1. Cybersecurity 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

2. Network Discovery
– Networking review
– Discovery, footprinting, and scanning
– Common vulnerabilities and exposures
– Security policies
– Vulnerabilities
– Module review

3. 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

4. Security Architecture
– Security architecture
– Network devices
– Network zones
– Network segmentation
– Network Address Translation
– Network Access Control
– Module review

5. Data Security
– Cryptography
– Principles of permissions
– Steganography
– Module review

6. Public Key Infrastructure
– Public key infrastructure
– Certification authorities
– Enabling trust
– Certificates
– CA management
– Module review

7. 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

8. 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

9. Malware
– What is malware?
– Infection methods
– Types of malware
– Backdoors
– Countermeasures
– Protection tools
– Module review

10. 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

11. Software Security
– Software engineering
– Security guidelines
– Software vulnerabilities
– Module review

12. Environment Monitoring
– Monitoring
– Monitoring vs. logging
– Monitoring/logging benefits
– Logging
– Metrics
– Module review

13. Physical Security
– What is physical security?
– Defense in depth
– Types of physical security controls
– Device security
– Human security
– Security policies
– Equipment tracking
– Module review

14. Incident Response
– Disaster types
– Incident investigation tips
– Business continuity planning
– Disaster recovery plan
– Forensic incident response
– Module review

15. Legal Considerations
– Regulatory compliance
– Cybercrime
– Module review

16. 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

17. Course Look Around
– Looking back
– Looking forward
– Planning your journey