Overview What You Will Learn Curriculum Instructor

Course Overview

Attacks on enterprise networks and home networks are a growing problem with daily targeted attacks that can result in crippling results. These attacks have become more aggressive, sophisticated, and dangerous over the years.

This course is designed to give you the knowledge and skills to identify, mitigate, and prevent these attacks and help you secure your network. The course is a practical course and designed to follow along at home or at work.

By the end of this course, you will have a solid understanding of a wide variety of cybersecurity-related areas for home and work.

What You Will Learn

  • Why network security is important
  • How to identify phishing emails , bad links , etc.
  • How to prevent and recover from virus and ransomware attacks
  • How hackers recon your network
  • How to make your network a harder target
  • How to protect yourself and your company

Program Curriculum

  • Yes, You Are a Target
  • Typical Attacks Against a Network
  • DOS/DDOS Attacks
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • A Malicious Hacker’s Methodology
  • What We Can Learn from Malicious Hackers
  • Scanning Tools and Methodology
  • Social Engineering
  • Physical Attacks
  • Getting Sneaky with MiTM and DDOS Attacks
  • ExploidDB
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • What is an Insider Threat?
  • Why Employee Training is Important and Some Tips
  • Why You Need to Strike a Balance Between Security and Ease of Use
  • Employee Reporting
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Patching Everything
  • Antivirus and Console Tools
  • Fake Error Messages, a Look at Scareware and What it is
  • Limiting User Rights
  • Application Reduction, Why You Should Slim It Down
  • VPN (What it is, Why They are Important)
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • System Log Files
  • Monitoring Software
  • Snort (IDS)
  • Network Alert Software and Monitoring (Meraki)
  • IP (What is IP Addresses, Why They are Important)
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • About Phishing Emails
  • Identifying Phishing Emails
  • Running a Phishing Campaign
  • Chapter 6 Quiz

  • What is a Red Team?
  • What is a Blue Team?
  • In-house or Contracted?
  • Chapter 7 Quiz

  • What is OSINT?
  • Trace Labs OSINT VM
  • Tracking by IP
  • Canary Tokens
  • Bitcoin Tracking
  • Chapter 8 Quiz

  • Damage Control and Assessment
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Developing and Learning from Your Attack
  • Chapter 9 Quiz
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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.

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