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431 Knowledge Manager Intermediate KSAT Journey
- 28 Courses | 29h 32m 28s
Responsible for the management and administration of processes and tools that enable the organization to identify, document, and access intellectual capital and information content.
431 Knowledge Manager Intermediate
Responsible for the management and administration of processes and tools that enable the organization to identify, document, and access intellectual capital and information content.
- 28 Courses | 29h 32m 28s
COURSES INCLUDED
Fundamentals of AI & ML: Advanced Data Science Methods
In data science, many statistical and analytical techniques can be used to pull meaningful insights from data. Some advanced data science methods rely on other foundational data science methods, such as text mining. In this course, you will learn about advanced data science methods and their use cases. Begin this course with an exploration of advanced machine learning (ML) methods, such as text mining and graph analysis, and their uses. Next, you will discover the anomaly and novelty detection processes. You will examine association rule mining and neural networks, including their use cases across industries. Then you will focus on common challenges during artificial intelligence (AI) and ML model training, the trade-offs between model complexity and interpretability, and the role of natural language processing (NLP) in text analysis. Finally, you will investigate the potential of computer vision techniques and applications of reinforcement learning.
14 videos |
1h 9m
Assessment
Badge
PMI PDU
CCSP 2022: Legal Requirements, Privacy Issues, & Risk Management in the Cloud
Cloud computing presents a number of unique risks and issues since it routinely crosses many geographic and political boundaries, and international legislation, regulations, and privacy requirements can conflict with one another. In this course, examine the legal and privacy issues that a Certified Cloud Security Professional can expect to face. Begin by investigating conflicting international laws, eDiscovery, and Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) guidance. Then, focus on personal privacy issues related to protected health information (PHI), personally identifiable information (PII), and privacy impact assessments (PIAs), and compare privacy requirements including ISO/IEC 27018, Generally Accepted Privacy Principles (GAPP), and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Finally, explore risk management by assessing risk management programs and studying regulatory transparency requirements, including breach notification, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), and GDPR. This is one of a collection of courses that fully prepares the learner for the ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) 2022 exam.
10 videos |
25m
Assessment
Badge
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Governance & Securing Data
Cloud consumers look for cloud services that follow regulations and core principles for maintaining data security and confidentiality. In this course, you'll investigate the cloud computing policy, which protects sensitive personal and confidential business data. You'll examine standard operating features, resource management, and security implementation checklist items and best practices for cloud computing. You'll then practice implementing policy-based access control for cloud computing. Moving on, you'll outline how to implement data sovereignty. You'll explore the international cloud computing standards, integrated vulnerability assessment solutions, and data security and privacy implementation in cloud computing. Finally, you'll outline how to implement and secure data and ensure availability in the cloud. You'll study the layers of security that can be implemented in the cloud, the cloud identity logs that help track events impacting cloud environments, and the OWASP Top 10 data-level authorization methods used to secure resources.
18 videos |
1h 41m
Assessment
Badge
CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Architecture & Models
The cloud has various deployment and service models that can help your organization design and create your very own cloud strategy based on needs. First, you'll learn about the available cloud deployment models such as public, private, hybrid, community, and virtual public clouds, as well as multi-cloud and multitenancy environments. Next, you'll examine cloud service models such as Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Software as a Service. Finally, you'll learn about advanced topics such as the Internet of Things, serverless computing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and the shared responsibility model. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
12 videos |
1h 10m
Assessment
Badge
Google Professional Cloud Architect: Designing for Google Cloud Compliance
Compliance is a significant concern for many organizations, and many have historically failed to protect data adequately. In this course you will explore how governance has come to protect data, such as health records, through legislation like HIPAA and COPPA. Then, discover how commercial interests have helped bolster financial stability by setting standards of protecting data via certifications like Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) that allow customers and businesses to trust you. In addition, there are specific industry certifications that may need to be met depending on the function of the business you run, rather than the data you keep. You will also focus on the need to maintain careful auditing standards for the integrity of any legal disputes that might arise. Finally, you will focus on use cases that you can expect to encounter in an exam environment. This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the Google Professional Cloud Architect exam.
