Cybersecurity Basics
This brief course is designed to introduce you to fundamental cybersecurity concepts and terminology. You will learn about security controls, access management, data protection, encryption, incident response, GRC, and more.
Course Content
Upon completing this course, you should be able to:
- Define "security control" and identify the different types of controls.
- Define key concepts related to identity and access management.
- Identify the main access control models.
- Identify common control frameworks that organizations use.
- Explain the importance of proper data handling.
- Define logging and monitoring in the context of cybersecurity.
- Define key terms associated with cryptography and encryption.
- Define terminology associated with Incident Response.
- Identify the components of a Business Continuity Plan.
- Identify the components of a Disaster Recovery Plan.
- Define "governance" in the context of cybersecurity.
- Define terms associated with risk management.
- Define "compliance" in the context of cybersecurity.
Instructed by
Matt has led multiple Red Team engagements, ranging from a few weeks to a year and covering multiple security domains. Outside of Red Teaming, Matt is also a seasoned penetration tester with interests in: AppSec, OSINT, Hardware, Wifi, Social Engineering, and Physical Security. Matt has a Master's degree in Information Assurance and an exhaustive number of certifications ranging from frameworks, management, and hands-on hacking. Matt is a Technical SME at Cybrary, focusing on Adversarial Emulation and Red Teaming for course content.
Owen is certified in the GIAC GSEC, CompTIA CySA+, and various other vendor-related certifications. He works both as a technical security engineer and as an SME architect instructor in his spare time. Spreading the word of cyber security is a passion of his. Owen lives in Southeast Michigan with his beautiful wife, daughter, and his dog, Thor. In his free time, Owen enjoys watching sports and movies, and spending time with his family.
Seema's primary focus is Azure and Microsoft 365. She is a Microsoft Certified Trainer with experience in the delivery of Microsoft courses and workshops. Prior to Zodela Technologies, Seema spent 15+ years at Microsoft in various roles, such as senior escalation engineer, working with Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Office 365, and Microsoft Exchange.
She has a Master of Science in computer engineering from the University of Central Florida.
After too many years of security operations work, Chris Daywalt tries to turn his phone off at 5:00 pm EST. While there are a bunch of training classes and education somewhere on his resume, much of what he has to teach was learned at the school of hard knocks, often at the expense of his previous clients. He wants to help you spend more time detecting and denying adversaries and less time banging your head against your keyboard. He dips his blueberry donuts in orange juice.
Chris’ 19-year career includes work for organizations of all sizes, both government and private sector, and is distributed roughly like so:
Marc has led, managed, and performed global incident response investigations focused on large-scale data breaches, system compromises, data exfiltration, ransomware, and malware outbreaks. He has worn many hats throughout his Incident Response career, including proactive and reactive services. Outside Blue Teaming, Marc is passionate about Vulnerability Research and Malware Analysis. He is a Technical SME at Cybrary, focusing on Threat Actors and Blue Teaming for course content.
