What I will learn?

• Understand Cybersecurity: Develop a solid grasp of what cybersecurity is, its importance in the modern world, and the critical role it plays in safeguarding digital assets.
• Identify Threats and Risks: Recognise various physical and digital threats to information security, understand user tracking, and assess the implications of data breaches.
• Comprehend Cybercrime: Gain insight into the motivations behind cybercrimes, classify different types of cybercrimes, and explore real-world examples to understand their impact.
• Malware Awareness: Distinguish between various malware types such as viruses, worms, Trojans, and spyware. Identify symptoms of malware infections and countermeasures.
• Cybersecurity Tools & Techniques: Acquire practical knowledge of cybersecurity tools and techniques, including authentication, encryption, digital signatures, and steganography.
• Secure Online Practices: Learn safe online practices, such as generating secure passwords, tips for secure online shopping, and guidelines for social networking and email security.
• Computer Forensics: Understand the role of computer forensics in investigating cybercrimes, including evidence assessment, acquisition, examination, documentation, and reporting.
• Policy Development: Develop cybersecurity policies and procedures, assign security-related roles and responsibilities, and enforce policy implementation to mitigate risks.
• Risk Mitigation: Establish a risk management framework, identify critical cyber assets, classify assets, assess vulnerabilities, and implement security controls to mitigate risks effectively.
• Cryptography Basics: Comprehend cryptographic cyphers, modes of operation, use cases, and weaknesses. Explore various cryptographic technologies to enhance data security.
• PKI and Certificates: Implement certificates and certificate authorities, manage public key infrastructure (PKI), and experience PKI management firsthand through demonstrations.
• Authentication Techniques: Summarise authentication design concepts, implement knowledge-based authentication, and explore biometrics authentication concepts.
• Identity and Access Management: Implement identity and account types, define account policies, configure authorization solutions, and understand the importance of personnel policies.
• Secure Network Design: Design secure networks, including secure switching and routing, wireless infrastructure, and load balancing, while defending against network attacks.
• Network Security Hardware: Implement firewalls, proxy servers, network security monitoring, and understand the use of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems.
• Network Protocols: Implement secure network operations protocols, secure application protocols, and secure remote access protocols.
• Endpoint Security: Secure firmware and endpoints, protect against threats, and understand embedded system security implications.
• Mobile Device Security: Manage mobile devices securely and establish secure mobile device connections.
• Privacy and Data Protection: Explain privacy and data sensitivity concepts and implement controls to protect sensitive information.
• Incident Response: Summarise incident response procedures, apply mitigation controls, and utilise appropriate data sources to respond effectively to cybersecurity incidents.