12 videos |
59m
Assessment
Badge
CompTIA Data+: Understanding Databases
Databases are the backbone of modern life, powering everything from online shopping to social media to memberships and countless other activities. They enable us to store, manage, and retrieve vast amounts of information quickly and efficiently. Understanding databases is the very first step in mastering data analytics. In this course, you will explore databases, beginning with the basic concepts of data analytics, databases, including relational and non-relational databases, and common roles in the field of data science. Then you will examine structured query language (SQL) including examples of SQL operations. Finally, you will investigate the purpose of databases in applications, database management systems (DBMS), how databases are implemented in everyday business environments, and common database tasks. This course can be used to prepare for CompTIA Data+ (DA0-001) exam.
15 videos |
1h 40m
Assessment
Badge
CompTIA Data+: Database Concepts
Databases are used for creating and storing virtually any type of data. Data drives business in the twenty-first century, and IT professionals interested in mastering data analytics must understand the key concepts surrounding databases and their uses in almost every facet of business. In this course, you will discover database concepts, beginning with challenges associated with databases, self-driving databases, data warehouses, data marts, and data lakes and lakehouses. Then you will explore the concepts of Online Transactional Processing (OLTP) and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP). You will learn about database schemas and look closely at star and snowflake schemas, which are common in data warehouses. Finally, you will explore slowly changing dimensions that shape the methods analysts use to keep historical and current data. This course can be used to prepare for the DA0-001: CompTIA Data+ exam.
13 videos |
1h 14m
Assessment
Badge
Business Continuity: Cloud Integration
There are many factors to consider when integrating with a cloud computing environment. In this 14-video course, you will explore cloud data storage types, cloud security concepts, how to evaluate cloud service providers, and cloud infrastructure components. To begin, you will explore the six key stages in the cloud secure data lifecycle: create, store, use, share, archive, and destroy. Learn to recognize key access control considerations, and list network security concepts such as data and media sanitization. Next, you will examine virtualization security concepts such as hypervisor and container security. View the common threats against cloud computing infrastructure, and describe the considerations when evaluating cloud service providers. Learners then move on to the physical environment, and common cloud infrastructure components such as storage, network, virtualization, and compute. Learn to recognize how to analyze cloud risks, and list data security strategies such as encryption and key management. Also, you will explore data discovery techniques; data rights management, and finally, information rights management.
14 videos |
1h 3m
Assessment
Badge
CRISC 2023: Data Privacy
Data privacy is a foremost concern for most organizations. Compliance with laws and regulations feeds into risk management. In this course, you will discover the characteristics of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and techniques to prevent sensitive data leakage. Then you will explore data loss prevention (DLP) and learn how to implement DLP using Microsoft Purview. Next, you will examine various data privacy and security standards including International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Finally, you will focus on the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and China's Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL). This course can be used to prepare for the ISACA(r) Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC(r)) certification.
12 videos |
1h 7m
Assessment
Badge
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Network Security Concepts
Cybersecurity policies often require detailed network configuration changes and additions. Technicians must be proficient with the configuration and management of various TCP/IP protocols. In this course, I will start by discussing the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, network switching, and network access control. Next, I'll discuss the TCP/IP protocol suite as well as IPv4 and IPv6 addressing. I will then discuss network routing, dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP), domain name system (DNS) and Wi-Fi authentication methods. Lastly, I will cover virtual private networks (VPNs), IP Security (IPsec) and network time synchronization. This course can be used to prepare for the CS0-003: CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ (CySA+) exam.
14 videos |
1h 29m
Assessment
Badge
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Cloud Computing & Cybersecurity
Cloud computing is an integral part of IT solutions for individuals and organizations. A knowledge of how cloud computing services are deployed and managed is a requirement for securing cloud-based resources. In this course, I will start by discussing cloud computing deployment models, such as public and private clouds, followed by discussing various cloud computing service models. Next, I will cover a variety of cloud computing security solutions, and I will deploy Linux and Windows cloud-based virtual machines. I will then deploy a web application in the cloud, cover the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) security controls, and work with Microsoft Azure managed identities. Lastly, I will discuss and configure a content delivery network (CDN). This course can be used to prepare for the CS0-003: CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ (CySA+) exam.
