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Securing Systems

Protect data and systems with encryption, access control and secure practices.

⏱ 10.0 hours📚 foundation level

What you'll learn

  • Encode and encrypt data and explain the difference
  • Configure basic access controls and least privilege
  • Spot common web vulnerabilities (injection, XSS)

Course syllabus17 lessons

Securing Systems

0/5 lessons
  1. 1📖Network Security
  2. 2📖❓Web Application Vulnerabilities🔒
  3. 3📖🔬Authentication & Authorisation🔒
  4. 4📖❓Incident Response🔒
  5. 5📖Security Auditing🔒

Securing the OS

0/3 lessons
  1. 6📖🔬User and Group Management🔒
  2. 7📖🔬File System Permissions🔒
  3. 8📖🔬SSH Hardening🔒

Monitoring and Blocking

0/3 lessons
  1. 9📖🔬Packet Analysis with Wireshark🔒
  2. 10📖❓Intrusion Detection with Snort🔒
  3. 11📖🔬Firewall Rules with iptables🔒

Defending Web Apps

0/3 lessons
  1. 12📖❓OWASP Top 10 Overview🔒
  2. 13📖🔬SQL Injection and Prevention🔒
  3. 14📖🔬XSS and CSRF🔒

Protecting Data

0/3 lessons
  1. 15📖❓Symmetric vs Asymmetric Encryption🔒
  2. 16📖🔬Hashing and Password Storage🔒
  3. 17📖❓PKI and Certificate Management🔒