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Cyber Resilience Bootcamp

Published by Pearson

Intermediate content levelIntermediate

Tools and Tactics to Make Your Organization Cyber Resilient

  • Learn Cyber Resilience techniques and strategies
  • Get hands-on experience with offensive and defensive security tools and tactics using a cloud-based lab environment
  • Apply what you learn here to prepare and protect your organization

Learning how to anticipate, resist and recover from attacks or compromises in today’s security landscape has never been more important – this is Cyber Resilience and it’s the key to your organization’s cybersecurity health and future. But how do you become Cyber Resilient? And why is it important in today’s Cyber environment? In this course we will explore how to prepare, protect, defend, withstand and recover while examining the latest Cyber threats that we are faced with today. Using real-world examples, Ron Taylor - Security Architect and trainer with over 20 years of experience – will detail the steps you can take to keep your organization resilient. Students will be given access to a cloud-based lab environment so you can dive in and get hands-on experience with offensive and defensive security tools and tactics.

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

By the end of the live online course, you’ll understand:

  • Today’s cyber security threats
  • Basic cyber security concepts
  • Using Cyber Resilience to defend your organization

And you’ll be able to:

  • Prepare your organization to defend against the latest threats
  • Protect and defend your organization from the latest threats
  • Ensure your organization can withstand the latest attacks
  • Put a plan in place to more quickly recover from the inevitable attacks

This live event is for you because...

  • You are a Cyber Security leader in your organization and wish to understand Cyber Resilience
  • You would like to study for a Cyber Security related certification exam, including Security+, CISSP, CEH, Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate exam, Cisco Certified CyberOps Professional exam, SANS SEC301, SANS SEC401
  • You would like to kickstart your cyber security career
  • You are already working as a security professional but need a refresher on some topics as well as an opportunity to dig into some of the latest concepts being discussed in the industry.
  • You would benefit from hands-on lab that students can utilize to test out some of the Cyber Resilience techniques discussed in the course.

Prerequisites

  • Students should have a base-level of knowledge in information technology and networking concepts.

Course Set-up

  • Access to a cloud-based hands-on lab environment will be provided at beginning of the class to each student. This lab is not meant to be completed by students during the class. The only requirement for access is a web browser. Details will be covered at the beginning of the class.

Recommended Preparation

Recommended Follow-up

Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

Hands-on Lab Intro (10 mins)

  • Introduction to Cyber Resilience Bootcamp Lab Environment
  • Demo: Lab environment overview

Overview of Cyber Resilience and Current Threats, Attacks and Adversary Tactics (45 min)

  • Understanding the concept of Cyber Resilience
  • Discuss the latest threats, attacks and adversary tactics being seen in the wild

Break (10 min)

Anticipate - Explore how to prepare your organization to defend against the latest threats (45 min)

  • Using penetration testing and vulnerability assessments
  • Understanding best practice for security process implementation
  • Exploring real-world concepts for endpoint security posture and hardening

Withstand - Understand how to protect and defend your organization from the latest threats (40 min)

  • Using best practices to ensure your organization can withstand the latest attacks
  • Exploring concepts related to network security posture and hardening
  • Exploring Threat Hunting concepts and tactics
  • Surveying the importance of endpoint security visibility

Break (10 min)

Recover - How to put a plan in place to more quickly recover from the inevitable attacks (40 min)

  • Understanding what to do when you do get hacked. Because eventually everyone does so you must be prepared.
  • Strategies for recovering from an attack/compromise.

Adapt – Understanding how to learn from and adapt to changes in your environment (25 min)

  • What does it mean to adapt in a Cyber Resilient environment.
  • An analysis of how the changes that occur can change the attack surface
  • What adjustments should be made and how quickly can they be implemented.

Wrap-up – Q&A (15 min)

Your Instructor

  • Ron Taylor

    Ron Taylor has been in the Information Security field for almost 20 years. Ten of those years were spent in consulting. In 2008, he joined the Cisco Global Certification Team as an SME in Information Assurance. In 2012, he moved into a position with the Security Research & Operations group, where his focus was mostly on penetration testing of Cisco products and services. He was also involved in developing and presenting security training to internal development and test teams globally. Additionally, he provided consulting support to many product teams as an SME on product security testing. He then spent some time as a Incident Manager for the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT). His current role is a Security Architect specializing in Cisco’s security product line. . He has held a number of industry certifications including GPEN, GWEB, GCIA, GCIH, GWAPT, RHCE, CCSP, CCNA, CISSP, and MCSE. Ron has also authored books and video courses, is Cofounder and President of the Raleigh BSides Security Conference, and a founding member of the Red Team Village at Defcon.

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Skill covered

Security