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Cyber security

Cyber Security Course (DCCP)

Offered by Ibtikar

A job-ready cyber security course with a complete curriculum and hands-on practice on the CyberLab platform, taught with modern learning methods.

What you will learn

  • Cyber security fundamentals, risk management, NIST CSF and ISO 27001
  • Networking, IP addressing, core protocols and packet analysis with Wireshark
  • Windows security, system internals and event log analysis
  • Linux fundamentals and hardening: permissions, SSH, firewall and logs
  • Web application reconnaissance and scanning mapped to the OWASP Top 10
  • Manual exploitation of XSS, SQL injection and LFI/RCE in safe lab environments
  • SOC operations, log analysis and the MITRE ATT&CK framework
  • Capstone project: a Red Team vs Blue Team cyber range simulation

Inside this course

Ordered units that take you from the core concepts to hands-on practice.

Unit 1 — Introduction to Information & Cybersecurity Foundations

Cyber security and risk management, the CIA and IAAA models, the threat landscape, and the NIST CSF and ISO 27001 frameworks.

Unit 2 — Network Foundations & IP Addressing

Network types and devices, the OSI and TCP/IP models, IPv4/IPv6 and subnetting, and network diagnostic commands.

Unit 3 — Network Protocols, HTTP & Security Fundamentals

TCP/UDP, DNS, DHCP and HTTP/HTTPS, network threats and defences, with Wireshark and Burp Suite labs.

Unit 4 — Windows Security

Updates, Microsoft Defender and the firewall, UAC, GPO and Active Directory, and event logs.

Unit 5 — Windows Internals & Boot Process

User and kernel mode, processes and services, BIOS/UEFI and MBR/GPT, the Registry and NTFS, and CMD and PowerShell.

Unit 6 — Linux Overview & Fundamentals

System architecture, the command line, file and process management, and networking tools.

Unit 7 — Introduction to Linux Security

Users and permissions, service management, the UFW firewall, SSH hardening, log analysis and package management.

Unit 8 — Web Application Security

Passive and active reconnaissance, OSINT, Nmap scanning, directory enumeration, automated scanners and the OWASP Top 10.

Unit 9 — Manual Web Exploitation

XSS, SQL injection, RCE, LFI and PHP type juggling in lab environments, with the right defences for each.

Unit 10 — SOC Operations, Detection & Threat Analysis + Capstone

SIEM and log analysis, IOC/IOA and MITRE ATT&CK, then a Red Team vs Blue Team cyber range capstone project.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites have been announced for this course.

Training team

Trainer names and credentials appear once the cohort is confirmed. No trainer biography is published yet.

Cohort dates

The next cohort date is announced when registration opens.

  • Units: 10