Certificate in Cyber Security & Digital Forensics
INTRODUCTION
The Cyber Security Unit at the south central IOT aims to give students a broad introduction to the interesting and challenging world of Technology Security
What will I do?
The course is delivered as a mixture of conceptual theory and practical exercises
The broad range of threats and the vectors used to compromise and infect systems including Social Engineering, Ransomware, Advanced Persistent Threats and many others ·
Psychology & rationale of cyber attacks from individuals through to nation states
- Attack surfaces and understanding risk of potential attacks to everyday environments
- Protecting your identity
- Defence tools and mechanisms such as Virtual Private Networks, Anti-Virus & the strategy behind strong passwords that don’t need to be remembered
- Legal concepts, Legislation, Extradition & Forum Bar
- Overview of related technologies including Quantum computing, Crypto Currency & The Dark Web
What’s next?
Following successful completion of this programme, you will receive a Certificate of Unit Credit (CoUC) from Pearson, our awarding body for the qualification. You can select additional short-programmes to complement this Certificate and use this towards the HNC in Digital Technologies.
Is it for me?
This introductory course would suit someone interested in learning more about the world of Cyber Security and gaining practical experience of core concepts Prior security experience is not required but confidence and familiarity with the Windows environment and technology in general is essential
A personal laptop would be beneficial as the courses uses various applications that are used in the security industry and are usually prohibited on business machines Not ready to apply yet? Why not give us an email, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible. We’ll be able to advise on whether this programme is right for you and take it from there.
Course Highlights
Setting up a Sandbox to investigate and experiment safely
- The techniques employed to break password encryption with practical exercises to explore the process
- True file type identification with file headers
- Practical use of a Hex editor to alter a file to hide data (Steganography)
- Using a Hashing tool to prove data has or hasn’t been altered
- Data Encryption, Encoding & Encapsulation
- Introduction to Information Assurance concepts including penetration testing physical & digital overview & practical techniques including basic lock picking
