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712 Cyber Instructor KSAT Advanced NCWF Journey
- 20 Courses | 17h 4m 47s
Develops and conducts training or education of personnel within cyber domain.
712 Cyber Instructor KSAT Advanced
Develops and conducts training or education of personnel within cyber domain.
- 20 Courses | 17h 4m 47s
COURSES INCLUDED
Using Intelligent Information Systems in AI
The world of technology continues to transform at a rapid pace, with intelligent technology incorporated at every stage of the business process. Intelligent information systems (IIS) reduce the need for routine human labor and allow companies to focus instead on hiring creative professionals. In this course, you'll explore the present and future roles of intelligent informational systems in AI development, recognizing the current demand for IIS specialists. You'll list several possible IIS applications and learn about the roles AI and ML play in creating them. Next, you'll identify significant components of IIS and the purpose of these components. You'll examine how you would go about creating a self-driving vehicle using IIS components. Finally, you'll work with Python libraries to build high-level components of a Markov decision process.
15 videos |
51m
Assessment
Badge
AI Framework Overview: Development Frameworks
A working knowledge of multiple AI development frameworks is essential to AI developers. Depending on the particular focus, you may decide on a particular framework of your choice. However, various companies in the industry tend to use different frameworks in their products, so knowing the basics of each framework is quite helpful to the aspiring AI Developer. In this course you will explore popular AI frameworks and identify key features and use cases. You will identify main differences between AI frameworks and work with Microsoft CNTK and Amazon SageMaker to implement model flow.
15 videos |
38m
Assessment
Badge
Implementing AI Using Cognitive Modeling
Cognitive modeling can provide additional human qualities to AI systems. It is traditionally used in cognitive machines and expert systems. However, with extra computing power, it can be applied to more profound AI approaches like neural networks and reinforcement learning systems. Knowledge of cognitive modeling applications is essential to any AI developer aspiring to design AI architectures and develop large-scale applications. In this course, you'll examine the role of cognitive modeling in AI development and its possible applications in NLP, image recognition, and neural networks. You'll outline core cognitive modeling concepts and significant industry use cases. You'll list open source cognitive modeling frameworks and explore cognitive machines, expert systems, and reinforcement learning in cognitive modeling. Finally, you'll use cognitive models to solve real-world problems.
18 videos |
44m
Assessment
Badge
CCSP 2022: Cloud Computing Concepts & Reference Architectures
There are several cloud computing fundamental definitions, characteristics, and building block technologies each CCSP candidate should know. Learn about these and other core cloud computing concepts in this CCSP course. Explore the core fundamentals, core concepts, and technologies of cloud computing, such as cloud roles and responsibilities, broad network access, virtualization, and others. Next, study cloud computing's shared considerations and value propositions, including interoperability, agility, security, resiliency, performance, and more. Finally, examine the impact of cloud and related technologies like data science, artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), DevSecOps, and others. This is one of a collection of courses that fully prepares the learner for the (ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) 2022 exam.
11 videos |
1h
Assessment
Badge
CISA 2022: Information Systems Management
Effective IT management provides a structured approach to managing and auditing IT assets. It also provides a foundation for auditing, an important feature for information system (IS) auditors. In this course, you will discover key facets of information systems management, beginning with system interfaces and end-user computing. Then you will examine change management, configuration management, and vulnerability management. Finally, you will explore group policy configuration delegation, Microsoft Configuration Manager configuration management, Microsoft Configuration Manager patch deployment, and job scheduling. This course helps prepare learners for the ISACA certification exam, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
11 videos |
55m
Assessment
Badge
CISA 2022: Data Privacy
Any IT environment requires a firm understanding of data privacy. Privacy laws and regulations, combined with industry practices, form the basis for effective information protection. In this course, you'll explore data privacy, beginning with the CIA Triad, personally identifiable information (PII), and Protected Health Information (PHI). You will learn about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), compliance with GDPR and PCI DSS, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). Finally, you'll dig into assets and risks, annualized loss expectancy (ALE), and network inventories. This course helps prepare learners for the ISACA certification exam, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
14 videos |
1h 22m
Assessment
Badge
CISA 2022: Securing Networks & IT Assets
In any enterprise information technology environment, network and IT assets must be secured in order to preserve the integrity and legal standing of the organization. In this course, you will discover key aspects of securing networks and IT assets, beginning with network attacks, network threat mitigation, firewalls, and security monitoring and testing. Then you will explore the identification of plaintext network traffic, implementation of a packet filtering firewall, and implementation of a content filtering firewall. Finally, you will learn about physical asset protection, focusing on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, physical security, drones and proximity security, and fire suppression systems. This course helps prepare learners for the ISACA certification exam, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
13 videos |
1h 44m
Assessment
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CISA 2022: Protecting Information Assets
Information is a primary asset of most organizations today. It has a real value and, if compromised, could have real implications for the enterprise. In this course, you will explore considerations for protecting information assets, beginning with cryptography, asymmetric and symmetric encryption, Windows Encrypting File System, and Windows BitLocker. Then, you will learn about file integrity, the public key infrastructure (PKI) hierarchy, the PKI certificate life cycle, and private certificate authorities (CAs). Finally, you will discover certificate templates, manual certificate issuance, securing network traffic, disabling SSLv3, enabling an HTTPS website, and client Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificates. This course helps prepare learners for the ISACA certification exam, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
16 videos |
1h 24m
Assessment
Badge
CISA 2022: Virtualization & Cloud Computing
Virtualization is such an important technology today that it is rather surprising that a little more than a decade ago, it was not given much consideration as a practical way of providing cloud-based services. Today, it is difficult to imagine life without virtualization. In this course, you will explore virtualization and cloud computing, beginning with an overview of virtualization technologies, hypervisors, and virtual network switches. Then you will dig into creating a virtual machine and hardening a virtualized environment. Next, you will investigate cloud computing, common cloud service offerings, and cloud security. Finally, you will learn about Windows cloud-based virtual machines, Linux cloud-based virtual machines, and cloud endpoint security. This course helps prepare learners for the ISACA certification exam, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
