Modul 1: Cybersecurity Foundations

In the first module, we will talk about the fundamentals that you need to become a security expert. We will setup your workstation and learn the fundamentals of python programming. The aim of the first module is to create a common knowledge base of the tools of a pentester.

Module 2: Web app security

In the second module we address web applications. The difficult part of these applications is the arbitrary user input in a lot of places. We will learn what a malicious hacker is capable of doing there to be able to fix errors we made in coding.

Module 3: Foundations of Cryptography

The third module shall teach the important aspects of Cryptography. Without Cryptography there is no security, hence it is a powerful weapon against adversaries when used correctly. We will learn about the concepts and how to use them.

• Symmetrical and asymmetrical encryption
• Digital signatures
• Public key infrastructure
• Hashing
• Hands onto cryptography

Module 4: Networking security

Module 4 addresses the wire. A hacker with access to the data on the wire seems quite mighty, however it is a common scenario. Therefore a cybersecurity engineering needs to know the technologies that can be used to secure communication to and from servers.

• ISO osi
• TCP ip
• Key exchange
• Tls
• Ipsec and Kerberos

Module 5: Password security

The last module in this course will address the weakest element in security – the human. Since humans are bad at randomness, it is important to still secure their passwords. However, given a specific attack scenario, this might be quite hard. Here, we will cover how attackers work and what we can do to make their work as hard as possible.