Cyber Security Architecture

This course covers cybersecurity architecture and tools. Topics include security frameworks, policies, and controls used for remediation. Students use industry standards for software security.  Students will use tools and guidelines to build a set of security policies and procedures. Students will also design a layered security architecture and analyze it for flaws.  Students use industry standards for software security. The review, selection, and assembly of tools for performing threat and incident management will also be covered.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe the roles and responsibilities of cybersecurity analysts

2. Apply environmental reconnaissance techniques using appropriate tools and processes

3. Analyze the results of a network reconnaissance

4. Given a network-based threat, implement or recommend the appropriate response and countermeasure

5. Explain the purpose of practices used to secure a corporate environment

6. Implement an information security vulnerability management process

7. Configure vulnerability scanning tools and analyze the resulting output

8. Compare and contrast common vulnerabilities found within an organization

9. Describe the major steps associated with a typical penetration testing process

10. Analyze the environment and outline its vulnerability management requirements