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The IT Professional's Path to Cybersecurity

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Overview

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Transform your IT expertise into a cybersecurity career through this comprehensive learning path. Leverage your existing technical knowledge while developing essential security skills in threat detection, incident response, and risk management. Join a growing field where your problem-solving abilities and IT background create a strong foundation for success.
  • Navigate your transition from IT ops to cybersecurity roles.
  • Implement controls to protect enterprise IT infrastructure.
  • Deploy security monitoring solutions across network systems.

Syllabus

Courses under this program:
Course 1: Transitioning to a Career in Cybersecurity
-Learn how to leverage the skills and experience you already have to transition from your current career to a lucrative and successful career in cybersecurity.

Course 2: Practical Cybersecurity for IT Professionals
-Learn the basics of cybersecurity and network testing through practical, hands-on demonstrations.

Course 3: IT Security Foundations: Core Concepts
-Learn the core concepts of operating system and network-level security to avoid threats and eliminate system vulnerabilities.

Course 4: IT and Cybersecurity Risk Management Essential Training
-Get a solid foundation of IT risk management knowledge and learn how to employ your limited resources to deal with limitless risks.

Course 5: Soft Skills for Information Security Professionals
-Information security isn’t all ones and zeros. Learn how to communicate security concepts and proposals in terms that will resonate with audiences of all technical abilities.

Taught by

Marc Menninger, CISSP, CRISC, Malcolm Shore, Lisa Bock, Kip Boyle and Jerod Brennen

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