Dear Trainees,

Welcome to our DigiSkills Cybersecurity Training program. We are happy to have you join us.

This program will run over three weeks. During this time, you will explore important cybersecurity topics and gain hands-on skills that will be essential for your future journey.

All resources, assignments, tasks, and quizzes will be shared according to their corresponding week.

We expect a high level of commitment and enthusiasm from our future cybersecurity professionals.

Week 1: Networking & Security Foundations

  • Networking Basics
    Lab: Basic network configuration, connectivity testing, and traffic observation
  • Network Devices & Security
    Lab: Basic firewall configuration and network segmentation testing
  • Network Security Concepts
    Lab: Traffic analysis and introduction to security monitoring tools
  • Cloud & Virtualization
    Lab: Virtualization setup and management using VMware and VirtualBox
  • Information Security Fundamentals
    Lab: Team-based risk management activity
  • Cyber Threats & Attacks
    Lab: Basic threat analysis and vulnerability identification

Week 2: Systems & Hardening

  • Windows & Active Directory
    Lab: Set up a Domain Controller and Active Directory environment
  • Network Services (DNS & DHCP)
    Lab: Service configuration and troubleshooting
  • Linux Fundamentals
    Lab: User and permission management exercises
  • Linux Security
    Lab: System hardening and log analysis
  • System Hardening
    Lab: Applying hardening techniques and baseline configurations
  • Patch Management & SOC Basics
    Lab: Scripting basics and simple monitoring tasks

Week 3: Detection & Incident Response

  • Log Management & SIEM
    Lab: Log analysis and query creation
  • Threat Detection
    Lab: Basic detection rule creation and attack mapping
  • Network Traffic Analysis
    Lab: Packet analysis and threat identification
  • Incident Response
    Lab: Investigating and responding to a simulated incident
  • Endpoint Security
    Lab: Identifying suspicious system activity

Final Project