Intermediate: Security+

This track covers Security+ content.

20 Courses | 12h 28m 8s

Advanced: CASP+

This track covers CASP+ content.

14 Courses | 16h 27m 29s

Advanced: CISSP

This track covers CISSP content.

8 Courses | 4h 26m 33s

COURSES INCLUDED

CompTIA Security+: Security Goals & Controls

Every long journey, including the path to Security+ certification, begins with a few steps and some fundamental practices. Security goals and controls are an important starting point for building your security skills. You will begin this course by familiarizing yourself with the four primary security goals of confidentiality, integrity, availability, and non-repudiation. You will then explore the concepts of authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) and how they relate to people, systems, and models. Finally, you will delve into security control categories and types. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

10 videos | 29m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Fundamental Security Concepts

The Security+ candidate must display competency in an assortment of core security concepts including the newer Zero Trust initiative and common physical security controls. In this course, the learner will explore gap analysis, Zero Trust control and data planes, deception technologies like honeynets, physical security controls, Change Management business processes and technical implications, and documentation and version control. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

11 videos | 33m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Practical Cryptography

Cryptography is at the heart of many security controls and countermeasures and as such, Security+ candidates must have a solid grasp of practical cryptography. In this course, you will discover symmetric and asymmetric cryptography and compare different encryption levels, including full disk and partition. Next, you will explore hashing, salting, hash-based message authentication codes (HMACs), and key exchange. Then you will examine digital signatures, certificates, and public key infrastructure (PKI), focusing on certificate authorities (CAs), certificate signing request (CSR) generation, and Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP). Finally, you will investigate cryptographic tools like Trusted Platform Module (TPM), hardware security module, and key management systems, and you will dive into blockchain technology. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

11 videos | 43m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Threat Actors & Vectors

One of the primary goals for an emerging security practitioner is to have a firm grasp of the present threatscape. The learner will build this vital knowledge base in this course. In this course, we will explore threat actor types, attributes, and motivations. Next, we will dive into the use of human vectors and social engineering as well as common attack surfaces. Then we will explore supply chain, application, and O/S and web-based vulnerabilities. Finally, we will cover hardware and virtualization vulnerabilities, cloud vulnerabilities, and mobile device vulnerabilities. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

12 videos | 34m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Survey of Malicious Activities

Malicious software, also known as malware, comes in a variety of attack vectors and characteristics. The ability to stay current with the different malware and variants is one of the biggest challenges for modern security professionals. Begin this course by exploring malware attacks like ransomware, trojan horses, and logic bombs. Then you will investigate physical and network attacks including brute force, denial-of-service, and credential replay attacks. Next, you will focus on application and cryptographic attacks, such as buffer overflow, privilege escalation, collision, and birthday attacks. Finally, you will take a look at password attacks and discover indicators of compromise, like concurrent session usage, blocked content, and impossible travel. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

9 videos | 35m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Mitigation Techniques

As a security professional, it is always better to be proactive with mitigation rather than purely reactive. Begin this course by exploring segmentation and isolation, access control mechanisms, and configuration and patch management. Next, you will investigate the principles of least privilege and separation of duties and find out how encryption technologies can shield private information from unauthorized users. Then you will examine the monitoring and visibility of access controls and learn the best practices for decommissioning and offboarding. Finally, you will focus on hardening techniques, including endpoint detection and response (EDR), host intrusion detection system (HIDS)/host intrusion prevention system (HIPS), disabling ports/protocols, default password changes, and removal of unnecessary software. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

10 videos | 29m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Architecture & Infrastructure Concepts

A physical structure that is built by engineers and architects needs solid design, construction, and ongoing maintenance. The same can be said for a networking and system environment. Begin this course by exploring fundamental security architectural considerations, including high availability, resilience, scalability, and responsiveness. Then, you will discover cloud computing, focusing on the cloud responsibility matrix, hybrid considerations, and third-party vendors. You will investigate Infrastructure as Code, compare serverless technologies, and learn about containers and microservices. Next, you will take a look at network infrastructure, centralized and decentralized design, and virtualization. Finally, you will examine industrial control systems (ICSs), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, and the Internet of Things. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

12 videos | 44m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Enterprise Infrastructure Security Principles

