Course Code: 28403

55373 Cybersecurity and Ransomware Fundamentals Course

Class Dates:
1/3/2025
3/7/2025
Length:
1 Days
Cost:
$600.00
Class Time:
Technology:
Server
Delivery:
Instructor-Led Training, Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Overview

  • Course Overview
  • This one-day course is designed to provide IT professionals with a fundamental understanding of cybersecurity, with a particular focus on ransomware. The course covers topics such as cybersecurity threats, encryption, authentication, authorization, and ransomware attacks, along with strategies for ransomware protection.

  • Audience
  • The course is suitable for both novice and experienced IT professionals. It's designed for individuals who may have experience or exposure to other IT-related areas, but have minimal or no exposure to cybersecurity or ransomware. This includes administrators, developers, testers, analysts, and students.

Prerequisites

  • Basic awareness of IT, devices, and applications.

Course Disclaimer

*Course Cost listed does not include the cost of courseware $ 60. Course is subject to a minimum enrollment to run. Course may run virtually as a Virtual Instructor-Led (VILT) class if the minimum enrollment is not met. For more information, please contact learn@vtec.org or call 207-775-0244.

Course Details

  • After completing this module, students will be able to:
  • Understand ransomware
  • Describe different types of ransomware attacks
  • Discuss the ransomware families
  • Discuss how ransomware has become a business
  • Understand defense mechanisms against ransomware attacks
  • Describe ways to prevent ransomware
  • Describe antivirus and antimalware tools
  • Describe common signs of a ransomware attack
  • Understand how to respond to a ransomware attack
  • Benefits
  • Understand the cybersecurity landscape
  • Describe how encryption works
  • Understand the difference between authorization and authentication
  • Discuss device-based threats
  • Understand networks and network-based threats
  • Discuss how applications can be exploited by cybercriminals
  • Discuss ransomware, the types of ransomware attacks, and ransomware families
  • Describe different ways to prevent ransomware
  • Understand common signs of ransomware attacks
  • Describe how to recover from ransomware attacks
  • Module 1: Fundamentals of Cybersecurity
  • This module explains the fundamentals of cybersecurity.
  • The awareness of the cybersecurity landscape,
  • How encryption, authentication and authorization work
  • Draws attention to different attack vectors that cybercriminals can exploit to carry out attacks and gain unauthorized access.
  • An overview of cybersecurity, Basic introduction to encryption
  • How to verify your users and control their access
  • Network threats, Devices as threat vectors, Application vulnerabilities
  • Lab 1: Fundamentals of Cybersecurity
  • Paper-based exercise, break out session with scenario and discussion with the group on the outcome.
  • Module 2: The Basics of Ransomware
  • This module explains the basics of ransomware.
  • Students will get a basic introduction to ransomware, how to protect against ransomware, and what can be done to effectively recover from a ransomware attack.
  • Introduction to ransomware
  • How to protect against ransomware attacks
  • How to recover from a ramsomware attack
  • Lab 1: The Basics of Ransomware
  • Paper-based exercise, break out session with scenario and discussion with the group on the outcome