Overview
Equip yourself with knowledge on the operational aspect of cybersecurity. This programme is suitable for professionals who are new to cybersecurity and also IT professionals or OT engineers who require cybersecurity know-how as a complementary skill. IT professionals and OT engineers need to understand security controls and practices to secure the domains under their care.
You will gain the knowledge needed to implement, monitor and administrate security features. The common body of knowledge is established by the global security professional body, ISC2. You can take the examination to obtain the SSCP CBK certification which has a globally recognised system security credential.
Key Takeaways
At the end of this programme, you will be able to:
- Align asset management to risk management
- Implement access controls to protect assets
- Understand cryptography, PKI systems and secure protocols
- Understand change management process and security awareness and training
- Support physical security operations
- Apply security controls to secure networked environment
- Apply encryption and DLP to secure cloud
- Apply security controls to secure wireless network
- Apply network access controls to secure last mile
- Apply monitoring systems to detect incident
- Perform security assessment activities
- Support security incident, BCP and DRP
- Support forensic investigations
- Secure software throughout its lifecycle
- Apply data protection built into software
- Secure software against malicious activity
- Apply endpoint device security
- Secure virtualised environment
Who Should Attend
- Please refer to the job roles section.
- Ideal for IT administrators, managers, directors and network security professionals responsible for the hands-on operational security of their organisation’s critical assets. It equips you with the advanced technical skills and knowledge to implement, monitor and administer IT infrastructure using security best practices, policies and procedures.
- ICT&SS Professional in a Database Administrator, Network Security Engineer, Security Administrator, Security Analyst, Security Consultant/Specialist, Systems Administrator, Systems Engineer or Systems/Network Analyst role.
Prerequisites
- SSCP Credential Minimum 1 year of cumulative, paid work experience in one or more of the seven domains of the SSCP CBK. A 1 year prerequisite pathway will be granted for candidates who received a degree (Bachelor's or Master's) in a cybersecurity programme.
- Associate of ISC2 Credential A candidate who doesn't yet have the required experience to become an SSCP may become an Associate of ISC2 after successfully passing the SSCP exam. The Associate of ISC2 will then have two years to earn the experience needed for SSCP certification.
What To Bring
You must bring your internet-enabled computing devices (laptops, tablets etc) with power chargers to access and download programme materials. No printed copies of programme materials are issued. Please refer to the full tech specifications here.
