Cyber Security

Description

Reports have shown that the annual cost of global cybercrime is expected to reach six (6) trillion US dollars by 2021(Cybersecurity Ventures Report,2017).  This proves how expedient it is for corporate organizations to equip staff to be aware of the risk and threats that menace the security in the cyberspace and to know the countermeasures to defend such attacks.

 

Objective(s)

The objective of the training is to equip participants with the techniques needed to protect unsecure networks, applications and systems. The training will also equip participants on how to assess and identify vulnerabilities on networks and in applications. Participants will learn various defensive mechanisms to secure company networks and critical applications.

Course Outline

• Introduction to the Linux Operating System
• Virtualization
• Overview of NIST Cybersecurity framework
• Network reconnaissance and vulnerability assessment
• Exploitation and attack vectors
• Cyber incident response
• Cyber incident response 
• Network Security Monitoring tools (SELKS/security Oninon)
• Suricata intrusion detection Linux distro(SELKS)
• Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (ELK)

Duration: Four weeks and 2 days or 55 hours

 

Delivery method

Weekdays, evenings (5:30pm – 8:30pm)
Weekends (9am -2pm)
 

 

Target Group

• Network administrators
• Systems administrators
• Programmers
• Database administrators
• System integrators
• Desktop support assistants

Career Possibilities

• Information Security Analyst
• Security Architect
• IT security Engineer
• Penetration Tester
• IT Security Consultant, etc.

Pre-requisites

• Degree or diploma in Information Technology / Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Computer Networking OR 1-2 years’ experience in System or Network Administration
• Certification in any of the following: CCNA, Comptia Network +, MCSE ,MCITP  or Comptia Linux+

 

 

REGISTRATION FEE: GHC 80.00

COURSE FEE: GHC 1,000.00