This course is a critical component of modern technical controls and countermeasures, as many of the technologies covered represent the daily technical activities of security practitioners, operators, and administrators. Begin by discovering various infrastructure security considerations like device placement, security zones, and failure modes. Then, you will compare network appliances and explore port security and firewalls. Next, you will examine virtual private networks (VPNs) and IP security (IPSec). Finally, you will investigate transport layer security (TLS), software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs), and secure access service edge (SASE). This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

10 videos | 43m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Data Protection Concepts & Strategies

It is an understatement to declare that society is rapidly becoming a data-driven and service-oriented. Data protection and security is a key aspect of modern IT security management. In this course, we will begin by exploring data states, classification, types, and lifecycles. Then we will examine considerations for securing data including geographic and cultural restrictions, encryptions, and hashing. Finally, we will look at masking, obfuscation, and tokenization as well as segmentation and compartmentalization. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

10 videos | 26m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Resilience & Recovery

Restoration and recovery is a vital part of a comprehensive backup plan. As a well-known axiom regarding backup strategy states, "a backup policy without tested restoration and recovery is no backup at all." In this course, we will examine restoration and recovery concepts, beginning with load balancing, clustering, and backup strategies. Next, we will explore continuity of operations, multicloud, and disaster recovery sites. We will then focus on capacity planning and testing techniques. Finally, we will look at power considerations. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

9 videos | 44m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Computing Resources Security Techniques

Today's security professional must contend with more types of computing systems and operating systems than ever before due to mobility, embedded, smart, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. In this course, you will explore secure baselines and hardening targets. Then you will learn about wireless device installation issues, mobile device solutions, and connection methods. Next, you will investigate wireless security settings, cryptographic protocols, and authentication protocols. Finally, you will discover application security techniques and asset management tasks, including assignment/accounting, monitoring/asset tracking, enumeration, and disposal/decommissioning. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

9 videos | 35m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability management is an ongoing process designed to proactively protect computer systems, networks, and applications from cyberattacks and data breaches and is an integral part of your overall security system. Begin this course by exploring threat feeds like open-source intelligence (OSINT), Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), and Common Vulnerability Enumeration (CVE) to help gather information about potential threats or adversaries. Then you will investigate application vulnerability assessments for assigning severity levels, vulnerability scanning to identify known and unknown weaknesses, and penetration testing to simulate real-world attacks. Finally, you will discover vulnerability response and learn how to validate and report on remediation processes. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

8 videos | 26m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Security Monitoring & Alerting

Congratulations. You have convinced your steering committee to give you a huge budget, new hires, and broader access to deploy a ton of security controls at the new regional branch office. However, within weeks you will be brought back to report on the effectiveness of the new expensive toys. This is why solid monitoring and alerting are critical for success. In this course, you will explore security monitoring and alerting, beginning with monitoring computing resources, visibility, and agent-based and agentless monitoring. Then you will focus on monitoring activities like log aggregation, alert response, and validation. Next, you will discover the importance and benefits of Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP), security information and event management (SIEM), and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) systems. Finally, you will investigate antivirus and data loss prevention (DLP) systems, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps, and NetFlow records. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

10 videos | 31m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Enterprise Security Capabilities

This course is a vital exploration of many of the day-to-day operational controls that the security professional is often involved with. This is what is referred to as the "due care" aspect of the job or ongoing continual maintenance. In other words, these are core "blue team" responsibilities. Topics presented to the learner include firewalls, intrusion detection system (IDS)/intrusion prevention system (IPS), web filtering, operating system security, implementing secure protocols, DNS filtering, email security, DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), Sender Policy Framework (SPF), gateways, File Integrity Monitoring (FIM), data loss prevention (DLP), network access control (NAC), endpoint detection and response (EDR), Extended Detection and Response (XDR), and user behavior analytics (UBA). This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

13 videos | 53m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Identity and Access Management

