Cyber Defense Analyst

Overview

This intensive and practitioner-focused training is designed to help you gain the knowledge, skills, abilities, and confidence required to protect and defend organizational information systems against cyber adversaries.

Course description

A cyber defense analyst uses data collected from a variety of cyber defense tools (e.g. web application firewall (WAF), file integrity monitor (FIM), IDS, network firewalls, vulnerability scanner, etc.) and information systems to analyze events that occur within his/her environment for the purposes of thwarting cyber adversaries.

Prerequisite

Basic knowledge of how computers and the Internet work

Who can take this course?

• Cyber Enthusiasts
• IT Professionals
• Students & Graduates
• Cybersecurity Internship Seekers

This course includes

• Self-paced; over 13 hours of on-demand video
• Over 18 hours of lab exercises
• Anytime access (from computer, tablet or mobile phone)
• Labs and Project
• End of Training Workshop

Key Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, learners will be able to

• Master all learning objectives from the cyber defense associate course
• Discuss cloud security and the shared responsibility matrix
• Explain how a cloud access security solution works and recall the major vendors in this market space
• Discuss the importance of a cloud security posture management solution
• Demonstrate an understanding of key risk management terms and definitions
• Align cyber risk management efforts with an enterprise risk management program
• Discuss the risk assessment process
• Describe the process of risk analysis and the expected outcome of the exercise
• Demonstrate an understanding of risk appetite and risk tolerance
• Recall key considerations related to the crafting of a risk assessment report
• List and explain each of the four common risk response actions
• Outline the importance of risk monitoring and demonstrate an understanding of the process
• Recall elements of cyber security governance
• List and discuss motivations for cyber defense
• Demonstrate basic understanding of the functions of a cyber security steering committee
• Explain the role of the compliance function in cyber defense
• Demonstrate good understanding of the role of Internal Audit in cyber defense