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Overview
A one-hour primer on detecting and protecting against security threats, before it's too late!
Description
The security landscape is in constant flux. Adversaries used to take months or years to compromise a network, but today only a few minutes--or even in some cases, seconds—is needed to compromise and exfiltrate data. Your only defense is to gain the knowledge you need to fully understand and prepare for the current threat landscape and how these threats are evolving. This one-hour primer on security threats in today’s world will set you on the road to understanding and accessing the tools you need to understand what is happening within the threat landscape, and specifically how to begin defending your network. You will also gain insight into the underground activities that adversaries are involved in, and what return of investment they seek after exploitation.
About the Instructor
Omar Santos, CISSP No. 463598, is a Principal Engineer in the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) within Cisco’s Security Research and Operations. He mentors and leads engineers and incident managers during the investigation and resolution of security vulnerabilities in all Cisco products, including cloud services. Omar has been working with information technology and cybersecurity since the mid-1990s. Omar has designed, implemented, and supported numerous secure networks for Fortune 100 and 500 companies and the U.S. government. He is an active member of the security community, where he leads several industry-wide initiatives and standard bodies. Omar holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certifications, among others. Omar is the author of numerous books, video courses, white papers, and articles, and has delivered technical presentations at many conferences. You can follow Omar on Twitter: @santosomar
Topics covered include the following:
Lesson 1: Introduction to the Security Threat Landscape
Lesson 2: Security Fundamentals
Lesson 3: Attack Methods
Lesson 4: Evolution of Attacks in Network Infrastructure
Lesson 5: Improving the Security Posture
Skill Level
Beginner to Intermediate
What You Will Learn
Lesson 1: Introduction to the Security Threat Landscape
Lesson 2: Security Fundamentals
Lesson 3: Attack Methods
Lesson 4: Evolution of Attacks in Network Infrastructure
Lesson 5: Improving the Security Posture
Who Should Take This Course
- Network and security professionals
- This course helps any network professionals who want to learn the skills required to develop a security infrastructure, recognize threats and vulnerabilities to networks, and mitigate security threats.
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Lesson 1: Introduction to the Security Threat Landscape
This lesson provides an introduction to the current security threat landscape. It provides information on how attackers are able to steal information and cause harm. This lesson also highlights the evolution of networking, and how security threats have also evolved.
Lesson 2: Security Fundamentals
This lesson focuses on the CIA triad: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. This lesson also defines security vulnerabilities, security threats, and countermeasures.
Lesson 3: Attack Methods
This lesson covers examples of different attack methods used by bad actors when compromising networks and stealing data.
Lesson 4: Evolution of Attacks in Network Infrastructure
This lesson reveals insights about the evolution of attacks in network infrastructure, and how to protect against these types of attacks.
Lesson 5: Improving the Security Posture
This lesson provides guidelines and recommendations on how to increase the security posture of your network, along with security operational best practices.
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Pearson’s Networking Talks are quick-hitting video primers that cover key and emerging concepts for computer networking professionals. Networking Talks are video tutorials led by the industry’s most recognizable expert trainers and authors. Each video is about an hour in duration and includes a topical overview followed by an exploration of specific concepts that are discussed in detail. Networking Talks are published by Cisco Press and Pearson IT Certification–the leader in IT Certification learning solutions. Your purchase provides you with lifetime online access to the content.
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- Title: The Current Security Threat Landscape Networking Talks LiveLessons
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2015
- Publisher(s): Cisco Press
- ISBN: 0134466276
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