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Crack the Cyber Security Career Code
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Crack the Cyber Security Career Code

Learn about the steps and activities required to get your cyber security career going
Created byMobolaji Moyosore
Last updated 5/2021
English
English

What you'll learn

  • Fundamentals of cyber security including key terms and definitions
  • Fundamentals of cyber threats and vulnerabilities
  • Facts about getting into cyber security
  • How to create an impressive entry level cyber security resume
  • How to search for cyber security jobs
  • How to write good cover letters for cyber security jobs
  • How vulnerabilities are discovered, assessed, reported and remediated in enterprise environments
  • Avenues of cyber attacks
  • Fundamentals of threat hunting
  • Ability to differentiate between the functions of IT and cyber security in an enterprise environment
  • Determine key technical skills needed to break into cyber security
  • Learn about some of the important soft skills needed to thrive as a security professional

Course content

5 sections • 36 lectures • 3h 8m total length

  • Course Introduction3:26

    Explore the drape methodology to develop cybersecurity talent, guiding learners from cyber zero to cyber hero through five steps and practical insights on information security and third-party risk management.

  • Definition of Cyber Security5:53

    This lecture gives you an insight into common motivations for cyber defense. You will gain an understanding of some of the bad things that can happen to organizations who suffer a serious cyber attack.

  • Cyber Adversaries and Enterprise Defenders6:03

    Explore how cyber adversaries threaten information disclosure, tampering, and denial of service, and how enterprise defenders preserve confidentiality, integrity, and availability with authentication, authorization, and non-repudiation.

  • Cyber Security Career: Dispelling the Myths7:31

    Dispel myths about entering cybersecurity, noting coding is helpful but not required, and that a computer science degree is not mandatory for most defensive roles.

  • So You Want to Get into Cyber Security?6:33

    Learn the DRAPE methodology for getting into the field of cybersecurity, answer six common questions, and see how skills, opportunities, and potential earnings shape your career.

  • Overview of Cyber Threats5:28

    Define cyber threat and explain how malware threatens computer systems and IT networks. Explore four malware categories: virus, worm, ransomware, trojan horse, and botnets, with examples like Solar Wind.

  • Common Types of Threat Actors6:56

    Identify six threat actor types: cyber criminals, nation-state threat actors, hacktivists, unethical competitors, non-adversarial employees, and adversarial employees—covering motives, typical exploits, and the resulting business impacts of breaches.

  • Overview of Vulnerabilities5:29

    Explore vulnerabilities, prioritize vulnerability management, and learn how publicly disclosed and zero-day flaws shape defenses, with bug bounty programs and HackerOne guiding ethical reporting.

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge of computing and how fundamental information systems have become to modern-day businesses
  • Passion and desire to break into cyber security

Description

Getting into the field of cyber security for most people is quite complicated because resources that map out a very clear path into the feld are very scarce. With that said, there is no shortage of information about this subject but if care is not taken in leveraging a lot of the available resources, one is very likely to get more confused than enlightened. This is the challenge that this course aims to solve through the DRAPE methodology, which is a blueprint for getting into cyber security. DRAPE is an acronym for Discover, Relate, Acquire, Plan and Execute.
While developing this course, the author figured that having a blueprint like this should make things easier for individuals who are trying to break into the field of cyber security. This thought was fueled by his experience as a cyber talent developer who has been privileged to help many individuals break into the field.

In cracking the cyber security career code, the first thing you want to do is DISCOVER the field. In this course, you did that by understanding fundamental cyber security attributes and the motivations of enterprise defenders and cyber adversaries in relation to cyber defense and cyber attack, respectively. You also learned about what it takes to break into cyber security, as well as overview of cyber threats, common types of threat actors, and overview of vulnerabilities.

Then you need to RELATE your discoveries about the field of cyber security to how they might apply in enterprise environments. In this section of the course, you learned about what keeps cyber security professionals up at night, the cyber kill chain framework, taking a lifecycle approach to vulnerability management, common avenues of cyber attacks, threat hunting, and the relationship between cyber security and IT. Knowledge gained in the “relate” phase of the course sheds light on the intersection of theory and practice. Consider the discover phase as theory of cyber security and the relate phase as its practice.

The ACQUIRE phase is relatively straightforward; what you want to do here is ensure that you’ve acquired the fundamental knowledge and skills required to break into cyber security, as well as the attributes needed to thrive as a professional. The previous two phases (Discover and Relate) are about what you need to know as you try to break into the field while this phase is about the skills and attributes that you need to acquire to give yourself a decent chance.

Once you’ve mastered every aspect of the previous three phases, you need to develop a PLAN of attack and pick your battle as the situation demands. In this section of the course, you learned about how to stay abreast of evolution in the cyber threat and technology landscape, your professional certification choices, and the cyber security career decision tree. All you now need to do is plan your next move based on what you now know.

EXECUTION comes after the plan phase. As Morris Chang said, without strategy, execution is aimless. Without execution, strategy is useless. Your ultimate goal is to break into cyber security and be successful there, and everything you learned up to this point in this course can be considered the strategic aspect of plan towards actualizing that goal. Now, it’s time to execute by taking steps that move you closer to your goal. In this section of the course, you learned that attending conferences and meet ups can be quite beneficial. You also learned about how to search for jobs in the true sense of the word “search”, how to create an impressive resume, a good cover letter, and how to approach your job interview whether it’s a telephone interview or a face-to-face interview.

Who this course is for:

  • Fresh graduates, IT professionals, and individuals who are determined to become cyber security professionals

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