Cybersecurity Foundations

Set a rock-solid foundation for your network, users, and data by learning the basics of cybersecurity. Explore key frameworks, threats, and strategies for responding to incidents.

Introduction

• Understanding the cybersecurity frameworks and standards
• What you should know

1. Cyber Threats

• Understanding the Cyber Kill Chain
• Pre-cyber threats
• The emergence of the cyber threats
• Botnets and the cybercrime industry
• Cloaking and alternate data streams
• Hiding using processes
• Controlling the target through a rootkit
• Phishing and watering holes
• Understanding advanced persistent threats
• Ransomware: A modern form of extortion
• Cryptomining
• Hardware implants and other cyber FUD

2. Frameworks for Protection against Cyber Threats

• The Orange Book: Early concepts in computer security
• Understanding the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• Adopting the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• Understanding the basics of cyber risk
• Analyzing cyber threats and controls
• Recording, reporting, and the risk context
• An advanced risk framework
• Managing security with COBIT
• COBIT for operational security
• Introduction to cybersecurity controls
• Cybersecurity control framework
• Cybersecurity standards of good practice

3. Making Cybersecurity Effective

• Architecting for security
• Protecting payment card data
• Clouding the issues
• Securing things on the internet
• Ensuring security is effective

4. Detecting and Managing Cyber Incidents

• Incident management basics
• Measuring incident management maturity
• Detecting an attack
• Hunting for threats
• Responding to an incident
• Communications plan and notification

5. Cyber Diplomacy

• Cybersecurity goes global
• Understanding cyber norms
• Cybil and the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise
• The Traffic Light Protocol

Conclusion

• What's next