Cybersecurity & Networks

IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate

IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate is a specialization course, which is led by industry experts. The specialization focuses on intermediary skills related to cybersecurity

This specialization has 6 courses and a Capstone project.

1. Introduction to Cybersecurity Tools and Cyberattacks

It teaches:

  • History of major cyber attacks throughout the modern history
  • Types of Threat actors (APT, hacktivist etc), and their motives

and much more…

It has following sub-modules…
  1. History of Cybersecurity
  2. A brief overview of types of threat actors and their motives
  3. An overview of key security concepts
  4. An overview of key security tools

2. Cybersecurity Roles, Processes and Operating System Security

It has following topics:

  • Frameworks like ISOs, ITIL, COSO etc.
  • Condentiality principle
  • How OS security works and important techniques.

and more…

It has following 4 sub-modules…
  1. People processes and technology
  2. Examples and principles of CIA triad
  3. Operating System Security Basics
  4. Overview of Virtualization

3. Cybersecurity Compliance Frameworks and System Administration

It contains following topics:

  • CFAA, NIST, GPDR, etc.
  • UEM systems, and Windows Patching.

and more…

It has 4 modules…
  1. Compliance Frameworks and Industry Standards
  2. Client System Administration Endpoint Protection and Patching
  3. Server and User Administration
  4. Cryptography and Compliance Pitfalls

4. Network Security and Database Vulnerabilities

This course has following content:

  • Network transport layers
  • IPv4, IPv6 address types and OSI Model
  • Structured and unstructured database types

and much more…

It has following modules…
  1. TCP IP Framework
  2. Basics of IP Addressing and the OSI Model
  3. Introduction to Databases
  4. Deep Dive Injection Vulnerability

5. Penetration Testing, Incident Response and Forensics

It explains topics like:

  • Social Engineering, Passive and active record.
  • Digital forensics needs and methods.
  • History of scripting and scripting langs like JS, Python etc.

and much more..

This course offers 4 modules…
  1. Penetration Testing
  2. Incident Response
  3. Digital Forensics
  4. Introduction to Scripting

6. Cyber Threat Intelligence

It explains topics like:

  • Give info about different threat intelligence platform like TruStar, IBM X-Force, FireEye etc.
  • Data security and loss prevention

and much more…

It has 4 modules…
  1. Threat Intelligence
  2. Data Loss Prevention and Mobile Endpoint Protection
  3. Scanning
  4. SIEM Platforms
  5. Threat Hunting

7. Cybersecurity Capstone: Breach Response Case Studies

It is a case study about LastPass Data Breach of 2022.

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  1. Capstone Project

UOM Cybersecurity Specialization

Cybersecurity Specialization is an advanced course offered by University of Maryland. It dives deep into the core topics related to software security, cryptography, hardware etc.

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My progress in this specialization came to a halt after completing the first course, primarily because the subsequent courses were highly advanced and required background knowledge that I lacked. I will resume my journey once I feel confident in possessing the necessary expertise to tackle those courses.

1. Usable Security

This course is all about principles of Human Computer Interaction, designing secure systems, doing usability studies to evaluate the most efficient security model and much more…

This course contain 6 modules…
  1. Fundamentals of Human-Computer Interaction: users, usability, tasks, and cognitive models
  2. Design: design methodology, prototyping, cybersecurity case study
  3. Evaluation: usability studies, A/B testing, quantitative and qualitative evaluation, cybersecurity case study
  4. Strategies for Secure Interaction Design: authority, guidelines for interface design
  5. Usable Authentication: authentication mechanisms, biometrics, two-factor authentication
  6. Usable Privacy: privacy settings, personal data sharing, data inference

CompTIA SY0-701 Security+ Training Course

This training course is offered by Professor Messer over on YouTube.

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You can directly support Professor Messer by buying wonderfully written notes from his website.

This training course is subdivided into 6 sections:

0.1 – Introduction

How to Pass Your SY0-701 Security+ Exam

Section 1: General Security Concepts

1.1: Security Controls

1.2: Security Concepts

1.3: Change Management

1.4: Cryptographic Solutions

Section 2: Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigations

2.1: Threat Actors

2.2: Threat Vectors and Attack Surfaces

2.3: Types of Vulnerabilities

2.4: Indicators of Malicious Activity

2.5: Mitigation Techniques

Section 3: Security Architecture

3.1: Architecture Models

3.2: Applying Security Principles

3.3: Protecting Data

3.4: Resiliency and Recovery

Section 4: Security Operations

4.1: Security Techniques

4.2: Asset Management

4.3: Vulnerability Management

4.4: Security Monitoring

4.5: Enterprise Security

4.7: Automation and Orchestration

4.8: Incident Response

4.9: Security Data Sources

Section 5: Security Program Management and Oversight

5.1: Security Governance

5.2: Risk Management

5.3: Third-party Risk

5.4: Security Compliance

5.5: Audits and Assessments

5.6: Security Awareness

CompTIA N10-009 Network+training Course

It includes notes from two courses:

  1. CompTIA N10-009 Network+ Training Course

This course is freely available on YouTube, thanks to Professor Messer. Please support Professor Messer directly by buying his official Network+ Notes.

  1. CompTIA Network+ (N10-008) Video Training Series

This course is offered by Kevin Wallace. It is currently drafted on Udemy, no enrollment possible. But you can enroll in any of the newer Kevin Wallace courses over on his website.

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I would primarily follow Professor Messer’s Network+ YouTube playlist for notes taking. Please check official CompTIA Network+ page for latest news, exam resources, and exam products.

The course index is as follows:

0.1 – Introduction

How to Pass Your N10-009 Network+ Exam

Section 1: Networking Concepts

1.1: The OSI Model

1.2: Network Appliances and Applications

1.3: The Cloud

1.4: Ports and Protocols

1.5: Transmission Media

1.6: Network Topologies

1.7: IPv4 Addressing

1.8: Network Environments

Section 2: Network Implementation

2.1: Routing Technologies

2.2: Switching Technologies

2.3: Wireless Devices

2.4: Physical Installations

Section 3: Network Operations

3.1: Processes and Procedures

3.2: Network Monitoring

3.3: Disaster Recovery

3.4: IP Services

3.5: Network Access

Section 4: Network Security

4.1: Network Security Concepts

4.2: Attack Types

4.3: Network Security Features

Section 5: Network Troubleshooting

5.1: Troubleshooting

5.2: Physical Access

5.3: Troubleshooting Network Services

5.4: Performance Issues

5.5: Tools and Protocols