About This Course

This course has 4 stages. Students will build a foundation in Linux and Python & prepare for cybersecurity's top-notch certification exam i.e. CISSP. During stage 2, pentesting tools will be taught including Wireshark, Nmap, in addition to ISO & PCI courses. The third stage includes an introduction to cyber security essentials, hacking 101 course, and learning critical security controls & auditing.
After the successful completion of this course, AlNafi will assist all the graduates in cyber job hunting by providing personalized career services. The fourth and final stage will equip students with cyber defence skills that'll help them perform in-depth traffic analysis for intrusion detection, OSINT framework review and hands on exercises.

Course Delivery Mode

The training will be delivered online via our alnafi.com portal, which is designed to cater 50 Million Nafi members. The portal has all the key features like:

• Watching and tracking videos
• Progress monitoring,
• Attempting quizzes,
• Submitting assignments,
• Asking questions from the teachers and mentors.

What you will learn

Cybersecurity is a vast field. In general, cybersecurity is broken down into two parts. Red & Blue. Red team focuses on the offensive side of cybersecurity. Blue team specialises on defensive cyber mechanisms. Cyber defence track is mostly about blue teams.
You'll learn about the malicious tactics hackers use to exploit networks and the strategies used to respond to their threats. You'll learn techniques that will help you to continuously strengthen the digital security infrastructure. This course will teach you how to build intrusion detection systems that'll allow you to monitor any suspicious activity at all times.
You’ll be taught a lot of cyber defence techniques, including the following:

• Cybersecurity analysis and threat profile
• Knowledge of detection systems
• Hardening techniques
• SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)

What skills you will gain

The cyber defence track will equip you with the skills required to operate and lead a blue team. Here are some of the crucial skills you’ll gain after this course:

• Security audits, such as a DNS audit
• Risk intelligence data analysis
• DDoS testing
• Log and memory analysis
• pcap
• Digital footprint analysis
• Reverse engineering
• Developing risk scenarios

Earning Potentials

Cybersecurity has a 0% unemployment rate. (Monster)
Salaries for cyber security professionals range from $65,000 to $130,000 per year, with a median salary of $92,000 annually. (Digital Guardian)
By 2020, we expect IT analysts covering cyber security will be predicting five-year spending forecasts (to 2025) at well over $1 trillion. (Purple Sec)