14 videos |
1h 21m
Assessment
Badge
CISA 2022: Auditing Scenarios
IT technicians and managers are responsible for the safety of IT processing systems and sensitive data. Information system audit processes, if applied effectively, can ensure adequate risk mitigation. In this course, you will explore auditing scenarios, beginning with IT key performance indicators (KPIs), audit planning, and security control cost-effectiveness. Then, you'll learn how to determine Wi-Fi weakness and secure traveling users. Finally, you'll dig into key usage and compensating control selection. This course helps prepare learners for the ISACA certification exam, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
9 videos |
39m
Assessment
Badge
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: 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: 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
Assessment
Badge
CISSP 2024: Vulnerabilities of Architectures, Designs, & Solution Elements
A security vulnerability is a weakness, flaw, or error found within a security element that has the potential to be leveraged by a threat agent in order to compromise a secure network, system, or application. The goal of this course is to prepare the CISSP candidate to assess and mitigate the vulnerabilities of security architectures, designs, and solution elements. In this course, you will begin by considering the potential vulnerabilities of various systems including client-based, server-based, database, cryptographic, industrial control (ICS), embedded, virtualized, cloud-based, and distributed systems and how you might mitigate these issues. Next, you will walk through ways to lessen vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices and discover how to assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in containerized systems and microservices including application programming interface (API) calls. You will also look at the potential weaknesses in serverless technologies, high-performance computing, and edge computing and how to alleviate these issues. Finally, you will explore the security capabilities of Information Systems like memory protection, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), and encryption/decryption.
14 videos |
55m
Assessment
Badge
CISSP 2024: Secure Design Principles in Network Architectures (Part 1)
In the digital era, understanding network protocols and their impact on performance is crucial for IT professionals tasked with maintaining robust and efficient communication systems. This course is the first of two courses that cover a large part of CISSP Domain 4. In this course the learner will focus on several aspects of secure design principles in network architectures including OSI and TCP/IP protocols for IPv4 and IPv6, secure protocols, multilayer protocol implications, converged protocols, transport architectures, performance metrics, and traffic flows. This course helps prepare learners for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.
10 videos |
47m
Assessment
Badge
CISSP 2024: Secure Design Principles in Network Architectures (Part 2)
In today's increasingly complex threat landscape, securing physical sites and facilities is paramount for safeguarding assets, data, and personnel. This course covers secure design principles in network architectures beginning with an exploration of physical and logical segmentation and microsegmentation. Next you will dig into edge networks, including peering and ingress/egress. You will compare types of wireless networks and explore cellular and mobile networks. Next you will discover the roles of content distribution networks (CDNs), software-defined networks (SDNs), and virtual private clouds (VPCs) in security design. Finally, you will explore security monitoring and management. This course helps prepare learners for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.
12 videos |
47m
Assessment
Badge
CISSP 2024: Authorization Mechanisms & Identity Management
While authentication is technically mandatory, authorization is optional, and if all principals had root or administrative access in a small organization, there would be no need for different access layers. This scenario, however, is quite rare and is a violation of modern identity management and zero-trust initiatives. In this course, learn about the implementation and management of authorization mechanisms and control of the identity and access provisioning lifecycle, including rule-based, role-based, discretionary, mandatory, attribute-based, and risk-based access controls. Next, compare attribute-based access control (ABAC) with RBAC and explore access policy enforcement, account access review, and provisioning/deprovisioning. Finally, examine role definitions and transitions, privilege escalation, and service accounts management. This course helps prepare learners for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.
13 videos |
35m
Assessment
Badge
CISSP 2024: Security Audit & Controls Testing
A security audit is a comprehensive assessment of an organization's information systems. Typically, they measure the systems and applications against an audit checklist of industry best practices, externally established standards, and/or federal regulations. In this course, differentiate internal, external, and third-party auditing and learn about locations for auditing and controls testing, the purpose of a vulnerability assessment, and the basics of penetration testing. Next, explore log reviews and log data, code review and testing techniques, and compare synthetic transactions, benchmark, and misuse case testing. Finally, examine coverage analysis concepts, compare interface testing methods, and discover the purpose of compliance checks. This course helps prepare learners for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.
12 videos |
34m
Assessment
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CISSP 2024: Securing the SDLC & Software Development Ecosystems
According to Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is a cost-effective and time-efficient development team process used to design and build high-quality software. The goal of the SDLC is minimizing project risks through forward planning so software during production and beyond meets customer expectations. In this course, explore various development methodologies and maturity models and DevOps operations, maintenance, and change management concepts. Next, explore integrated product teams (IPTs), apply security controls in various scenarios, and work with integrated development environments (IDEs) and toolsets. Finally, learn how to apply security controls in CI/CD and code repositories, software configuration management (SCM) benefits, and application security testing techniques. This course helps prepare learners for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.
12 videos |
42m
Assessment
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CISSP 2024: Assessing Software Security & Coding Guidelines
It is one thing to implement application security controls, managed services, and cloud services; it is another thing to assess the ongoing success and failure of those initiatives. In the course, learn how to assess the auditing and logging of changes, risk analysis and mitigation, acquired software, managed services, and cloud services with the CCM. Next, explore source code security weaknesses and vulnerabilities at the source code level and how to secure application programming interfaces (API) with the 2023 OWASP Top 10. Finally, examine secure coding practices and software-defined security (SDS). This course helps prepare learners for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.
11 videos |
27m
Assessment
Badge
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