Hybrid and remote work are more common than ever, and employees need secure access to enterprise resources from wherever they are. This is where identity and access management (IAM) comes to the rescue. The organization's IT department needs to control what users can and can't access so that sensitive data and functions are restricted to only the people and resources that need to work with them. In this course, we will explore IAM tools beginning with provisioning and deprovisioning user accounts, and password concepts including password best practices, length, complexity, reuse, expiration, age, password managers, and passwordless solutions. Next, we will look at federation and single sign-on (SSO), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Open Authorization (OAuth), Security Assertions Markup Language (SAML), interoperability, and attestation. We will then consider access control models including mandatory, discretionary, role-based, rule-based, attribute-based, time-of-day restrictions, and least privilege. Finally, we will explore multi-factor authentication (MFA), biometric authentication, and privileged access management tools (PAM). This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

9 videos | 42m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Automation, Orchestration, & Incident Response

Automation offers many advantages to information technology including higher production rates and increased productivity, more efficient use of resources, both physical and logical, better product/service quality, and improved security and safety. In this course, the learner will tackle concepts such as automation and scripting use cases, continuous integration and testing, application programming interfaces (APIs), the benefits of automation, automation considerations, the incident response process, training, testing, tabletop exercises, simulations, threat hunting, root cause analysis, digital forensics, and investigation data sources. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

10 videos | 48m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Effective Security Governance

According to Gartner: "Security governance is a process for overseeing the cybersecurity teams who are responsible for mitigating business risks. Security governance leaders make the decisions that allow risks to be prioritized so that security efforts are focused on business priorities rather than their own." In this course, you will further define security governance and types of governance structures. Then you will discover security governance roles and responsibilities, such as owners, stewards, and officers, and external governance considerations. Next, you will explore guidance, best practices, standards, and policies like the software development life cycle (SDLC) and change management. Finally, you will investigate security governance procedures, including playbooks, monitoring, and revision. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

9 videos | 46m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Risk Management

Security risk management is the ongoing process of identifying security risks and implementing plans to address them. Most security professionals should have a solid foundation in this important cross-disciplinary initiative. In this course, you will take a deep dive into security risk management, including risk identification and assessment. Then you will explore risk analysis concepts like qualitative and quantitative analysis and impact/magnitude. Next, you will discover risk treatment and handling strategies, including transfer, acceptance, and exemption. You will examine risk registers and ledgers, key risk indicators, risk owners, and risk thresholds. Finally, you will investigate risk reporting techniques and business impact analysis (BIA) to predict the consequences of a disruption to a business and collect information needed to develop recovery strategies. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

9 videos | 38m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Security Compliance & Third-Party Risk

Security compliance management is the collection of policies, procedures, and other internal controls that an enterprise leverages to meet its regulatory requirements for data privacy and protection. In this course, you will explore compliance monitoring topics like due diligence, attestation, and compliance automation, as well as internal and external compliance reporting. Then you investigate the consequences of non-compliance, including fines, sanctions, and reputational damage. Next, you will examine privacy considerations for keeping information involving people confidential. Finally, you will assess vendor assessment and selection techniques like supply chain analysis and rules of engagement, and you will discover various agreement types, such as non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), service-level agreements (SLAs), and statements of work (SOWs). This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

8 videos | 35m Assessment Badge

CompTIA Security+: Audits, Assessments, & Awareness

A security audit is a systematic and methodical examination of an organization's security infrastructure, policies, and procedures. The goal is to identify vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and potential threats to sensitive information assets, physical assets, and personnel. In this final course, the learner will be exposed to topics such as internal and external audit and attestation, penetration testing audits, user guidance and training, phishing campaigns, and security training monitoring and reporting. This course is part of a series that prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam.

8 videos | 23m Assessment Badge

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CompTIA CASP+: Assessing & Managing Risk

Recognizing threats and managing risk are key to hardening an organization's security posture. In this course, you'll explore how to apply risk management frameworks to assess and mitigate risk, as well as how to identify threat actors and physical risks. Next, you'll learn how to mitigate risks related to human resources and social engineering techniques. You'll then move on to examine how to work with qualitative and quantitative risk analysis. Lastly, you'll learn about insider threats, supply chain dependencies, and sources of threat intelligence. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam.

