Overview
Prerequisites
- 3-4 years of hands-on information security or related experience
- Network+, Security+, or equivalent knowledge
Delegates will learn how to
- Apply environmental reconnaissance techniques using appropriate tools and processes.
- Analyze the results of a network reconnaissance.
- Given a network-based threat, implement or recommend the appropriate response and countermeasure.
- Explain the purpose of practices used to secure a corporate environment.
- Implement an information security vulnerability management process.
- Analyze the output resulting from a vulnerability scan.
- Compare and contrast common vulnerabilities found in the various targets within an organization.
- Distinguish threat data or behavior to determine the impact of an incident.
- Prepare a toolkit and use appropriate forensics tools during an investigation.
- Explain the importance of communication during the incident response process.
- Analyze common symptoms to select the best course of action to support incident response.
- Summarize the incident recovery and post-incident response process.
- Explain the relationship between frameworks, common policies, controls, and procedures.
- Use data to recommend remediation of security issues related to identity and access management.
- Review security architecture and make recommendations to implement compensating controls.
- Use application security best practices while participating in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Compare and contrast the general purpose and reasons for using various cybersecurity tools and technologies.
Outline
- Cybersecurity Roles and Responsibilities
- Frameworks and Security Controls
- Risk Evaluation
- Penetration Testing Processes
- The Kill Chain
- Open Source Intelligence
- Social Engineering
- Topology Discovery
- Service Discovery
- OS Fingerprinting
- Configuring Firewalls
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention
- Configuring IDS
- Malware Threats
- Configuring Anti-virus Software
- Sysinternals
- Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit
- Packet Capture
- Packet Capture Tools
- Monitoring Tools
- Log Review and SIEM
- SIEM Data Outputs
- SIEM Data Analysis
- Point-in-Time Data Analysis
- Vulnerability Management Requirements • Asset Inventory
- Data Classification
- Vulnerability Management Processes
- Vulnerability Scanners
- Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
- Vulnerability Feeds and SCAP
- Configuring Vulnerability Scans
- Vulnerability Scanning Criteria
- Exploit Frameworks
- Analyzing Vulnerability Scans
- Remediation and Change Control
- Remediating Host Vulnerabilities
- Remediating Network Vulnerabilities
- Remediating Virtual Infrastructure Vulnerabilities Secure
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Software Vulnerabilities
- Software Security Testing
- Interception Proxies
- Web Application Firewalls
- Source Authenticity
- Reverse Engineering
- Incident Response Processes
- Threat Classification
- Incident Severity and Prioritization
- Types of Data
- Digital Forensics Investigations
- Documentation and Forms
- Digital Forensics Crime Scene
- Digital Forensics Kits
- Image Acquisition
- Password Cracking
- Analysis Utilities
- Analysis and Recovery Frameworks
- Analyzing Network Symptoms
- Analyzing Host Symptoms
- Analyzing Data Exfiltration
- Analyzing Application Symptoms
- Using Sysinternals
- Containment Techniques
- Eradication Techniques
- Validation Techniques
- Corrective Actions
- Network Segmentation
- Blackholes, Sinkholes, and Honeypots
- System Hardening
- Group Policies and MAC
- Endpoint Security
- Network Access Control
- Identity Management
- Identity Security Issues
- Identity Repositories
- Context-based Authentication
- Single Sign On and Federations
- Exploiting Identities
- Exploiting Web Browsers and Applications
- Frameworks and Compliance
- Reviewing Security Architecture
- Procedures and Compensating Controls
- Verifications and Quality Control
- Security Policies and Procedures
- Personnel Policies and Training
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