12 videos |
1h 10m
Assessment
Badge
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Data Security Standards
To remain compliant with relevant data privacy laws and regulations, organizations must have a way of identifying sensitive data and implementing security controls to protect that data. In this course, explore how physical security is related to digital data security, examples of personally identifiable information (PII), and how data loss prevention (DLP) solutions can prevent data exfiltration. Next, learn about common data privacy regulations and standards, including GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. Finally, discover how to use Amazon Macie and File Server Resource Manager to discover and classify sensitive information and learn about the importance of service level objectives (SLOs) and service level agreements (SLAs). This course can be used to prepare for the CS0-003: CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ (CySA+) exam.
11 videos |
1h 3m
Assessment
Badge
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Threat Intelligence Information
Cybersecurity analysts and security tools can reference a variety of threat intelligence sources to keep up to date with the latest threats and mitigations. These can be used to help keep organization security policies as effective as possible. In this course, examine different threat intelligence sources, the common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) website, and the MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base. Next, discover how the OWASP Top 10 can help harden vulnerable web applications, how advanced persistent threats (APTs) are executed, and common ISO/IEC standards. Finally, learn how to analyze CIS benchmark documents, the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), common organization security policy structures, and how organizational culture relates to IT security. This course can be used to prepare for the CS0-003: CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ (CySA+) exam.
12 videos |
1h 9m
Assessment
Badge
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+: Secure Coding & Digital Forensics
Security must be included in all phases of IT system and software development designs. Continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment (CI/CD) integrates development and ongoing management of IT solutions. Cybersecurity analysts must understand IT governance and digital forensics concepts. Begin this course by examining the role of security in the software development life cycle (SDLC). Then you will explore CI/CD and learn how Git is used for file version control. Next, you will discover how the Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies (COBIT) framework applies to IT governance and you will investigate digital forensics. Finally, you will configure legal hold settings for a cloud storage account and list common digital forensics hardware and software solutions. This course can be used to prepare for the CS0-003: CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ exam.
10 videos |
55m
Assessment
Badge
CompTIA Server+: Deploying Cloud PaaS & SaaS
Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) are two popular and valuable cloud service models. Both play a unique role in managing certain aspects of cloud computing. If you're an IT professional working in server environments, you need to know what these two cloud service models entail. Take this course to learn all about PaaS and SaaS solutions. Furthermore, practice deploying databases in the AWS and Microsoft Azure clouds. Configure a SaaS cloud solution. Use an automation template to deploy a PaaS solution. And use several strategies and tools to keep cloud computing costs to a minimum. Upon course completion, you'll be able to deploy PaaS and SaaS solutions and control cloud computing costs. This course also helps prepare you for the CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 certification exam.
9 videos |
46m
Assessment
Badge
CompTIA Server+: Data Privacy & Protection
Data privacy has become engrained in laws and regulations all over the world. Server technicians must take the appropriate steps to secure sensitive data in alignment with applicable laws and regulations. Discover items that constitute personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) and identify common data security standards such as GDPR, HIPPAA, and PCI DSS. Differentiate between various types of malware and discover how the art of deception is practiced through social engineering. Next, examine data loss prevention (DLP) and implement data discovery and classification on-premises and in the cloud. Lastly, examine key storage media destruction techniques. Upon course completion, you'll be able secure data in alignment with applicable laws and regulations. You'll also be more prepared for the CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 certification exam.
11 videos |
1h 3m
Assessment
Badge
Predictive Analytics: Case Studies for Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is the protection of user software from maliciously-intentioned agents and parties. Cyberattacks commonly focus on critical physical infrastructures like power plants, oil refineries, and gas pipelines. For geopolitical reasons, the cybersecurity of such installations is increasingly important. In this course, explore the use of classification models when modeling cyberattacks and the evaluation metrics for classification models. Next, examine a case study where machine learning and cybersecurity attempt to detect intrusions in a gas pipeline. Finally, investigate a case study where machine learning models are used to detect and cope with malware. Upon completion, you'll be able to identify the need for AI in cybersecurity and outline the appropriate use of evaluation metrics for classification models.
