Computer Networking & Cybersecurity

Networking lays a foundation for understanding computer networks, how they operate, the components that make up a network, and the technologies that make our interconnected world possible – all the knowledge and skills necessary to build a deeper understanding to enter the cybersecurity workforce. 

Computer Networking & Cybersecurity Course Outline

Unit 1: Networking

• OSI Model

• Network Topologies

• Network Types

• Hardware

  • Copper Cables

  • Fiber Optic Cables

  • Connector Types

• Subnetting

• Public vs Private Network

• IPV4 vs IPV6

• Common Ports/ Port Scanning

• DNS

• Nmap

• Wireshark

• Routing Tables

• Bandwidth

• Wifi Standards

• SSID Tracking

• Denial Of Service

• Email Traffic

• Performance Metrics

• Honeypot

Unit 2: Social Engineering

• Phishing Emails

• Phishing Websites

• Hashing

• Typosquatting

Unit 3: Software Security

• Vulnerabilities

• Fuzzing

• Buffer Overflows

• Obfuscation

• Directory Traversals

• Session Replay

• XSS

• SQL Vulnerabilities

• CSRF

Unit 4: Hardware Security

• Back Doors

• Data Sanitation

• Data Destruction

• Keylogger

Unit 5: Data Control

• Access Control

• Privilege Escalation

Unit 6: Symmetric Cryptography

• Steganography

• Kryptos

• MCrypt

• DES

Unit 7: Asymmetric Cryptography

• RSA

• PKE

• Hashing

• Password Auditing

• Digital Signatures

• Digital Certificates

• Ransomware

Unit 8: Hardening

• Physical Control

• Firewall

• Intrusion Detection Systems

• OS Hardening

• Smartphone Hardening

Unit 9: Threats Vulnerabilities And Attacks

• Threat Modeling

• Threat Models

• The Cyber Kill Chain

• Meterpreter

• Address Spoofing

Unit 10: Cloud Computing

• AWS

• Microsoft Azure