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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

5 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Apply secure baselines, wireless protection, mobile security, app controls, and sandboxing to prevent and contain real-world cyber threats

  • Manage the full IT asset lifecycle, including data governance, vulnerability grouping, remediation planning, and improving security tool accuracy

  • Use DNS and web filtering, OS security, IAM, secure protocols, and automation concepts to detect, investigate, and respond to incidents

  • Analyze security incidents through the use of threat investigation techniques and digital forensics to increase operational response and resilience

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Assessments

14 assignments

Taught in English

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This course is part of the CompTIA Security+ Certification Preparation Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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There are 2 modules in this course

Strengthen your security expertise with a hands-on journey into Cybersecurity Operations and Controls. This course provides you with technical depth and hands-on experiences of defense tools and techniques that will enable you to respond to and defend against threats.

Begin by mastering secure baselines, wireless network protection, mobile device security, application-level controls, and sandboxing to isolate malicious activity. You will investigate each phase of the IT asset lifecycle β€” data governance, secure decommissioning, vulnerability grouping, remediation planning, and optimizing security tools to increase detection and reporting precision. The course then moves into security controls and incident management, where you will gain an understanding of DNS and web filtering, OS security and secure protocols, IAM, credential and privilege protections, security automation considerations, threat investigation methods, and digital forensics to successfully manage and analyze security incidents. By the time you finish, you’ll be running, optimizing, and defending modern systems with clarity, precision, and real-world skill.

In this module, you’ll learn how to establish secure baselines, harden devices, and protect wireless and mobile environments. You’ll also explore vulnerability management, advanced monitoring, security tool integration, and governance across the IT asset lifecycle.

What's included

18 videos8 assignments

18 videosβ€’Total 80 minutes
  • Course Introductionβ€’4 minutes
  • Creating and Managing Secure Baselinesβ€’5 minutes
  • Device Hardening for Endpoint and Network Infrastructureβ€’5 minutes
  • Securing Wireless Networksβ€’4 minutes
  • Mobile Device Protection in Enterprise Settingsβ€’4 minutes
  • Wireless Security Settingsβ€’5 minutes
  • Application-Level Security Techniques and Controlsβ€’4 minutes
  • Usage of Sandboxingβ€’5 minutes
  • Security Challenges in the IT Asset Lifecycleβ€’4 minutes
  • Threats Associated with Poor Asset Visibility and Trackingβ€’4 minutes
  • Secure Decommissioning and Data Lifecycle Governanceβ€’5 minutes
  • Active Vulnerability Identification and Discoveryβ€’5 minutes
  • Classification of Discovered Vulnerabilitiesβ€’4 minutes
  • Planning and Executing Remediation Effortsβ€’4 minutes
  • Validating Vulnerability Fixesβ€’5 minutes
  • Advanced Monitoring of Computing Resources and Activitiesβ€’5 minutes
  • Security Tool Optimizationβ€’4 minutes
  • Threat Detection and Reportingβ€’3 minutes
8 assignmentsβ€’Total 85 minutes
  • System & Application Security Foundationsβ€’21 minutes
  • IT Asset Lifecycle & Governanceβ€’9 minutes
  • Vulnerability Management & Threat Monitoringβ€’21 minutes
  • Secure Configuration and Network Hardeningβ€’6 minutes
  • Mobile, Wireless, and Application Security Controlsβ€’8 minutes
  • IT Asset Lifecycle & Governanceβ€’6 minutes
  • Vulnerability Management and Remediation Processβ€’8 minutes
  • Advanced Security Monitoring and Threat Detectionβ€’6 minutes

In this module, you’ll explore core network and system controls, secure protocols, and identity access management practices. You’ll also learn about automation in security operations, incident response, digital forensics, and effective threat investigation techniques.

What's included

15 videos6 assignments

15 videosβ€’Total 69 minutes
  • Network & System Controlsβ€’5 minutes
  • DNS and Web Filteringβ€’5 minutes
  • OS Security and Secure Protocolsβ€’5 minutes
  • Security Monitoring Tools and Techniquesβ€’5 minutes
  • Identity Access Managementβ€’5 minutes
  • Access Control Models and Methodsβ€’5 minutes
  • Credential and Privilege Security Controlsβ€’5 minutes
  • Automation and Orchestration in Secure Operationsβ€’5 minutes
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Security Automationβ€’5 minutes
  • Cybersecurity Incident Responseβ€’4 minutes
  • Threat Analysis and Investigationβ€’4 minutes
  • Digital Forensics and Evidence Handlingβ€’5 minutes
  • Log Data Investigationβ€’5 minutes
  • Investigation on Data Sourcesβ€’4 minutes
  • Course Completionβ€’1 minute
6 assignmentsβ€’Total 70 minutes
  • Network & System Defense Controlsβ€’12 minutes
  • Identity, Access & Secure Operationsβ€’15 minutes
  • Incident Response & Cyber Investigationsβ€’15 minutes
  • Network & System Defense Controlsβ€’8 minutes
  • Identity, Access & Secure Operationsβ€’10 minutes
  • Incident Response & Cyber Investigationsβ€’10 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

This course is for IT professionals, system administrators, and people who want to become cybersecurity experts and learn how to use security controls and cybersecurity operations.

Yes. A completion certificate will be issued, which you may share with employers or include in your LinkedIn profile.

To access the course materials, assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid. The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.

When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile.

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