Security Analyst

Discover how policies and procedures shape a company's security posture and determine which security controls protect the enterprise.

Compare policies and procedures, align with standards, and implement practical security policies covering acceptable use, types of policies, due diligence, and outsourcing considerations.

Explore different types of policies and procedures with concrete examples, highlight acceptable use policy as a critical enterprise guideline, and examine SES policies as an industry-standard resource for security frameworks.

Explore risk assessment principles with a simple equation linking risk, vulnerabilities, threats, and organizational impact; learn how security controls offset risk and the symbiotic role of security awareness.

Identify and manage risk through practical risk assessment, including accepting, removing, mitigating, or transferring risk, and strengthen security awareness with effective controls.

Learn to manage and evaluate risk with key questions and a simple equation, apply vulnerability assessment tools, and understand how security awareness shapes risk.

Explore how system auditing relates to vulnerability assessment and penetration testing and why penetration testing matters, with an introduction to scope that defines what is tested and sets limits.

Learn how auditing, vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing evaluate security controls against policies and procedures, using frameworks and infrastructure framing to identify risks, report findings, and support compliance.

Explore how penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and security auditing relate and define a proper penetration test scope to set clear boundaries for the assessment.

Explore the types of penetration tests, including destructive and non-destructive, internal and external, and how much information testers may have before testing. Define the three testing phases and activities.

Explains non-destructive and destructive penetration tests, blue team vs red team, and black, white, and gray box approaches, plus external and internal testing, reconnaissance, attack, and post-attack phases.

Explore internal, external, destructive, and non-destructive penetration testing, and compare black box, gray box, and white box approaches while outlining the pre-attack, attack, and post-attack phases.

Examine the methodologies used in penetration testing and adopt a methodical, organized approach to security assessments, mirroring hackers' disciplined tactics against corporate and government entities.

Apply a methodical penetration testing methodology to plan, document with date-time stamps, and deliver repeatable results aligned to a target’s security posture, using open-source standards, checklists, and clear reporting.

Explore the methodical nature of penetration testing and apply a solid methodology to stay organized, focused, and professional, guided by open source planning and execution guidelines.

Navigate the legal concerns and risks of penetration testing to protect both tester and client. Outline the rules of engagement and the documentation required to perform a penetration test.

Define clear customer-driven rules of engagement and SOW for penetration testing, secure authorization and NDAs, and align scope, deliverables, timing, and ROI to protect data and reputation.

Identify legal concerns and risks in penetration testing, and outline the properly signed documentation and rules of engagement required to conduct a penetration test legally and professionally.