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Cybersecurity Foundation Programme

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Programme Overview

This programme is an entry‑level course designed to directly address the industry’s growing demand for Cybersecurity professionals equipped with strong, job‑ready foundational skills. 

The programme provides essential knowledge and skills in four disciplines: network defence, ethical hacking, digital forensics, and security operations.  

This course delivers comprehensive foundational coverage across all core cybersecurity domains, blending essential concepts with hands‑on labs and critical‑thinking challenges to develop professionals who can manage wide range of complex issues related to securing software, networks, IT systems against common cyberthreats. 

More than 50% of training time is for labs with eighty-five real life practical hands-on labs, and offers the participants capture the flag (CTF) style critical challenges.  

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Programme Benefits
Participant gain foundational skills required to start a career in Cybersecurity.
The course provides multifaceted approach in Cybersecurity covering the four major disciplines.
Equips participants with skills to provide technical cybersecurity support, troubleshoot network security problems, monitor alerts, and follow relevant policies, procedures, and standards to protect organisations’ information assets.
Participants get exam voucher for EC Council’s CCT certification. Participants get one year access to e-books and six months access to online cloud labs.
Who is the Programme for?

The programme is ideal for anyone looking to start their career in cybersecurity or add a strong foundational understanding of the cybersecurity concepts and techniques, well suited to IT professionals also with cyber roles, IT professionals transitioning to Cybersecurity, early career IT professionals, students and recent graduates.

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* Please note: This programme is available only to corporate groups. Individual signups are not eligible.
Learning Modules

Module 1: Introduction to Cybersecurity 

Overview of Cybersecurity- cyber-attacks, attack surfaces, profile of bad elements in cyber. Information security fundamentals. 

Module 2: Network security 

Network security fundamentals, network security controls, network security assessment techniques and tools, wireless network security.

Module 3: Cloud security 

Fundamentals of virtualisation, cloud computing, and cloud security.

Module 4: Application and Device security 

Application security design and testing techniques, fundamentals of mobile, IoT and OT devices and their security measures.

Module 5: Ethical Hacking 

Information security threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks. Different types of malwares. identification, authentication and authorisation concepts, Cryptography and public key infrastructure concepts, penetration testing.

Module 6: Incident Handling 

Incident handling and response process.

Module 7: Digital Forensics 

Computer forensics fundamentals, digital evidence, and forensics investigation phases.

Module 8: Security Operations 

Network security assessment techniques and tools, threat hunting, threat intelligence, vulnerability assessment, configuration audits, network troubleshooting, traffic monitoring, log monitoring, and analysis for suspicious traffic.

Module 9: Risk Management and Continuity Planning 

Data security controls, data backup and retention methods, and data loss prevention techniques. Risk management concepts, phases, and frameworks. Business continuity and disaster recovery concepts.

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