Cybersecurity Intermediate
+ SC900

What is the Course about?

This course covers cybersecurity tactics, Windows and Linux OS, and prepares you for the Microsoft SC 900 certification exam. Join expert-led live sessions twice a week and self-study for at least 6 hours a week to further deepen your knowledge in Cybersecurity. Eligibility for the intensive final two weeks and a free exam voucher requires 80% attendance and project completion. The course is ideal for those who have foundational cybersecurity knowledge and can dedicate at least 10 hours a week. Additional benefits include career training workshops, mentorship opportunities, and job fairs.

What you will learn:

• Review of basic cybersecurity concepts

• Cyber Attacks – Malicious Codes, social engineering, physical attacks, password attacks.

• Reconnaissance and Information Gathering

• Vulnerability Analysis – Authentication vulnerabilities, authorisation vulnerabilities, injection vulnerabilities, web application vulnerabilities

• Vulnerability Analysis – Vulnerability scanning, vulnerability management, penetration testing, security assessment.

• Cybersecurity defence – Mitre ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, Diamond Intrusion Analysis, threat intelligence, threat hunting.

• Identity and access management

• Endpoint Security

• Network security

• SOC operations – Phishing and email analysis, SIEM, SOAR

• Introduction to Risk Management

• Security Policies, standards, procedures and guidelines

• Introduction to cloud security

• Project

• Microsoft SC 900 preparation and certification exam 

Is this course for me?

The course is for you if you...

• are an analytical thinker and listener

• like to problem solve and challenge yourself

• are sensible to digital ethics

• you are flexible and adaptive when considering possible solutions to problems

• are passionate about learning, as this field is in constant development and has infinite branches

The skills needed to become a cybersecurity professional are varied and extensive. For example, being able to:

• understand the complex processes of the industry, while being able to think critically and solve problems

• understand how networks work, how they are built, and how they can be broken, how the software works and what vulnerabilities it has

• knowledge of networking protocols, data structures, and design patterns, basics of coding

• understanding of defensive strategies such as penetration testing or vulnerability assessment