Cyber Security Specialist (CSS) Progrmme

Why Attend

This course will provide participants with in-depth knowledge and practical skills to plan, deliver and protect, and monitor Digital assets, and Cyber security postures of internal and external systems, applications, and deployments. Encompassing a complete, conjoined set of disciplines in the areas of Cyber Security, including Policies, Play-books, Security/Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking and Black Hat Hacking.

The 2022 updated course now also includes an extensive set of features which encompass the SOC (Security Operations Centre), CSIRT (Computer Security Incident Team), and Dark Art OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) elements. Included here are over 30 tools, books, articles, and support mediums to help the delegates gain in-depth expertise in this specialized discipline.

We will also cover Wi-Fi security and engineering in depth, Malware defenses, Ransom ware attacks, Website security, human factors, Cyber Forensics and Investigations, cyber security team management

As part of the course, participants engage multiple hands-on sessions, and conduct a risk assessment of two diﬀerent deployments based on the ISO27001 to identify any direct, or indirect threats, security exposures, or potentials for vulnerabilities. Participants will also respond to an example security incident and identify the best practices which could be applied to secure their own organization, and associated assets. All participants will be given copies of Run Books to deal with cyber extortions, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS/DoS) and forensic investigations.

The 2022 course now also includes a real-time hands-on module which will footprint a digital deployment to discover and exposures, vulnerabilities, data leaks or technical misconfigurations – here again introducing 4 new tools to the course.

Overview

Course Outline

Schedule & Fees

Course Methodology

The course will include practical sessions, videos as well as live examples [e.g., Virus] and demonstrations of white and black hat hacking tools. All participants will also be provided with the latest research papers and articles.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Apply information security standards to their organization and its critical assets
Identify the threats presented by viruses, malware, active code, and Active Persistent Threats (APT) and consider the diﬀerent mitigating options
To build and operational SOC
Formulate and manage eﬀective cyber security teams, and apply the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) framework, tools and capabilities to deliver cost eﬀective and robust solutions to protect the organization
Use Neuro Linguistic Programing (NLP) to deliver messages that will change the way employees work and think about security
Examine the area of wireless security protocols, their security attributes, and their potential insecurities within the organization, and in public spaces
Illustrate how penetration testing and ethical hacking enhance organizational security
Evaluate and apply two of the most important aspects in the modern day of cyber-adversity: Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and cyber threat intelligence
To develop real hands-on skill to conduct and investigation
To learn how to discover technical security vulnerabilities on any site
To learn about the Third Party Risk, and to understand the mitigations which may be applied

Target Audience

IT professionals, security professionals, auditors, site administrators, general management and anyone tasked with managing and protecting the integrity of the network infrastructure. This also includes anyone already familiar and involved with IT/cyber/digital security and seeking to build on their fundamental principles of security.

Target Competencies

Information security management
Vulnerability assessment and management
Applying cyber security solutions
Developing IT policies and procedures
Cyber forensics
Ethical hacking and Black Hat hacking

Adapting to evolving standards

Information security standards (e.g. PCI-DSS/ISO27001)
Documented tools:

ISO/IEC 27001
PAS 555
Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT)

Future standards

ISO/IEC 2018
EU privacy regulations
Local and international government stipulations implicating access to private data

Principles of IT security

Enterprise security

External defenses
Web filtering
Intruder Prevention Systems (IPS)
Intruder Detection Systems (IDS)
Firewalls

Secure code
Software Development Lifecycles (SDL)
Potential insecurities within developed applications
WiFi security protocols and attributes
Voice over IP (VoIP) security
Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC)
Security Incident Event Management (SEIM) applications
Cloud security
Third party security and compliance

Adopting cyber security measures

Employee perception on security through Neuro Linguistic Programing (NLP)
Security education and awareness: techniques, systems, and methodologies
Penetration testing
Ethical hacking
Options to mitigate viruses, malware, active code threats and Active Persistent Threats (APT)
The Computer Incident Response Team (CSIRT) frameworks, tools and capabilities
Incident first response: proven methodologies, tools, and systems
The science of applying robust digital forensics: applicable law, capabilities, and methodologies
Supervisory Controls and Data Acquisition (SCADA); security requirements, processes and methodologies
Abuse images: complying with local and international law

Building cyber security teams

Creation and management of a Secure Operations Center (SOC)
Development of the Corporate Security Organization Framework
Formulation and deployment of a Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
Bespoke Security Incident and Event System (SIEM) for the operational deployment
Risks associated with I/O Security (e.g. USBs, CDs, other forms of media)
Risks of Active Code Injection, and mitigation techniques

Advanced cyber risks and tools

Cyber -crime and the darknet/darkweb: the world of the hackers/hacktivists
The underground of cyber criminality
Social engineering as a tool to test operational resilience
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Cyber threat intelligence
Open source and commercial security tools
The operational use of encryption
Virtual private networks

Steganography - Techniques used to hide hacking tools and malware on networks

Command line and tools used to identify and extract dangerous files and contain malware and hacking applications
The 1-10-60 Rule to identify and contain dangerous hidden applications
Alternate Data Streams (ADS) and the threats they can pose under an NTFS environment
Leveraging ADS to hide undetectable malware within an operational network

Arusha

Arusha (Tanzania)2024-10-07$2475

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)2025-10-20$3775

Manila

Manila (Philippines)2026-05-18$3775