Cybersecurity for Beginners -Learning with Demos

Practical Approach to learning-Cyber Attacks, Cryptography, Encryption Algorithms, PKI,Networking Topics & Protocols

This is a course that has been designed for the Beginners to the world of Cybersecurity and also experienced IT Professionals looking to learn the fundamentals of Cybersecurity , the entire learning will be based on demos and various practical.

* What is Cybersecurity ?

* Types of Cyber Attacks - Malware / Phishing / MITM / DDOS /SQLInjection

* Types of Hackers - Black Hat / White Hat / Grey Hat / Hacktivist

* Basics of Cryptography - History / Caesar's Cypher / Symmetric & Asymmetric Encryption

* Deep Dive into Various Algorithms - RSA / DSA / AES/ DES / ECDSA / Diffie-Hellman

* Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - Digital Signature / Certificate Authority (CA) / Digital Certificate / Self Signed Certificate

* Networking Basics - IP Addressing / Subnetting / VPN / DMZ / Firewall / Proxy Server / Packet Switching

* Key Protocols - SSH / SSL / TCP/IP / TLS / mTLS

The details are as below:

1. Introduction

2. Top 10 Cyber Attacks of 21st Century

3. A Look at the Live Threats

4. Demand for CyberSecurity Skills

5. What is Cybersecurity ?

6. What is CIA Triad ?

7. Malware Attack

8. Phishing Attack

9. Demo: How attackers use Phishing Attack ?

10. Password Attack

11. Demo: A Dictionary Attack - Password Attack

12. Man-in-the-Middle Attack

13. Demo: MITM Attack using ARP Poisoning

14. SQL Injection Attack

15. Demo: How to create a Sql Injection(SQLi) Attack

16. Denial-of-Service Attack

17. Cryptojacking

18. White Hat Hacker

19. Black Hat Hacker

20. Grey Hat Hacker

21. Hacktivist

22. Script Kiddie

23. What is Cryptography ?

24. History of Cryptography

25. Understanding the Ceasar's Cypher

26. What is Symmetric Encryption

27. Understand Symmetric Encryption with an Example

28. Demo: Symmetric Encryption using openssl

29. What is Asymmetric Encryption

30. Understand Asymmetric Encryption - Confidentiality

31. Understand Asymmetric Encryption - Integrity & Authentication

32. Demo:Asymmetric encryption using openssl

33. Get an Understanding of Hybrid Encryption

34. What is Cipher Algorithm & Key

35. What is DES - Data Encryption Standard ?

36. What is AES : Advanced Encryption Standard

37. Which are the NIST Approved Asymmetric Algorithms ?

38. What is the RSA Algorithm ?

39. Understanding RSA Algorithm with Example

40. What is DSA Algorithm ?

41. What is Deffie-Hellman Algorithm ?

42. Understanding DH Algorithm with an Example

43. Understanding Calculations for DH Algorithm

44. What is Elliptic Curve Algorithm ?

45. Quick Comparison : RSA vs DSA vs ECDSA vs DH

46. What is PKI ?

47. What is a Hashing Algorithm

48. Demo: Hashing using openssl

49. What is a Message Digest

50. What is a Digital Signature ?

51. Understanding Digital Signature

52. What is a Certificate Authority -CA

53. Demo: Exploring the DigiCert Website

54. What is a Digital Certificate

55. Understanding Digital Certificate

56. Check a Real Certificate - Facebook

57. Protecting from MITM using Digital Certificate

58. What is a Self Signed Certificate ?

59. PEM Vs PKCS12

60. What is a Chain of Trust

61. Demo: Create a Self Signed Certificate / rootCA

62. Demo : Create a CSR

63. Demo: Sign a Certificate CSR

64. Main Artefacts for Networking

65. Understanding the OSI Model

66. What is a Switch ?

67. What is a Router ?

68. What is a VLAN

69. Decimal to Binary Conversion

70. Binary to Decimal Conversion

71. Understanding an IP address

72. What is Subnetting

73. What is Subnet Mask

74. What is ARP

75. Simulation to understand ARP

76. What is a Network Packet

77. How a Packet Travels from Source to Destination

78. Demo: traceroute to cnn

79. What is a VPN ?

80. Demo: Using a Software based VPN (NordVPN)

81. What is a Firewall ?

82. Role of a Proxy Server

83. What is a Perimeter Network or a DMZ

84. What is SSH

85. What is TCP/IP

86. What is SSL

87. Understanding SSL Vs TLS

88. Demo: Checking the Latest Stats on SSL/TLS

89. What is MTLS

Who this course is for:

Cybersecurity Beginners / Experienced Professionals in IT wanting to understand the fundamentals of Cybersecurity in a Practical oriented learning
The course also teaches all the important Networking Fundamentals as well.