10 videos |
1h 23m
Assessment
Badge
Data Mining and Decision Making: Data Mining for Answering Business Questions
The data mining process provides the opportunity for businesses to collect additional information and insights that are unavailable through other everyday operations of the company. Use this course to learn more about how utilizing data mining effectively may provide a competitive advantage and additional knowledge about the market and competitors. Start by examining the essential concepts in data exploration using summary statistics and visuals and discover different data mining techniques. This course will also help you develop an understanding of the complete data mining process - data gathering, cleaning, exploration, and mining. After completing this course, you'll be able to use data mining to answer in-depth questions about any business.
12 videos |
58m
Assessment
Badge
Technology Landscape & Tools for Data Management
This Skillsoft Aspire course explores various tools you can utilize to get better data analytics for your organization. You will learn the important factors to consider when selecting tools, velocity, the rate of incoming data, volume, the storage capacity or medium, and the diversified nature of data in different formats. This course discusses the various tools available to provide the capability of implementing machine learning, deep learning, and to provide AI capabilities for better data analytics. The following tools are discussed: TensorFlow, Theano, Torch, Caffe, Microsoft cognitive tool, OpenAI, DMTK from Microsoft, Apache SINGA, FeatureFu, DL4J from Java, Neon, and Chainer. You will learn to use SCIKIT-learn, a machine learning library for Python, to implement machine learning, and how to use machine learning in data analytics. This course covers how to recognize the capabilities provided by Python and R in the data management cycle. Learners will explore Python; the libraries NumPy, SciPy, Pandas to manage data structures; and StatsModels. Finally, you will examine the capabilities of machine learning implementation in the cloud.
9 videos |
26m
Assessment
Badge
Security Program Regulatory Integration
In this 12-video course, learners will discover the importance of integrating regulations with organizational security policies. Explore security standards such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA); and Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), as well as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST). To begin, determine how to establish the importance of building regulatory compliance into a company's IT security program. You will then examine Personally Identifiable Information (PII), and Protected Health Information (PHI). This leads into the subject of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), and what it entails. You will learn how HIPAA protects medical information; how GDPR protects European Union citizen data, and how the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), applies to financial institutions. You will also identify how FISMA strives to protect sensitive US Government information, and recognize both NIST and ISO security standards. To conclude the course, you will discover how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), requires organizational financial transparency.
12 videos |
38m
Assessment
Badge
Mitigating Security Risks: Cyber Security Risks
Effective cybersecurity risk management requires intricate knowledge of day-to-day IT security risks, network vulnerabilities, and cyber attacks. In this course, you'll detail several cybersecurity breaches and how best to prevent each one. You'll start with a general overview of what comprises security risks before categorizing different types into information, cloud, and data-related risks. Next, you'll explore cybercrime methods, the motivations behind them, and the security gaps that invite them in. You'll then use real-life examples to detail some commonplace cyberattacks and crimes. Moving on, you'll investigate what's meant by malware and outline best practices to manage worms, viruses, logic bombs, trojans, and rootkits. You'll also learn how to safeguard against malware, spyware, ransomware, adware, phishing, zero-day vulnerabilities, DoS, and backdoor attacks. By the end of the course, you'll be able to outline guidelines and best practices for securing against the most prevalent types of cybercrimes.
13 videos |
1h 16m
Assessment
Badge
CISM 2022: Information Security Governance
The best way to improve the enterprise security stance is to align IT security solutions with business objectives. In this course, you will consider how information security must align with business strategies. You will explore the business model for information security and review the importance of identifying and classifying assets critical to a business. Next, you will learn about supply chain security, personnel management, and the components of an information security program. You will discover the relationship between service-level agreements (SLAs) and organizational objectives and discuss the relevance of change and configuration management. Then, consider how to develop organizational security policies. Lastly, explore expense types, chain of custody, organizational culture, and how the Control Objectives for Information Technologies (COBIT) framework applies to IT governance. This course can be used to prepare for the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) exam.
