What you will learn
This learning path builds your knowledge and skills around cybersecurity administration. As you progress through 17 courses, you’ll learn about industry risks and how to measure and control those risks, as well as more technical topics such as networking, cryptography and integrating various types of technologies so that they work together to protect an organization. Upon completion, you’ll have a thorough understanding of the administrative side of cybersecurity that you can carry over to your next role or project.
Syllabus
Asset Security
Course — 00:39:36
K0049, K0065, K0083, K0195, K0287, K0377, K0622
Learn how to secure sensitive data, including managing and classifying data, working with data at rest and in transit, and implementing data security controls.
Network Fundamentals
Course — 01:20:43
K0001, K0034, K0050, K0057, K0061, K0093, K0136, K0159, K0170, K0221, K0265, K0274, K0303, K0332, K0333, K0395, K0417, K0437, K0452, K0470, K0471, K0489, K0516, K0565, K0612, S0236
Go in-depth into networking devices and technologies. Explore network types, protocols, models, attacks, security and more.
WAN & Remote Access Security
Course — 00:33:42
K0001, K0005, K0070, K0071, K0104, K0113, K0138, K0190, K0269, K0274, K0362, K0395, K0417, K0427, K0438
Learn about securing wide area networks (WAN) and remote access against different types of cyber threats in this five-video course.
Secure Network Design
Course — 00:26:09
K0001, K0004, K0034, K0049, K0179, K0276, K0291, K0324, K0326, K0452, K0487, K0488, K0493, K0561, S0023, S0034
Explore key concepts behind secure network design, including tools to keep threats out and techniques to detect and deflect intruders that breach your defenses.
Access Control Fundamentals
Course — 01:37:36
K0007, K0033, K0056, K0065, K0071, K0104, K0158, K0179, K0211, K0332, K0336, K0452, K0488, S0023, S0031
Take a deep dive into one of the fundamental concepts of security: access control. Learn how to give the right people access to the right information in a secure way.
Security Assessment
Course — 00:20:00
K0002, K0013, K0028, K0037, K0048, K0091, K0165, K0177, K0214, K0342
Discover any weak spots in your cyber defense. Learn how to use security assessments to identify, analyze and report on an organization’s cyber risk.
Business and Industry Influences and Risks
Course — 00:15:37
K0002, K0146, K0527
Brush up on your knowledge of business and industry influences and risks with this course on enterprise risk management (ERM) and business models.
Risk Mitigation Strategies and Controls
Course — 00:26:11
K0002, K0004, K0048, K0148, K0165, K0169, K0194, K0267, K0527, K0556
Dive into risk mitigation strategies and controls with this course on risk scenarios, responses and more.
Risk Metric Scenarios
Course — 00:12:56
K0002, K0183, K0527
This course on risk metric scenarios covers analyzing scenarios to secure enterprises and reviewing existing security.
Software Vulnerabilities and Security Controls
Course — 00:37:04
K0005, K0049, K0070, K0140, K0624
In this course, we take you through the fundamentals of software vulnerabilities and security controls.
Vulnerability Assessment Methods and Tools
Course — 00:21:13
K0005, K0006, K0013, K0106, K0177, K0301, K0342
This course helps you broaden your understanding of vulnerability assessment and tools, including tool lists and test types.
Securing Communications and Collaboration Solutions
Course — 00:14:55
K0136, K0445, K0446
Secure your communications and collaboration solutions with this course covering BYOD, mobile device management and more.
Implementing Cryptographic Techniques
Course — 00:30:43
K0004, K0018, K0019, K0025, K0104, K0201, K0277, K0285, K0305, K0308, K0403, K0427, K0428
Brush up on your understanding of implementing cryptographic techniques with this course covering cryptographic design, techniques and implementations.
Integrating Authentication and Authorization Technologies
Course — 00:22:43
K0004, K0007, K0056, K0065, K0092
Review and update your knowledge of integrating authentication and authorization technologies with this course covering advanced identity management and more.
Incident Response and Recovery Procedures
Course — 00:16:58
K0021, K0026, K0041, K0042, K0118, K0125, K0128, K0132, K0133, K0150, K0292
Prepare for possible trouble with this course on incident response and recovery procedures, including designing systems to facilitate incident response.
Integrating Hosts, Storage, Networks and Applications
Course — 00:28:26
K0035, K0087, K0092, K0332, K0565, K0622
Put the pieces together with this course on integrating hosts, storage, networks and applications. Includes vocabulary and guidelines.
Integrating Cloud and Virtualization Technologies
Course — 00:33:27
K0004, K0130, K0167, K0230, K0609, K0610
In this course, you’ll get to grips with the challenges of integrating cloud and virtualization technologies. Includes vocabulary and guidelines.
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Learning path insights
How to claim CPEs
Should you complete this learning path, you’ll be able to download a certificate of completion. Use this to claim your CPEs or CPUs.
Associated NICE Work Roles
All Infosec training maps directly to the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity to guide you from beginner to expert across 52 Work Roles.
- All-Source Analyst
- Mission Assessment Specialist
- Exploitation Analyst
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This has been utilized to bridge the skills gap across our cyber team and to aid them as they prepare for their various certifications. It also has provided a nice learning foundation for our various cyber team members to utilize as we continue to find ways for cross-utilization with operations while minimizing the downtime needed to ensure everyone’s knowledge is the same.
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