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Program Overview

  1. Vocational Cybersecurity Career Pathway Program
  2. Focused on job skills in two NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NCWF) areas:
    1. OPERATE & MAINTAIN: Provides the support, administration, and maintenance necessary to ensure effective and efficient information technology (IT) system performance and security.
    2. PROTECT & DEFEND: Identifies, analyzes, and mitigates threats to internal information technology (IT) systems and/or networks.
  3. Program Level: Beginner to Intermediate Level

Program Length: 400 hours

Certifications: Four vouchers are made available for learners towards certifications listed below.

  1. CompTIA Server+
  2. CompTIA Linux+
  3. CompTIA Cloud+
  4. CompTIA Network+
  5. CompTIA Security+
  6. CompTIA Pentest+

Target Audience:

  1. Recent graduates and transitioning career professionals seeking to enter the field of Cybersecurity
  2. IT professionals seeking to earn than certify in CompTIA credentials through hands-on Network simulations and Pentest scenarios

Job roles aligned to pathways:

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PROGRAM DETAIL

Virtualization and Cloud (120 hours)

  • CompTIA Server+ (40 hours): Essential hardware and software technologies of on-premise and hybrid server environments including high availability, cloud computing and scripting
  • CompTIA Linux+ (40 hours): Configuring, monitoring, and supporting servers running the Linux operating system with a focus on security, storage & virtualization, git & automation, networking & firewalls, server side & command line, server coverage and, troubleshooting.
  • CompTIA Cloud+ (40 hours): Infrastructure option for individuals who need to certify in Identity and Access Management (IAM) Level I, CSSP Analyst and CSSP Infrastructure Support roles.

Wired and Wireless Networking (120 hours)

  • CompTIA Network+ (80 hours): Design and implement functional networks; Configure, manage, and maintain essential network devices; Use devices such as switches and routers to segment network traffic and create resilient networks; Identify benefits and drawbacks of existing network configurations; Implement network security, standards, and protocols; Troubleshoot network problems, Support the creation of virtualized networks
  • Networking Tools & Technologies (40 hours)

Security and Pentesting (160 hours)

  • CompTIA Security+ (80 hours): core technical skills in risk assessment and management, incident response, forensics, enterprise networks, hybrid/cloud operations, and security controls
  • CompTIA Pentest+ (40 hours): Explain the importance of planning and key aspects of compliance-based assessments, Gather information to prepare for exploitation then perform a vulnerability scan and analyze results, Exploit network, wireless, application, and RF-based vulnerabilities, summarize physical security attacks, and perform post-exploitation techniques, Conduct information gathering exercises with various tools and analyze output and basic scripts (limited to: Bash, Python, Ruby, PowerShell), Utilize report writing and handling best practices explaining recommended mitigation strategies for discovered vulnerabilities
  • Pentesting Scenarios (40 hours): Complete challenges on https://root-me.org. Optionally, learners seek Professional Hacker Divergence Challenged (PHDC) evaluation - see below.