COMP-208
CompTIA CyberDefense Pro Bootcamp
Description
This intensive 5-day CyberDefense Pro course equips you with advanced cybersecurity skills. It includes hands-on simulations and real-world scenarios designed to provide you with the knowledge to detect, analyze, and respond to threats in today’s tech-driven world. The course also prepares you for the CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) (V3) certification, ensuring you’re ready for success in cybersecurity roles.
Prerequisite
Foundational knowledge of networking, cybersecurity, and threat detection concepts.
Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify and analyze cybersecurity threats using industry-standard tools.
- Develop and execute response plans and perform forensic analysis.
- Automate security tasks and enhance detection capabilities with Python and PowerShell.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and conduct risk assessments.
Key Takeaways
- Understanding of incident response plans
- Ability to perform forensic analysis and risk assessments
- Knowledge of regulatory standards like GDPR, PCI DSS, and HIPAA
- Enhance threat detection with automated tasks using Python and PowerShell
Who Is This For
This course is ideal for people with a foundational knowledge of networking, cybersecurity, and threat detection concepts who are looking to build advanced cybersecurity skills.
Certificate of Completion
- Certificate of Completion issued after successful completion of all chapters, hands-on exercises, and course evaluation.
- Certificate is downloadable from the Ghost Team Academy Education Portal.
Training Outline
Day 1: Cyber Defense Foundations & Threat Landscape
- Topics:
- Introduction to CyberDefense methodology
- Review: Security+ and Network+ fundamentals
- The evolving threat landscape (actors, motives, and tactics)
- Understanding the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK framework
- Lab/Exercises: Network topology analysis and attack surface mapping; Building a baseline network defense architecture
Day 2: Threat Detection, Monitoring & Analysis
- Topics:
- SOC operations overview
- Log collection, SIEM concepts, and alert triage
- Using Splunk and ELK Stack for log analysis
- Packet capture and analysis with Wireshark
- Behavioral vs. signature-based detection
- Labs/Exercises: Analyzing logs to identify Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)
Day 3: Vulnerability Management & Hardening
- Topics:
- Vulnerability scanning tools and processes (Nessus, OpenVAS)
- Patch management and system hardening
- Secure configurations and baseline enforcement
- Prioritizing remediation using CVSS scoring
- Labs/Exercises: Conducting a vulnerability assessment and remediation report; Remediation planning and reporting
Day 4: Incident Response & Threat Hunting
- Topics:
- The incident response lifecycle (NIST 800-61)
- Forensics fundamentals and evidence handling
- Threat hunting methodologies and proactive defense
- Analyzing malware behaviors and artifacts
- Labs/Exercises: Real-time incident response simulation and root cause analysis; Investigate and contain a simulated breach
Day 5: Advanced Defense & Capstone Exercise
- Topics:
- Red vs. Blue team dynamics
- Network segmentation, zero-trust models, and intrusion prevention
- Automation and orchestration in cybersecurity (SOAR tools)
- Risk management, compliance, and reporting (GDPR, NIST, ISO 27001)
- Final exam review and practice
- Course summary
- Key takeaways
- Capstone: End-to-end CyberDefense simulation
- Capstone Lab: Defend against a simulated multi-stage cyberattack using the full toolchain and incident response process.
