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Introduction to Cybersecurity

Bad actors have always had the motivation to steal information and damage systems. In our current context of highly connected and digitized innovation, those bad actors are everywhere. The Introduction to Cybersecurity course gives you an overview of how to disrupt those bad actors and protect computer systems from malicious use. The course approaches security from a red team perspective to learn how to understand and think like a hacker. Get ready for hands-on experience using industry-standard tools and processes that can help keep you, and the organizations you serve, safe.

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You Will Learn:

  • The basics of network infrastructure, how systems communicate with each other and where we should pay attention for potential vulnerabilities.
  • How to set up, modify and fully utilize Linux-based tools like Kali.
  • Hands-on skills using industry-standard tools like Nmap, Metasploit and Netcat.
  • How to recognize attack patterns via historic examples.
  • How to engage with the complicated ethics of the field.

Who Should Register?

  • Anyone who is interested in learning prevention strategies for organizational and personal security. 
  • Employees working in information technology or tech support who are interested in starting to pursue high-level security certifications.*
  • Early career and midcareer technical professionals who want to develop new cybersecurity skills to add to their toolbelt.

* The cybersecurity professional certification space is both deep (from early career to late career) and wide (from incident response to offensive security). This course is designed to be an equipping entry point into the world of cybersecurity, not as a replacement for well-known and established certificates. Our course provides hands-on skills and knowledge of fundamentals, equipping participants to further pursue credentialing certifications.

Price: $475

You Will Learn:

  • The basics of network infrastructure, how systems communicate with each other and where we should pay attention for potential vulnerabilities.
  • How to set up, modify and fully utilize Linux-based tools like Kali.
  • Hands-on skills using industry-standard tools like Nmap, Metasploit and Netcat.
  • How to recognize attack patterns via historic examples.
  • How to engage with the complicated ethics of the field.

Who Should Register?

  • Developers, including those who have engaged with the Whitworth Software Development Certificate, who are looking to level up their experience.
  • Employees working in information technology or tech support who are interested in starting to pursue high-level security certifications*.
  • Early career and midcareer technical professionals who want to develop new cybersecurity skills to add to their toolbelt.

* The cybersecurity professional certification space is both deep (from early career to late career) and wide (from incident response to offensive security). This course is designed to be an equipping entry point into the world of cybersecurity, not as a replacement for well-known and established certificates. Our course provides hands-on skills and knowledge of fundamentals, equipping participants to further pursue credentialing certifications.

Price: $475

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Dates & Time to Completion

Sep 30 - Nov. 8, 2024.

6 weeks.

Class Format

Online content.

Weekly hybrid class (in-person or via Teams) on Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. (Pacific Time).

Requirements

2-3 hours of coursework per week.

1 assignment due each week.

Completion of final assignment.

Registration

 Closes September 27, 2024.

Meet Your Instructor

Scott Griffith

Scott Griffith is a multidisciplinary problem solver who strives to understand how we interact with our technology. He has 10-plus years of experience ranging from network engineering at Lockheed Martin to high-performance computing and signal processing at Lincoln Laboratory. Scott is currently an Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Whitworth University where he teaches everything from coding basics and data structures to hacking and user experience design. His specific areas of research are in ecological methods development via embedded systems, and spacecraft mission planning via massively parallel genetic algorithms.

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