Cybersecurity Foundations II

‍Master advanced cybersecurity techniques

‍Delve into the more intricate aspects of cybersecurity with courses on penetration testing, security architecture, and incident response

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You’ll gain expertise in identifying and exploiting system vulnerabilities, designing secure network architectures, and responding to cyber incidents with best practices in digital forensics and incident response. These courses will also cover advanced topics like API security and mobile device security fundamentals, preparing you to reduce an organization's cyber-attack surface area. By the end of these courses, you’ll be ready to lead in cybersecurity, equipped with the skills to protect digital infrastructures from even the most complex cyber-attacks.

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The U of U // Flatiron School difference

Become familiar with industry essentials and best practices

Learn to configure virtual machines with no prior knowledge

Gain confidence using industry-standard languages Python

Be mentored by a world-class cybersecurity expert

Small group classes (max 5 students)

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Program prerequisites: Cybersecurity Essentials, Cybersecurity Foundations I

Curriculum

Industry-approved curriculum to support your journey into cybersecurity

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Security Architecture and Frameworks - 3 weeks

This course covers secure architecture fundamentals, frameworks, and the consequences of insecure design. You'll learn to assess system vulnerabilities, understand secure network architecture, and explore zero-trust concepts, network segmentation, and cloud security. The course concludes with a project where you'll identify vulnerabilities using your knowledge of IT architecture and security.

What you'll learn:

• Integrate knowledge of security architecture to identify vulnerabilities that are discovered
• Identify mitigation strategies to protect against future attacks

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Incidence Response - 3 weeks

This course covers digital forensics, including malware recognition and evaluation, Python skills for API security, and memory forensics for Windows and Linux. It concludes with a project where you'll use these skills to respond to a cybersecurity incident.

What you'll learn:

• Identify mitigation strategies to protect against future attacks
• Conduct an investigation to an incident using best practices of digital forensics and incident response
• Implement best practices for API security for organization security

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Penetration Testing - 3 weeks

This comprehensive course teaches you to ethically exploit vulnerabilities and identify security weaknesses. You'll learn social engineering, reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, and post-exploitation strategies. Gain hands-on experience with tools like Burp Suite and Metasploit, and apply your skills in a real-world penetration testing project.

What you'll learn:

• Develop and log corrective action methodology to a system vulnerability using industry standard techniques
• Implement knowledge of nmap for penetration testing

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Penetration Testing Applications - 3 weeks

This course covers web application security, including common threats, secure coding, and penetration testing with industry tools. You'll master Active Directory attack methods, mitigation strategies, and credential dumping, and learn OT security best practices and emerging trends like AI and quantum cryptography. It also addresses mobile device security, including vulnerability identification, configuration, and scripting for automated scans. The course concludes with a web application security penetration testing project.

What you'll learn:

• Develop and log corrective action methodology to a system vulnerability using industry standard techniques
• Implement a methodology for building secure mobile architecture

Tuition

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Upfront - Save 9%

$4,700

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Pay as You Go

$5,200

3 monthly payments of $1,733