
Introduction to the course, key topics to be covered, and call to action.
Introduction to the section, key topics to be covered, and call to action.
Defines endpoints and their role in securing modern IT environments.
Outlines key techniques attackers use to target endpoints.
Highlights notable breaches to show real-world endpoint risks.
Maps confidentiality, integrity, and availability to endpoint controls.
Explore essential endpoint hardening strategies such as patch management, least privilege, UAC enforcement, and secure configuration using built-in Windows tools.
Compares endpoint and network security strategies and their scope.
Describes how endpoint agents, policies, and consoles interact.
Introduces CIS Benchmarks and how to assess configuration compliance.
Shows a quick scan using CIS-CAT Lite and how to read its results.
Tool: CIS-CAT Lite
Introduction to the section, key topics to be covered, and call to action.
Explains AV limitations and how EDR enhances visibility and response.
Introduces how EDR tools collect, detect, and respond to threats.
Shows how ATTACK helps structure and improve detection coverage.
Explains which system artifacts are useful for EDR visibility.
Installs Sysmon with config to log relevant endpoint events.
Tool: Sysmon
Uses Procmon to view real-time file and process activity for manual analysis.
Introduce osquery as a lightweight, SQL-powered endpoint visibility tool. Walk through how it collects system data, explore its table schema, and demonstrate live queries to monitor users, processes, autoruns, and more. Tool: Osquery
Simulate a suspicious batch script. Then, use Velociraptor to investigate the activity.
Tool: Velociraptor
Discuss how tools like osquery and Velociraptor support investigation and visibility during incident response. Highlight their strengths in telemetry collection and threat hunting, while also addressing their limitations — particularly around real-time automated response, containment, and integration with enterprise-scale EDR systems.
Introduction to the section, key topics to be covered, and call to action.
Defines Zero Trust and explains continuous verification, least privilege, etc.
Explains weaknesses in perimeter security due to cloud, BYOD, lateral movement.
Describes the key areas: identity, device, app, network, and data.
Shows how access requests are evaluated in real time using identity and posture.
Explains PDP vs. PEP using examples like Zscaler or BeyondCorp.
Walkthrough of real Zero Trust deployments (Google, NIST 800-207).
Demonstrate essential host-level hardening by configuring Windows Firewall, Defender, BitLocker (if available), and UAC to align with Zero Trust principles.
Learn how to block common attack techniques using built-in Windows features like ASR rules, Controlled Folder Access, and Exploit Protection.
Explore how to detect suspicious changes and enforce system integrity using event logs, audit policies, and baseline monitoring.
Why Endpoint Security Matters Today
In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, endpoint security management has become the front line of modern cybersecurity. Whether protecting laptops, servers, cloud workloads, or mobile devices, every endpoint represents a potential entry point into critical systems. Understanding what endpoint security management is and why endpoint security management is important is essential for safeguarding organizational assets.
Cybercriminals actively target endpoints, making effective endpoint management and security a core requirement for protecting sensitive data and maintaining operational integrity.
This course gives you a full-stack view of endpoint security management, taking you beyond basic antivirus into the world of EDR, Zero Trust, and Insider Threat defense, all explained in a practical, structured, and beginner-friendly way.
What Makes This Course Different?
This is not a passive, theory-only cybersecurity course.
Instead, you’ll gain a practical understanding of endpoint security and management through real-world scenarios and hands-on labs using lightweight, open-source tools in virtual machines. This approach allows you to learn endpoint security techniques without relying on expensive enterprise platforms.
The course mirrors real workflows used by SOC analysts, system administrators, red/blue teamers, and cybersecurity engineers. Whether you're starting out or advancing your skills, you’ll build a complete understanding of how endpoint management security works in real environments.
What Problem Does This Course Solve?
Many learners struggle with applying theory to real-world defense. This course bridges that gap by helping you:
Understand why endpoints are primary attack targets
Build from fundamentals to threat detection
Analyze real-world alerts and tools used by defenders
Deploy simple Zero Trust architectures with free tools.
Correlate logs, behaviors, and attack patterns like a professional using threat detection techniques
What You’ll Learn
In this course, you will develop the skills to:
Build and secure endpoint architectures using endpoint security management principles
Use Sysmon to monitor and detect endpoint threats.
Correlate logs and behaviours for advanced threat detection
Think and investigate like a SOC analyst
Apply Zero Trust principles using built-in Windows security features
Detect and respond to insider threats using Sigma methods
Tools You’ll Use (All Free & Open-Source)
Throughout the course, you’ll work with real-world, open-source tools that are commonly used by cybersecurity professionals:
Sysmon – for endpoint telemetry
Process Monitor – for behaviour visibility
CIS-CAT Lite – for security baseline assessments
osquery and Velociraptor – for endpoint visibility and live query-based investigation
Sigma – for writing detection rules
Event Viewer & PowerShell – for real-time analysis
These tools reflect real-world workflows of a SOC analyst or endpoint security manager.
What This Course Will Help You Do
By the end of this course, you will have the practical skills needed to:
Land an entry-level SOC analyst or blue team job.
Understand how endpoint attacks happen and how to stop them using managed endpoint security strategies
Build detection capabilities using practical endpoint security management tools
Prepare for certifications such as CySA+, Blue Team Level 1, and SC-200
Transition from IT or system administration into cybersecurity roles
If you’re serious about mastering endpoint security management from concepts to hands-on execution. This course will give you practical skills to succeed in today’s cybersecurity landscape.
Enrol now and start building real-world endpoint defense expertise.