Security Training : Cybersecurity and Ransomware Fundamentals

Cybersecurity and Ransomware Fundamentals

Security Training 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.

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.

Security Training Course Objectives

After this course a student should be able to

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

Security Training Prerequisites

Basic awareness of IT, devices, and applications.

Security Training Course duration

1 day

Security Training Course outline

Module 1: Fundamentals of Cybersecurity

This module explains the fundamentals of cybersecurity. It will give the student an awareness of the cybersecurity landscape, how encryption, authentication and authorization work, and draws attention to different attack vectors that cybercriminals can exploit to carry out attacks and gain unauthorized access.

Lessons

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.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the cybersecurity landscape.
Discuss how encryption works.
Describe the differences between authentication and authorisation.
Describe different network types, the network threat landscape and how to protect them from cyberattack.
Describe what a device is, how much a device knows about you, and device-based threats.
Discuss how applications can be exploited to gain access

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.

Lessons

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

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