Cybersecurity Foundations
- Course Code 9701
- Duration 5 days
Course Delivery
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GTC 29 inc. VAT
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Course Delivery
This course is available in the following formats:
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Company Event
Event at company
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Public Classroom
Traditional Classroom Learning
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Virtual Learning
Learning that is virtual
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Course Overview
TopVirtual Learning
This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.
Course Schedule
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 02-06 December, 2024
- Location: Virtual
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 10-14 March, 2025
- Location: Virtual
- Language: Dutch
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 16-20 June, 2025
- Location: Virtual
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 08-12 September, 2025
- Location: Virtual
- Language: Dutch
Target Audience
Top- 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 who want to improve their understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals, including threats, mitigating controls, and organizational responsbilities
Course Objectives
TopAfter completing this course you should be able to:
- 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
Course Content
TopCybersecurity 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
Network Discovery
- Networking review
- Discovery, footprinting, and scanning
- Common vulnerabilities and exposures
- Security policies
- Vulnerabilities
- Module review
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
Security Architecture
- Security architecture
- Network devices
- Network zones
- Network segmentation
- Network Address Translation
- Network Access Control
- Module review
Data Security
- Cryptography
- Principles of permissions
- Steganography
- Module review
Public Key Infrastructure
- Public key infrastructure
- Certification authorities
- Enabling trust
- Certificates
- CA management
- Module review
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
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
Malware
- What is malware?
- Infection methods
- Types of malware
- Backdoors
- Countermeasures
- Protection tools
- Module review
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
Software Security
- Software engineering
- Security guidelines
- Software vulnerabilities
- Module review
Environment Monitoring
- Monitoring
- Monitoring vs. logging
- Monitoring/logging benefits
- Logging
- Metrics
- Module review
Physical Security
- What is physical security?
- Defense in depth
- Types of physical security controls
- Device security
- Human security
- Security policies
- Equipment tracking
- Module review
Incident Response
- Disaster types
- Incident investigation tips
- Business continuity planning
- Disaster recovery plan
- Forensic incident response
- Module review
Legal Considerations
- Regulatory compliance
- Cybercrime
- Module review
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
Course Look Around
- Looking back
- Looking forward
- Planning your journey
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Lab 1: Explore HR Security
Lab 2: Interpret Scanning Results
Lab 3: Harden Servers and Workstations
Lab:4 Security Architecture
Lab 5: Protect Data
Lab 6: Configure a PKI
Lab 7: Manage Passwords
Lab 8: Explore Hardening Recommendations and Known Vulnerabilities
Lab 9: Detect Malware
Lab 10: Social Engineering
Lab 11: Privilege Escalation
Lab 12: Monitor a System
Lab 13: Implement Physical Security
Lab 14: Incident Response
Lab 15: Review Legal Considerations
Course Prerequisites
TopAttendees should meet the following prerequisites:
- TCP/IP Networking or equivalent knowledge
Test Certification
TopRecommended as preparation for the following exams:
- There are no exams currently aligned to this course
Follow on Courses
TopThe following courses are recommended for further study:
- G013 - CompTIA Security+
- CEH - Certifed Ethical Hacker
- CISM - Certified Information Security Manager
Further Information
Top- 9701
- Cybersecurity Foundations
- Cybersecurity Foundation & Awareness
- 9701 | Cybersecurity Foundations | Training Course | Security.
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