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ISACA Cybersecurity: Vulnerability, Identification & Analysis Online Course
Identifying vulnerabilities is vital in keeping networks secure. The ISACA Cybersecurity: Vulnerability, Identification & Analysis Online Course teaches students how to conduct a thorough vulnerability analysis. Students will learn how to conduct open-source research to gather information on vulnerabilities and exploits. That research will help determine what to prioritize when addressing vulnerabilities in a system.
Provider Information
ISACA
1700 E. Golf Rd., Suite 400
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Course Overview
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Learning Objectives
- Define key cybersecurity terms
- Explain the difference between vulnerability and exploit.
- Differentiate between the roles and responsibilities of red, blue, and purple teams.
- Explain what a typical cybersecurity functional structure looks like
Describe the role of the security operations center (SOC). - List the typical responsibilities of a SOC analyst.
- Explain the importance of an incident response plan.
- Describe the components of an incident response plan.
- Explain the importance of open-source research to gather information about a target.
- Conduct open-source research by searching Google more effectively.
- Use tools and resources, such as robots.txt, the Google Hacking Database, and The Harvester.
- Describe how Nmap is used to discover networks.
- Use Nmap
- Install and setup OpenVAS, describe the features of OpenVAS GUI
- Research vulnerability and exploit sites.
- Identify the severity of vulnerabilities.
- Describe why it is important to verify patching.
- Find the patch levels of various operating systems.
- Define Hashing and the explain the password-cracking process.
- Use command line.
Framework Connections
The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):
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