Cyber Essentials Practitioner

Level: Beginner

With instructor led learning covering topics ranging from understanding an attack surface, vulnerability scanning, understanding tool output and determining remedial activities

What Will You Learn?

Cyber Essential Practitioner teaches the fundamentals of a network attack surface and how to identify vulnerabilities

Candidates are given the opportunity to understand vulnerability scanners and how to read tool output

Most importantly the focus of the course is in understanding the current security posture of a network and what recommendations should be made to increase security

Who Should Attend?

Those looking to take more responsibility of security awareness within their company/institutions as well as security professionals responsible for carrying out Cyber Essentials Plus assessments are ideal for this course.

Typical candidates consist of:

Security Analysts
Cyber Essentials Testers
System Administrators
Networking Team Members
Students

Recommended Prerequisites

This course focusses on the basics of vulnerability scanning and analysis. It is recommended that candidates have an understanding of networking and how IP communication works.

Candidates will also benefit from an understanding of what an enterprise environment may consist of and how internal and external risks differ