15 videos | 1h 25m Assessment Badge

CompTIA CASP+: Virtualization Security

Securing today's enterprise computing environments means understanding how virtualization is used. Organizations must consider how to secure virtualization solutions used both on-premises in and the cloud. In this course, you'll learn to identify various types of virtualization solutions such as network virtualization, operating system virtualization, desktop, and app virtualization. You will then learn to distinguish the difference between type 1 and type 2 hypervisors. Next, you'll focus on virtualization security and how to deploy virtual machines on-premises. Lastly, you'll learn to work with application containers. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam.

12 videos | 1h Assessment Badge

CompTIA CASP+: Secure Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is widely used by individuals and enterprises to outsource IT solutions. In this course, you'll begin with learning how to identify cloud deployment and service models. Next, you'll review cloud service level agreements, cloud security solutions, and how to work with cloud VNets. Moving on, you'll learn how to configure cloud autoscaling to increase application availability. You'll also explore now to deploy a cloud-based firewall, configure firewall routing, and enable RDP through cloud firewalls. Lastly, you'll learn how to create a cloud key vault and enable cloud storage security. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam.

19 videos | 1h 50m Assessment Badge

CompTIA CASP+: Cryptography & PKI

Cryptography has long played a role in securing sensitive information. In this course, you'll begin with an overview of cryptography and how it can secure data at rest and data in motion. You'll then learn how to enable EFS and BitLocker to protect data at rest. You'll explore how to identify methods by which cryptography can protect data in transit and configure network security via IPsec. Finally, you'll examine how PKI uses certificates to secure IT systems through HTTPS, SSH remote management, and generating file system hashes. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam.

17 videos | 1h 51m Assessment Badge

CompTIA CASP+: Storage & Network Security

On-premises and cloud-based storage security solutions are very similar in nature. In this course, you'll learn how to determine which RAID disk solution best applies in a given situation, as well as how to secure various network storage solutions and DNS. Next, you'll learn to recognize when to apply firewalls to secure networks and how to configure various firewall solutions. Moving on, you'll explore how to configure a VPN and secure wired and wireless networks. Lastly, you'll examine how to manage servers through a jump box and how attackers enable reverse shells. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam.

16 videos | 1h 47m Assessment Badge

CompTIA CASP+: Authentication & Authorization

Securing user and device logins, as well as access to IT resources, relates to authentication and authorization. In this course, you'll learn how to differentiate between authentication and authorization and also ow to enable 2FA and MFA user authentication. Next, you'll explore how to enable Wi-Fi RADIUS authentication, configure SELinux, and enable attribute-based control in Windows. Lastly, you'll examine how to use Group Policy to configure password policy settings, crack passwords using freely available tools like the Johnny tool, brute-force RDP using Hydra, and limit cloud admin access using role-based access control. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam.

11 videos | 1h 1m Assessment Badge

CompTIA CASP+: IT Governance & Security Compliance

IT governance involves ensuring that business and regulatory compliance needs are met by IT solutions. In this course, you'll learn to identify common data privacy standards and regulations, as well as various types of business agreements. Next, you'll learn to classify personally identifiable information using various methods including Macie for data discovery and classification. You'll explore how to use Azure Information Protection to enable DLP and tag cloud resources to facilitate resource management. You'll then examine how to securely wipe a storage device and identify common organization security policies. Lastly, you'll learn how to identify data roles and configure cloud data retention. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam.

12 videos | 1h 7m Assessment Badge

CompTIA CASP+: Mobile & Embedded Devices

Mobile devices have become ubiquitous and as a result deserve the attention of cybersecurity specialists. In this course, you'll explore how mobile, embedded, drones, and IoT devices are used and their related security risks. Next, you'll learn how to search for vulnerable devices using the Shodan web site. Moving on, you'll explore how to secure remote network connectivity with a VPN and examine smartphone hardening techniques. Lastly, you'll learn how to register and manage an Android device using a Mobile Device Management solution. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam.

8 videos | 42m Assessment Badge

CompTIA CASP+: Industrial Computing Environments

Industrial control systems present a unique security risk when it comes to public services such as power, water, and other industrial processes. In this course, you'll learn how to recognize common industrial network protocols and terminology. Next, you'll learn how Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition relates to industrial control systems. You'll explore NIST ICS security control documentation. Lastly, you'll learn how to configure an S7 PLC emulator and use Metasploit to stop the device. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam.

