Advanced Cyber Security Training: Network Security
Understand the importance of network security
Cyber attacks on your business or home network can have devastating results. This four-week course will give you the knowledge and skills to identify and prevent these attacks, as well as helping you increase your network security.
Using a practical approach to cyber security, you’ll learn how to deal with the growing problem of network attacks and understand how malicious hackers could break into your network.
Learn how to identify types of network attacks
On this course, you’ll build your understanding of network security and how to deal with disaster recovery, should a network attack happen.
You’ll start with an introduction to the different types of attackers and network attacks that occur, including phishing, spear phishing, DDOS, and ransomware.
You’ll also learn vital techniques to help you recover from an attack.
Conduct threat assessment scanning and learn how to use security tools
Having understood the theory of network attacks, you’ll use a hands-on approach to strengthen your knowledge.
You’ll discover and use the tools needed to conduct threat assessment scanning including Nmap, Spiderfoot, OpenVas and Nessus.
You’ll also understand how to carry out a penetration test using ExploitDB.
Learn how to use OSINT and how to secure your network
Using OSINT tools (open-source intelligence), you’ll learn how to gather intelligence on the attacker, allowing you to narrow down potential vulnerabilities and understand how hackers recon your network.
These transferable cyber security skills can then be used to increase the security in your network, making it a harder target for potential attackers.
Syllabus
Week 1
Is My Network Really Under Attack?
Week 2
How to Securing Your Network from Within
Week 3
Network Monitoring and Preventative Measures Against Phishing
Week 4
How to Test Your Network and Recover from Attacks
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Learning on this course
You can take this self-guided course and learn at your own pace. On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
Explore why network security is important
Identify phishing emails, bad links, and so on
Assess how to prevent and recover from virus and ransomware attacks
Explore how hackers recon your network
Explore how to make your network a harder target
Explore how to protect yourself and your company
Who is the course for?
This course offers a comprehensive guide to network security with video walk-throughs, making it suitable for both beginners and experienced users.
You don’t need any prior knowledge to join.
About this ExpertTrack
Build essential cyber security skills and learn about security threats and how to manage them.
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- As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
- Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
- Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate
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