16 videos |
1h 40m
Assessment
Badge
CISM 2022: Security Standards
Global and local security standards, including laws and regulations, are an important input to determine how enterprises deploy and manage security controls. In this course, you will learn how the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data privacy legislation applies to any organization world-wide handling private EU citizen data. Next, you will explore various International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) standards for proper data governance, followed by American data privacy and cloud security standards such as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRamp). Discover how to secure cardholder data as related to Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) international security standards and review other data privacy legislation including Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and China's Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL). Lastly, explore the importance of securing cloud service usage in alignment with the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM). This course can be used to prepare for the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) exam.
10 videos |
53m
Assessment
Badge
CISM 2022: Managing Risk
Residual risk remains after security controls are put in place to mitigate the impact of threats. The organizational appetite for risk determines what level of residual risk is acceptable. In this course, you will explore how risk management improves business operations by minimizing the impact of realized threats. You will learn how to calculate the cost of mitigating risk compared to the value of the protected asset and determine the cost-benefit analysis and return on investment when implementing security controls. Next, discover the importance of risk assessments, especially where there are changes to some aspect of the business or a specific business process. You will then explore how various risk approaches, such as risk acceptance, avoidance, transfer, and reduction, apply to an organization's tolerance of residual risk. Lastly, discover how risk heat maps are an effective method for communicating various degrees of risk. This course can be used to prepare for the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) exam.
9 videos |
49m
Assessment
Badge
CISM 2022: Data Privacy
Enterprises must comply with relevant laws and regulations related to data privacy. This requires recognizing applicable laws and regulations and implementing the appropriate security controls. In this course, you will explore examples of personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) and learn about data residency implications related to the physical storage location of sensitive data. Next, learn how to reduce the possibility of data exfiltration through data loss protection policies and how to discover and classify data using Amazon Macie and Microsoft Purview governance. Then you will learn to configure data classification on the Microsoft Windows server platform and tag cloud resources for classification purposes. Lastly, explore how to configure Microsoft Azure storage account encryption using a customer-managed key. This course can be used to prepare for the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) exam.
10 videos |
56m
Assessment
Badge
CISM 2022: Assessing Risk
Assessing risk is a crucial activity that enables organizations to evaluate risk exposure for business processes and assets. In this course, you will begin by exploring how to conduct vulnerability assessments and how the results can shed light on security control deficiencies. Next, you will learn how to perform a network vulnerability assessment and review the results, followed by scanning a web application for web app-specific vulnerabilities. You will discover how to conduct a gap analysis to determine the current security posture compared to a desired security posture. Then, you will explore the important aspects of when and how to run penetration tests. Lastly, you will see how to configure Microsoft Azure Policy assignments to determine cloud resource configuration compliance. This course can be used to prepare for the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) exam.
8 videos |
45m
Assessment
Badge
CISM 2022: Cloud Computing & Coding
The use of cloud services is a form of outsourcing of IT service which also introduces an element of risk. Software developers can use on-premises as well as cloud-based services to create, test, and deploy software solutions. In this course, you will explore cloud deployment models including public, private, hybrid, and community clouds. You will then cover cloud computing service models, such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS), including where the security responsibility lies in each model. Next, you will explore various cloud-based security controls addressing a wide variety of cloud computing security needs. You will discover how to deploy a repeatable compliant cloud-based sandbox environment using Microsoft Azure Blueprints. Next, explore how security must be included in each software development life cycle (SDLC) phase as opposed to post-implementation. Finally, discover the importance of secure coding practices and how security must integrate with software development, testing, deployment, and patching. This course can be used to prepare for the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) exam.
9 videos |
49m
Assessment
Badge
OS Deployment Strategies: Deploying Modern Systems
Cloud services are rapidly changing the nature of how technology services are implemented, and migrating toward a cloud-based model can provide many benefits to an organization. In this course, you'll explore the various cloud computing deployment models to understand the flexibility, speed, and infrastructure benefits of moving to a cloud solution. You'll also discover the benefits of cloud services models such as Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, Software as a Service, as well as Identity as a Service and Network as a Service.
12 videos |
43m
Assessment
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