8 videos | 39m Assessment Badge

CompTIA CASP+: Emerging Technologies & SecDevOps

Emerging technologies present unique security risks in that the technology is not yet mature. Software developers must adhere to secure development practices to minimize threat impacts. In this course, you'll learn how to identify security risks associated with emerging technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum computing, and 3-D printing. You'll also learn to identify the top 10 web app threats and use the OWASP ZAP tool to identify web app vulnerabilities. Next, you'll explore how to securely develop and deploy software solutions. Lastly, you learn to distinguish between various testing techniques. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam.

8 videos | 43m Assessment Badge

CompTIA CASP+: Monitoring & Incident Response

Enterprise IT monitoring is crucial in detecting potential security incidents. In this course, you'll explore various monitoring methods for hosts, devices, and networks. Next, you'll learn to configure log forwarding and work with logs through PowerShell. Moving on, you'll learn to recognize when to use honeyfiles, honeypots, and honeynets, as well as SIEM and SOAR solutions. You'll then examine intrusion detection and prevention and how they are used to secure a network. Lastly, you'll explore the use of tools such as Snort, tcpdump, nmap, and Wireshark for analyzing networks and network traffic. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam.

15 videos | 1h 27m Assessment Badge

CompTIA CASP+: Vulnerabilities & Hardening

Cybersecurity specialists must be able to identify vulnerabilities and apply security controls to mitigate threats. In this course, you'll learn how to identify the steps attackers take to gain access to resources and examine physical security issues. Next, you'll learn how network segmentation can increase security, how attackers use zombies and botnets, and how common attacks take place. Moving on, you'll explore common hardening techniques, how to scan for vulnerabilities, and how to setup up a WSUS server. Lastly, you'll learn how to use the Metasploit framework and crack WPA2 Wi-Fi passphrases. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam.

13 videos | 1h Assessment Badge

CompTIA CASP+: Digital Forensics

Gathering digital evidence for use in a court of law is done using very specific techniques. In this course, you'll learn to recognize the process by which hardware and software digital forensic tools are used to acquire and analyze evidence. Next, you'll learn to work with file system hashing and forensic disk image acquisition including creating and hashing a Linux disk image. You'll also explore how to use FTK imager to acquire a forensic disk image. Lastly, you'll explore how to retrieve Android device information using the Android Debug Bridge and hide messages using steganography. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam.

8 videos | 39m Assessment Badge

CompTIA CASP+: Business Continuity

Business continuity measures ensure that business operations continue during disruptions. In this course, you'll learn how to identify common disaster recovery terms and techniques and plan how to respond to business disruptions. Next, you'll learn to identify how to use physical and logical redundancy, clustering and load balancing to increase system and application availability. Lastly, you'll explore cloud-based load balancing and backups including learning how to configure and deploy a Microsoft Azure Load Balancer as well as back up data using Microsoft Azure. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam.

7 videos | 35m Assessment Badge

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CISSP 2024: Professional Ethics & Security Concepts

Regardless of the guidance that one is following as a security professional, one common theme is that architects must be held to a high ethical standard based on their responsibility to manage risk to all assets. In this course, you will explore the International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC2) Code of Professional Ethics. Then you will discover organizational codes of ethics, which establish an integral aspect of a mission and model adopted by an organization. Finally, you will focus on the Five Pillars of information security - confidentiality, integrity, availability, authenticity, and non-repudiation. This course helps prepare learners for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.

9 videos | 18m Assessment Badge

CISSP 2024: Security Governance & Compliance Issues

Security governance is the set of practices exercised by executive management to offer strategic direction, ensuring that objectives are achieved, determining that risks are managed properly, and verifying that the organizations' resources are used responsibly. Begin this course by discovering how to align security governance with organizational goals and objectives. Then you will explore organizational processes like acquisitions, divestitures, and governance committees, as well as organizational roles and responsibilities. You will investigate security control frameworks like including the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and learn about due diligence, due care, cybercrimes, and data breaches. Next, you will examine licensing and intellectual property requirements, import and export controls, transborder data flow, and privacy-related issues. Finally, you will focus on contractual, legal, industry standards and regulatory requirements. This course helps prepare learners for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.

