Over the last 15 months I have undertaken a range of training focusing in the following areas:
- Cybersecurity fundamentals,
- Fortinet NSE1 and NSE2
- Palo Alto firewall
- Splunk Fundamentals
- Short courses with Charles Sturt University – Ransomware Techniques and Network Fundamentals
- Various software packages listed below. I have incorporated this knowledge and skillsets into my daily work practice.
I gained a great deal of rich knowledge of basic Cybersecurity principles, the correct language, how to communicate with my peers and vendors, applying learned research skills to resolving incidents that I encountered. The technical experience allowed me to apply this knowledge in the internship. This practical component enhanced my transition into cybersecurity.
Software packages
Symantec products: As part of my internship, I was placed with the Managed Endpoint Protection team. This is where I did my job specific training in Symantec products. Broadcom education provided the training.
Comptia Security+ – Represents the latest and greatest in cybersecurity, covering the most in-demand skills related to current threats, automation, zero trust, IoT, risk – and more. Once certified, you’ll understand the core skills needed to succeed on the job.
Splunk Fundamentals – Splunk is a software which is used for monitoring, searching, analysing and visualising the machine-generated data in real time. Splunk reduces troubleshooting and resolving time by offering instant results. Throughout this course you will learn the primary functions of a security operations centre (SOC) and the critical role it plays in protecting organisational assets from cyber-attacks. Gain the knowledge of Networking, Cyber Security and SOC analyst roles with hands on practicals.
Cybersecurity Fundamentals – This course will provide you with an introduction to cybersecurity. From the offence perspective, you will learn about cyber attackers, their tactics, social engineering, and high profile case studies. From the defence perspective, you will learn about common approaches organisations take to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber attacks. You will also learn about career opportunities in this exciting, growing field.
Fortinet NSE 1 – The self-paced course is the first entry level course in the Fortinet Network Security Expert (NSE) program. It explores real cyber threats that pose a danger to you and me. The course offers measures that you can take to protect yourself and others from harm. It also explains basic terms and concepts that will help you in your journey to better understand cybersecurity.
Fortinet NSE 2 – This self-paced course is part of the Fortinet Network Security Expert (NSE) program. In NSE 1, you learned about the threat landscape and the problems facing organisations and individuals. In this course, The Evolution of Cybersecurity, you will learn about the types of security products that have been created by security vendors to address those problems.
Palo Alto Firewall – The only firewall to identify, control, and inspect your SSL encrypted traffic and applications. The only firewall with real-time (line-rate, low-latency) content scanning to protect you against viruses, spyware, data leakage, and application vulnerabilities based on a stream-based threat prevention engine.
Spark – Ignite your interest in Spark with an introduction to the core concepts that make this general processor an essential tool set for working with Big Data.
Data Analysis with Python – In this course you will learn about: Data Acquisition – How to Obtain Basic Insight From a Dataset Data.
Data Visualisation with Python – Data visualisation is the graphical representation of data in order to interactively and efficiently convey insights to clients, customers, and stakeholders in general. It is a way to summarise your findings and display it in a form that facilitates interpretation and can help in identifying patterns or trends. In this course you will learn how to create interesting graphics and charts and customise them to make them more effective and more pleasing to your audience.
Applied data science with Python –
- You will learn how to code in Python for data science, then analyse and visualise data with Python with packages like Scikit-learn, Matplotlib, and Bokeh.
- There are guided lectures and labs to provide you with hands-on experience tackling interesting data problems.
- This is an action-packed learning plan for data science enthusiasts who want to work with real world problems using Python.
Hadoop- This free Apache Hadoop course introduces you to Big Data concepts, and teaches you how to perform distributed processing of large data sets with Hadoop.
I attended Broadcom industry training for Data Centre Security and Symantec Endpoint Protection, I heavily use this software to manage endpoints from configuring prevention and detection policies. Symantec Data Centre Security is a software that secures, hardens, and monitors the compliance posture of server systems for on-premise, public, and private cloud data centres.
Symantec Endpoint Protection combines virus protection with advanced threat protection to proactively secure your client computers against known and unknown threats, such as viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and adware. Symantec Endpoint Protection provides protection against even the most sophisticated attacks that evade traditional security measures, such as rootkits, zero-day attacks, and spyware that mutates. Protects laptops, desktops, and servers in your network against malware, risks, and vulnerabilities.
