Intermediate Cyber Security Course

Content
🔹 Introduction to Ethical Hacking

  • Understand the fundamentals of cybersecurity challenges
  • Explore the basics of ethical hacking
  • Learn about security controls & compliance
  • Overview of cybersecurity laws & regulations

🔹 Foot-printing & Reconnaissance

  • Perform foot-printing techniques (open-source intelligence gathering)
  • Use tools for reconnaissance
  • Understand the pre-attack phase in ethical hacking

🔹 Network Fundamentals

  • Learn network topologies & TCP/IP protocols
  • Perform ping sweeps & port scanning using Nmap
  • Capture and analyze network traffic with Wireshark

🔹 Vulnerability Assessment

  • Identify vulnerabilities using scanning tools
  • Study CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures)
  • Apply basic remediation strategies

🔹 Password Cracking

  • Use password cracking tools for weak password detection
  • Explore dictionary attacks, brute force, and hybrid techniques

🔹 Web Application Security

  • Detect SQL Injection, XSS, CSRF vulnerabilities
  • Perform web application scans using security tools
  • Apply best practices for secure coding & configuration

🔹 Access Control

  • Explore authentication methods (passwords, multi-factor authentication)
  • Understand user roles & permission management

🔹 Cryptography Basics

  • Learn symmetric & asymmetric encryption algorithms
  • Perform basic encryption and decryption lab exercises