and TCP/IP model
- Exercise: Networking lab
- Quiz: Networking concepts
- Lecture: Introduction to Windows client and server
- Lecture: Powershell, permissions, and security
- Exercise: Windows security lab
- Quiz: Windows security concepts
- Lecture: Introduction to Linux
- Lecture: Permissions, users, and administration
- Exercise: Linux security lab
- Quiz: Linux security concepts
- Lecture: Cloud fundamentals
- Lecture: Containers in the Cloud and Cloud security
- Exercise: Cloud security lab
- Quiz: Cloud security concepts
- Lecture: Networking recap and network attacks
- Lecture: Traffic analysis and secure access
- Exercise: Network security lab
- Quiz: Network security concepts
- Lecture: Endpoint protection and data loss prevention
- Lecture: Email security and honeypots
- Exercise: Cyber infrastructure & technology lab
- Quiz: Cyber infrastructure & technology concepts
- Lecture: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Lecture: Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) & SIEM
- Lecture: Physical security
- Exercise: Cyber infrastructure & technology lab
- Quiz: Cyber infrastructure & technology concepts
- Lecture: Python fundamentals
- Exercise: Python lab
- Quiz: Python concepts
- Lecture: Introduction to ethical hacking and recon/network scanning
- Lecture: Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks and social engineering
- Exercise: Offensive security lab
- Quiz: Offensive security concepts
- Lecture: Brute-force attacks and privilege escalation
- Lecture: Introduction to web applications and vulnerability scanning
- Exercise: Offensive security lab
- Quiz: Offensive security concepts
- Lecture: Web application attacks, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, and SQL injection
- Lecture: Buffer overflows
- Exercise: Offensive security lab
- Quiz: Offensive security concepts
- Lecture: Introduction to DFIR and digital forensics
- Lecture: Incident response and data acquisition
- Exercise: DFIR lab
- Quiz: DFIR concepts
- Lecture: Windows live and dead analysis and memory analysis
- Lecture: Linux live and dead analysis and log analysis
- Exercise: DFIR lab
- Quiz: DFIR concepts
- Lecture: Static malware analysis and dynamic malware analysis
- Lecture: Network forensics and advanced persistent threats
- Exercise: DFIR lab
- Quiz: DFIR concepts
- Final project: Portfolio-ready, instructor-guided capstone project
- Lecture: Job search strategies and interview skills
- Lecture: LinkedIn branding and networking tips
- Exercise: Create/update LinkedIn profile
- Quiz: Career preparation and LinkedIn branding concepts
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