EC-Council
Cybersecurity Attack and Defense Fundamentals Specialization
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Cybersecurity Attack and Defense Fundamentals Specialization

Learn Ethical Hacking, Network Defense & Forensics. Master foundational skills to pursue a cybersecurity career and help build and maintain a secure infrastructure.

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

(492 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
5 months at 5 hours a week
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

Overview

  • Information security threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks.

  • Network security assessment techniques and tools.

  • Computer forensics fundaments, digital evidence, and forensic investigation phases.

What’s included

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Taught in English
246 practice exercises

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  • Learn in-demand skills from university and industry experts
  • Master a subject or tool with hands-on projects
  • Develop a deep understanding of key concepts
  • Earn a career certificate from EC-Council

Specialization - 3 course series

What you'll learn

  • Fundamentals of information security and ethical hacking

  • Information security threats and vulnerabilities, types of malwares, and vulnerability assessments

  • Network-level attacks including sniffing, denial-of-service, and session hijacking, and their countermeasures

  • Application-level attacks including webserver exploitation, OWASP top10 attacks, and SQL injection and their countermeasures

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Penetration Testing
Category: Network Security
Category: Mobile Security
Category: Internet Of Things
Category: Authentications
Category: Vulnerability Assessments
Category: Encryption
Category: Wireless Networks
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Web Applications
Category: Cyber Attacks
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Application Security
Category: Security Awareness

What you'll learn

  • Fundamental concepts of network security

  • Wireless network fundamentals, types of wireless encryption, and security measures

  • Identification, authentication, and authorization

  • Cryptography techniques, cryptographic algorithms, and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Skills you'll gain

Category: Network Security
Category: Encryption
Category: Security Controls
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Data Security
Category: Public Key Infrastructure
Category: Authentications
Category: Network Monitoring
Category: Cryptography
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Internet Of Things
Category: Mobile Security
Category: Wireless Networks
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Identity and Access Management

What you'll learn

  • Network forensics fundamentals, event correlation, and network traffic investigation

  • Data acquisition concepts, types, format, and methodology

  • Computer forensics investigation process and its phases

  • Fundamental concepts of computer forensics

Skills you'll gain

Category: Linux Commands
Category: File Systems
Category: Microsoft Windows
Category: Network Analysis
Category: Mac OS
Category: Network Security
Category: Web Applications
Category: Data Integrity
Category: Malware Protection
Category: Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Category: Cyber Operations
Category: Computer Security Awareness Training
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Event Monitoring
Category: Cyber Attacks
Category: Data Security
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Network Monitoring
Category: Email Security
Category: Web Servers

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