Course Overview

This learning path introduces essential cybersecurity concepts, security best practices, Linux basics, and real-world security awareness skills. You’ll learn how systems are attacked and protected, understand risk, explore cybersecurity career paths, and gain the confidence to start working toward professional roles in security.

What You Will Learn

  • Identify common cyber threats and explain how they impact organizations
  • Apply fundamental security principles to protect personal and workplace data
  • Recognize phishing, social engineering, and online scams and respond safely
  • Use basic Linux commands to navigate, manage files, and control permissions
  • Implement essential best practices for secure browsing and communication
  • Evaluate risks and understand how security policies reduce vulnerabilities
  • Map cybersecurity roles and pathways to real career opportunities
  • Build a personal roadmap to enter and grow in the cybersecurity workforce

Program Curriculum

Content
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Physical Security
  • Chapter 2: Securing Operating Systems
  • Chapter 3: Clear Desk and Removable Media Policy
  • Chapter 4: Internet Security
  • Chapter 5: Diving into Malware and Viruses
  • Chapter 6: Security on Social Networking Sites
  • Chapter 7: Securing E-mail Communication
  • Chapter 8: Securing Mobile Devices
  • Chapter 9: Securing the Cloud
  • Chapter 10: Network Connections
  • Chapter 11: Data Backup and Disaster Recovery

Content
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Information Security
  • Chapter 2: Information Systems Security
  • Chapter 3: Human Security
  • Chapter 4: Cryptography Basics
  • Chapter 5: Introduction to Security Policy Compliance
  • Chapter 6: Conclusion

Content
  • Chapter 1: How Hard is it To Get Hacked?
  • Chapter 2: Targeted Email Phishing and Social Engineering
  • Chapter 3: Macro Malware
  • Chapter 4: Business Email Compromise
  • Chapter 5: Smishing
  • Chapter 6: Vishing
  • Chapter 7: Ransomware
  • Chapter 8: Red Flags
  • Chapter 9: Search Engine Optimization
  • Chapter 10: Apple
  • Chapter 11: Smartphones and Mobile Apps
  • Chapter 12: Password Management
  • Chapter 13: 2-Factor Authentication
  • Chapter 14: Passkeys
  • Chapter 15: Browser Security
  • Chapter 16: Internet Data Privacy
  • Chapter 17: Identity Theft
  • Chapter 18: Encryption
  • Chapter 19: IoT/Internet of Things
  • Chapter 20: What Else Can You Do to Protect Yourself?

Content
  • Chapter 1: Linux Installation
  • Chapter 2: Linux Command Line Interface (CLI) Essentials
  • Chapter 3: Advanced CLI Usage
  • Chapter 4: Linux Development Tools
  • Chapter 5: Web Development Project
  • Chapter 6: Web Server Setup, Host Configuration, and App Deployment
  • Chapter 7: Linux User Management
  • Chapter 8: Linux Network Administration

Content
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: My Experience on Your Table
  • Chapter 3: Career Development: Cybersecurity
  • Chapter 4: Career Development: Privacy
  • Chapter 5: Writing Your Resume with Examples
  • Chapter 6: Take Your Career to the Next Level
  • Chapter 7: Short Wrap up of What We Learned
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Instructor

Jeff Minakata

Jeff Minakata has worked in the IT industry for over 22 years. He holds various cybersecurity certifications, networking certifications, and engineering certifications such as C|OSINT Certified, trained in CEH v8, CEH v9, CEH v11, CISP, Metasploit certified, Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE), MCSI OSINT Practitioner, and CWA certified. He is an Online Instructor for OSINT, ethical hacking, and network security. He has contracted courses for EC-Council, Udemy, and has written articles for Hackin9 and eForensics magazine. Jeff currently works on the computer networking side and teaches ethical hacking, OSINT, and cybersecurity online. He is passionate about helping people understand OSINT, ethical hacking, and cybersecurity.

Reza Zaheri

Reza Zaheri is a cyber security professional with over 15 years of leadership and hands-on experience working Cyber Security with Fortune 100 companies. He has lived and breathed cyber security for a very long time: having spent the first few years of my career conducting numerous security assessments and managing a Security Engineering team. He has then moved on fight the bad guys on the cyber front lines for the past 10 years, by directing Digital Forensics and Incident Response teams for Fortune 100 companies. He was responsible for incident detection, investigation and digital forensics of all cyber security incidents across the United States, as well as providing digital forensics assistance to Latin American regional offices. He managed and participated in hundreds of investigations, working with the FBI and DHS at times, and saw first hand how the bad guys were trying to break into our computers, emails, mobile phones and networks. And it was also during this time, using all the first-hand knowledge he had gained over the years, that he decided to create my very own Enterprise Security Awareness program, whereby he presented the engaging cyber security training either in-person, or via online videos, to 30,000 of his fellow employees across the United States and Latin America.

Tino Sokic

Tino Sokic is a Cyber Security Professional with an emphasis on users’ privacy who has been in the IT field for over ten years. The combination of law school and IT certifications with a Systems Engineer background has produced a need to raise awareness of the technologies that surround people’s lives. As a Cyber Security Awareness and an Open Source Intelligence trainer, Tino has the ability to provide easy-to-follow curriculums consisting of hands-on examples and real-life stories. His focus is on the human side of technology. Tino is a co-founder of the Croatian regional biggest website that provides free tutorials and how to’s about technology and attends various Cyber Security conferences across Europe as a Guest Speaker. Also, he is a column writer for one of the first Croatian IT magazines and a regular guest on Cyber Security questions on the National TV.

Roland Costea

Roland is a cybersecurity, privacy, and cloud leader and strategist with a demonstrated experience in running cybersecurity & cloud business units, practices, divisions from zero to maturity with year over year quality growth and quota over-achievement (projects of more >50 million euro/year). Roland has the following certifications: CISSP, CIPM, CIPT, CIPP/E, CRISC, CISM, CCSK v4, CCSP, LPT, CEH, ISO 27001LA, TOGAF.

Joseph Delgadillo

Joseph Delgadillo is the founder of JTDigital Courses, an education technology company. He has been active in the online learning community since 2015 and has worked with multiple startups. As of 2020, over 600,000 students across the globe have enrolled in his courses covering ethical hacking, Python programming, web development and more. He graduated with honours from Central Washington University.

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