Security Operations Center Analyst

NASSCOM FutureSkills Ecosystem Partner

Certificate from Webster University

The world is undergoing significant digital‐transformations, drastically changing the way we conduct business and carry out daily transactions. Cybersecurity assures the proper operation of everything from financial transactions to power generation, affects every size and scale of business, government, and more. Cybersecurity has become increasingly critical in the cyber-age.

Cyber-attacks can be extremely expensive, and cost lives, fortunes, and the future of nations. Attacks are getting more sophisticated, more frequent, and reaching more people around the world. That makes it important for you to become aware of the effects of cybersecurity issues.

Kickstart or re-kindle your career: This is an “Outcome-based training” with a focus on employability, designed to prepare you for employment opportunities to work at a Security Operations Centre (SOC/NOC)
Learn from the best in the world expert instructor, who earned thetitle “Father of the Computer Virus” and devised defenses used in more than 80% of computers worldwide
Get practical insights from an (ISC)² Fellow, with over 40 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry and academia
Real-life use-cases and case studies to give you practical insights
Receive a Certificate upon successfully completing the course
Learn by doing: Access iZen’s cyberlabs for lab exercises to reinforce the understanding of concepts. Get hands-on experience

PREREQUISITES:

Basic knowledge of computers and networking. No programming skills needed

Module-1: Basics of network operations and mechanisms

Physical and logical layers
Protocols and IP, Sniffing, TCP, UDP, DNS
How does the traffic flow?
Governance, Flow of traffic and SMTP
Live Lab-exercises

Module-2: Fundamentals of network attack methods

Components, and attack mechanisms
Attacker objectives, capabilities
Attacker methods and mechanisms
Defender’s viewpoints and objectives
Attack methodologies
Starting position and attack progression
Passive and active attack tools
Design basis threat
Live Lab-exercises

Module-3: Essentials of network attack detection mechanisms

The magnitude of the problemy
Attacks on Vs. through networks
Detecting known attack sequences
Live Lab-exercises

Module-4: Automated detection tools, and operational methodologies

A general approach to detection
Loss of accountability
Detection and response in a NOC
Live Lab-exercises

PROGRAM FACULTY

Dr. Fred Cohen has over 40 years of experience building companies and supporting risk management and strategic decision making for enterprises of all sizes. He is globally recognized as an innovative expert in information protection and cybersecurity. He is one of the only 20 Cybersecurity experts in the world, recognized as a fellow of (ISC)² at “Cybersecurity and IT Security Certifications and Training”. Dr. Cohen works closely with global experts to help bring knowledge of all things Cyber to program attendees from around the world.

LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-fred-cohen/

The more detailed profile can be found at http://fc0.co/

Dr. Cohen has a long history of being ahead of the curve:

Won several international awards for his work in Cybersecurity
Led the team that defined the information assurance problem as it relates to critical infrastructure protection
Did seminal research in the use of deception for information protection
His "Deception for Protection" series of papers is widely cited, and the techniques he pioneered are now in global use
A leader in advancing the science of digital forensic evidence examination
Top-flight information protection consultant and industry analyst for many years
Authored more than 200 invited, refereed, and other scientific and management research articles
Wrote monthly articles on cyber since 1995 and wrote several books on information protection
His "Enterprise Information Protection Architecture", "Challenges to Digital Forensic Evidence", and "Digital Forensic Evidence Examination" are used in graduate classes and other venues worldwide
Leading security practitioners around the globe have used his "Chief Information Security Officers ToolKit" series of books and booklets
His "Frauds Spies and Lies and How to Defeat Them" book has been the subject of radio talk shows
The research community has widely used his series of "Infosec Baseline" studies as stepping off points for further research
His "50 Ways" series is very popular among practitioners looking for issues to be addressed
His "World War 3 .Information Warfare Basics" is highly regarded among the thinkers in this arena
Founded the College Cyber Defenders program at Sandia National Laboratories that ultimately led to the formation of the CyberCorps program
Taught and testified on issues of digital forensics as an admitted expert in local, State, Federal, and other courts in criminal and civil matters
Was named the "most famous hacker" of all time by ABC News in 2009

Security Operations Center Analyst

Instructor: Dr. Fred Cohen

PROGRAM FACULTY