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Certificate of Cybersecurity
Program at a Glance
- Three Months Skill Certificate
- Total 12 modules including introductory modules for basics to advance skills
- Course fee Rs 26,000/- (lump sum)
Learn the skills required for a Cybersecurity Certificate
Every organization's day-to-day functioning depends on the proper utilization of information communication technology (ICT). Cybersecurity is the only approach that provides peace of mind to entrepreneurs by securing all electronic systems having crucial information. It is the way of defending computers, mobiles, electronic systems, networks, and automation devices contributing to organizational success. This certificate course gives the knowledge and hands-on training to protect your business assets and the experience you deliver to your customers. That way you retain and grow your customers’ confidence in your brand.
What You’ll Learn
- Knowledge of Information technology catering principles and capabilities with particular emphasis on the technical support of local area networks.
- Knowledge of securing networks, systems, servers, and operating systems with troubleshooting.
- Knowledge of the web attacks in modern-day servers.
- Hands-on experience in penetration testing of various network technologies related to local area networks.
- Perform various tests to detect and provide defense against vulnerabilities.
- Practical scenarios to compromise web servers and web applications.
- Ability to detect attack vectors, identify attack type and provide continuity of operations.
- Ability to recover data from damaged disks to ensure data consistency.
- Capability of malware analysis to detect the basic working of malware.
- Pen testing mobile devices and applications
How You’ll Benefit
Individuals having sharp, keen minds, motivated with ethical behavior in information management, and are willing to defend organizations from cyber-attacks and from internal and external rogue elements. The program features are:
- Knowledge of Information technology catering principles and capabilities with particular emphasis on the technical support of local area networks.
- Knowledge of securing networks, systems, servers, and operating systems with troubleshooting.
- Knowledge of the web attacks in modern-day servers.
- Hands-on experience in penetration testing of various network technologies related to local area networks.
- Perform various tests to detect and provide defense against vulnerabilities.
- Practical scenarios to compromise web servers and web applications.
- Ability to detect attack vectors, identify attack type and provide continuity of operations.
- Ability to recover data from damaged disks to ensure data consistency.
- Capability of malware analysis to detect the basic working of malware.
- Pen testing mobile devices and applications
The students completing this course will have opportunities to work inside the country as well as abroad as:
- Security Operations Centre (SOC) Engineer
- Network Administrator
- IT Support Officer
- Manager / Assistant Manager IT
- Network support engineer
- Security Analysts
- Penetration tester
The curriculum includes understanding the following modules:
- Cyber-security Basic
- Setup of Virtual Machine of Kali Linux
- Information Gathering
- Network Security
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Exploits (Window/Linux/Android)
- Post-Exploitation
- Wifi security
- Password Cracking
- Web Security
- Database Security
- Digital Forensic
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Module |
Topic |
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Module-1 |
Cyber-security Basic |
● Course Introduction ● Common Cyber-security Threats ● Threat Defense ● Ethical Hacking ● Types of Hackers ● Course Applications ● Tools used in course |
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Module-2 |
Setup of Virtual Machine of Kali Linux |
● Kali Linux overview ● Download VM of Kali Linux ● Setup Kali Linux in Virtual box |
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● Network settings of Virtual box ● Kali Linux commands ● Virtual Technology tools ● VMware ● Virtual box ● Kali Linux |
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Module-3 |
Information Gathering |
● Overview of Foot printing ● Different Techniques ● Methodologies ● Foot printing through Social Engineering ● Countermeasure |
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Module-4 |
Network Security |
● Basic Network Concepts and Common Network Devices ● Network Scanning ● Enumerating network ports ● Nmap ● Wireshark ● Metasploit Auxiliary |
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Module-5 |
Vulnerability Assessment |
● Overview of VAPT ● Different Techniques ● Various Methodologies ● Tools used in VAPT ● Reporting ● Nessus ● Nexpose |
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Module-6 |
Exploitation |
● Installation of Metasploit Framework ● Auxiliaries module ● Payloads module ● Exploits module ● Exploit Window XP/7/8.1 ● Exploit Metasploitable 2 |
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Module-7 |
Post-Exploitation |
● Escalating user privileges ● Capturing keystrokes on the target system ● Executing custom PowerShell scripts for performing additional tasks ● Making the access persistent |
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Module-8 |
Wifi security |
● Wireless Standards ● Wireless Authentication ● Wireless Hacking Tools ● Hack wireless password key ● Wifi Authentication and Deauthentication |
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● Wifi Evil Tower (Fake wifi) ● Aircrack-ng ● Airmon-ng ● Fluxion |
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Module-9 |
Password Cracking |
● Encryption technology ● Extract password hash ● Brute force attack ● Dictionary Attack ● Hybrid Attack ● Window password cracking methods ● Files Passwords (word, Pdf, zip, rar, excel) ● Hash CAT ● John the ripper |
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Module-10 |
Web Security |
● Web Technology ● Web Attacks ● Web Login Password-cracking ● Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) ● DDoS ● MiTM ● DVWA ● Hydra |
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Module-11 |
Database Security |
● Database Technology ● SQL Injection (SQLi) ● Cross-site Scripting Attack ● Remote File Inclusion ● Cross-site forgery ● Sqlmap ● Hydra |
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Module-12 |
Digital Forensic |
● Data integrity forensics ● Malware forensics in sandbox ● OS forensics ● File System Forensics ● Network Forensics ● Wireshark ● Autopsy |
- The course fee is Rs 26,000/- (lump sum)
Ready to take the Cybersecurity course?
- Apply for the certificate program – Complete the application to get started.
- You can apply at any time.
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