Practical Cybersecurity for IT Professionals

Course details

Learn how to protect your network from cyberattacks through practical, hands-on demonstrations. In this course, Malcolm Shore shows how to use the latest tools to discourage and combat hackers, phishers, and snoops attempting to infiltrate your Windows and Linux systems. Learn what forms cyberattacks can take, as well as the two most common types of protection you can build into your system: Antivirus protection and firewalls. Then, learn how to scan your network for suspicious files, check what services are exposed on your systems, and identify vulnerabilities at the host level with Nessus scans. Malcolm also shows how to combat application-level threats, identify weak points in your web applications, and monitor packet-level activity on your network.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Understanding cybersecurity
02 - What you should know
03 - Disclaimer

1. Why Cybersecurity

04 - A history of hackers
05 - The cyber kill chain
06 - Stuxnet and the kill chain
07 - Common forms of cyberattack
08 - Viruses, spyware, and adware
09 - Cybercrime and ransomware
10 - Emerging trends in cybersecurity

2. Antivirus

11 - Introducing Microsoft Defender Antivirus
12 - Detecting malware with Microsoft Defender
13 - Automating scans with Task Scheduler
14 - Other antivirus solutions

3. Firewalls

15 - Why firewalls
16 - Windows Firewall basics
17 - Advanced Windows Firewall
18 - ZedLan firewall log analyser
19 - Introducing Linux iptables
20 - Setting up a simple iptables firewall

4. Network Scanning

21 - Getting started with Nmap
22 - Advanced Nmap options

5. Network Connections

23 - Getting started with netcat
24 - Transferring files using netcat
25 - Connecting to services
26 - Setting up a netcat honeypot

6. Vulnerability Scanning

27 - Preparing Nessus
28 - Setting up a Nessus policy
29 - Running a Nessus scan
30 - Running an exploit

7. Web Applications

31 - Combating application level threats
32 - Running an SQL injection attack
33 - Cross-site scripting
34 - Scanning with ZAP
35 - Using a proxy to manipulate web traffic

8. Network Protocols

36 - Explaining data communications
37 - Capturing packets with Wireshark
38 - Making sense of the protocols

Conclusion

39 - What's next