12 videos | 42m Assessment Badge

CISSP 2024: Investigations & Policies

Cybercrime investigation is a critical practice in a modern security landscape. In this field, skilled security professionals from agencies like the FBI use digital forensics to track, analyze, and dismantle various types of cybercrime and cyber threats. This course covers several CISSP exam objectives. You will begin by exploring the requirements for administrative, criminal, civil, regulatory, and industry investigations. You will then learn to develop, document, and implement security policy, standards, procedures, and guidelines. Finally, you will discover considerations for the enforcement of personnel security policies and procedures. This course helps prepare learners for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.

7 videos | 32m Assessment Badge

CISSP 2024: Risk Management Concepts

Security risk management involves the continual process of identifying security risks and implementing strategy and tactics to mitigate them. It is a vital component of any organization's strategy to protect its assets, ensure regulatory compliance, maintain operational continuity, and safeguard its reputation. Begin this course by exploring threat and vulnerability identification, as well as risk analysis, assessment, and response. Next, you will discover control categories, types, and assessments. Then you will investigate continuous monitoring and measurement and risk management reporting. Finally, you will examine continuous improvement and risk frameworks as you gain the essential skills to protect and secure your organization's critical resources. This course helps prepare learners for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.

11 videos | 45m Assessment Badge

CISSP 2024: Threat Modeling, SCRM, & Security Awareness

Threat modeling uses hypothetical scenarios, system and data flow diagrams, and testing to assist in securing systems, applications and data. In this course, the learner will explore threat modeling concepts and methodologies, supply chain risk management (SCRM) concepts, and ways to establish and maintain a security awareness, education, and training program. This course helps prepare learners for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.

8 videos | 29m Assessment Badge

CISSP 2024: Asset Classification, Handling, & Provisioning

It is an established principle that before risk can be assessed and analyzed, an organization must know what physical and software resources they have. This enables businesses to categorize and allocate their assets effectively, thus mitigating risks, optimizing usage, and potentially saving costs. Begin this course by exploring general asset classification, types of assets, and restricted, confidential, internal, and public data. Then you will discover information and asset handling requirements and secure provisioning of assets. Next, you will investigate different use cases for asset ownership. Finally, you will examine tangible and intangible asset inventory and asset management per International Organization for Standardization (ISO) guidelines. This course helps prepare learners for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.

9 videos | 23m Assessment Badge

CISSP 2024: Data Lifecycle, Controls, & Compliance

Data is one of the highest-priority assets that most organizations possess. For CISSP professionals, understanding the data lifecycle to ensure that security measures are applied at each stage to protect sensitive information, controls, and compliance is crucial. Together, these elements form the backbone of a robust security strategy, ensuring that data is managed securely throughout its lifecycle, mitigating risks through effective controls, and meeting legal and regulatory requirements. Begin this course by exploring various data roles like owner, controllers, and processors, as well as in use, in transit, and at rest data states. Then you will delve into the phases of the data lifecycle, including data collection, data location, data maintenance, data retention and remanence, and data destruction. Next, you will compare data scoping to data tailoring and learn how to select appropriate data security and privacy standards. Finally, you will focus on data protection methods, including digital rights management (DRM), data loss prevention (DLP), and cloud access security brokers (CASBs). This course helps prepare learners for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.

12 videos | 34m Assessment Badge

CISSP 2024: Secure Design Principles & Models

For the CISSP exam, one must be able to understand a variety of security design principles and practices. The topics in this course cover the following Domain 3 objectives: research, implement, and manage engineering processes using secure design principles and understand the fundamental concepts of security models. Begin by exploring the importance of least privilege and defense in depth to create multi-layered security defenses and restrict access to sensitive information. You will then look at concepts of segregation of duties (SOD), keeping it simple and small, and privacy by default and design. Next, you will consider how the shared responsibility model is crucial for participants to grasp the roles and accountability in cloud and collaborative environments. You will also explore threat modeling techniques to identify, evaluate, and mitigate potential security threats. Finally, you will compare zero trust vs. trust, explore the secure access service edge (SASE) framework, and consider the fundamental concepts of security models such as Bell-LaPadula, Biba, Star, and Clark-Wilson. This course helps prepare learners for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.

12 videos | 40m Badge

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