Technical IT Security for Proactive Defence
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Understand and apply IT Security practices, techniques and apply technical hands on exercises for proactive cyber defence for the business environment.
Technical IT Security for Proactive Defence is a hands-on technical course for security teams. This course addresses modern threats, debunks the myths about cyber attackers and enables threat hunting that goes beyond passive detection technology, waiting for SIEM rules to fire, and strengthens incident response.
Participants will learn proactive IT Security defence - threat hunting using MITRE ATT&CK, applying threat intelligence Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), TTPs (Tactics, Techniques and Procedures), network and common operating system hardening, vulnerability assessment and prioritizing patch management approaches, defend and respond to incidents involving Ransomware.
Key Learning Outcomes
- Application of knowledge through technical hands-on lab exercises
- Recognize technical elements of an attack, and mapping related controls
- Map modern attack TTPs to MITRE ATT&CK Framework for top SIEM rules
- Identify and implement vulnerability scanning at scale, with priority
- Apply actions from threat intelligence for prioritized security defence
- Navigate a real-world incident response scenario to respond to Ransomware
Course Duration: 2 days | Continuing Education Contact Hours: 14 | Price: $1,200 *Subject to change when scheduled.
Participant Experiences
"Dean is extremely knowledgeable in the field of cybersecurity which adds a lot ofvalue to the course. This course is invaluable to anyone looking to strengthen the securityposture of their organization".
Course Endorsements and Partnerships
This course has been endorsed by techNL as a valuable professional development option for member organizations.
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This course qualifies for Professional Development Units (PDUs) as defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Each course has a specific qualifying factor for PDUs. See the table below for a specific PDU breakdown for this Gardiner Center program.
To learn more about PDUs and how to apply these credits to your active credential please see www.pmi.org.
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Talent Triangle Allocations |
Qualifying PDU Hours |
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Ways of Working |
7.2 |
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Power Skills |
0 | |
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Business Acumen |
0 | |
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TOTAL |
7.2 |
Who Should Attend
This course is well suited for those in IT Security or cybersecurity defense roles across cyber incident response, security operations / SIEM analysis, threat analysis, and vulnerability assessments.
Instructor(s)
Dean Parsons (he/him)
Dean brings over 20 years of industry and cyber security experience to the classroom from both a technical and management perspective.
He has worked in both Information Technology (IT) and Industrial Control System (ICS) Cyber Defense in critical infrastructure sectors across telecommunications, electric power grid generation, transmission, distribution, oil & gas refineries, storage, and distribution facilities, and managed security service providers.
Dean is an ambassador for modern cyber defence for businesses, critical industrial engineering systems, and an advocate for safety. He consults and conducts technical and high-level assessments on cyber security and security defence programs for organizations across; power system facilities, marine (offshore/onshore) terminals, manufacturing, water distribution, wastewater plants, and engineering projects.
His mission as a certified instructor is to empower each of his students as he walks through industry best practices and a wealth of practical case studies ‘from the field’, and delivers actionable takeaways that can be implemented as soon as classes end.
Over the course of his career, Dean’s accomplishments include establishing entire IT and ICS security programs for critical organizations, successfully containing and eradicating cyber attacks through incident response to targeted malware and ransomware infections in electricity generation and manufacturing control networks, performing threat analysis, digital forensics, documenting and facilitating incident response exercises, and building proactive cyber threat hunt teams. He consults and conducts technical and high-level assessments on cyber security and security defence programs and controls for organizations across; power system facilities, marine (offshore/onshore) terminals, manufacturing, water distribution, wastewater plants, and engineering projects.
Dean is a member of several advisory boards on information and industrial cyber defence, and holds cybersecurity professional certifications including GICSP (Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional), GRID (Response and Industrial Defense), GSLC (Security Leadership), and GCIA (Certified Intrusion Analyst), as well as the CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional). He is a proud native of Newfoundland and Labrador and holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Memorial University of Newfoundland.