Introduction to Cyber Defence
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Learn about the fundamentals of Information Technology Security and understand how to recognize cyber threats and vulnerabilities so that you can implement an effective IT Security defense.
This introduction to cyber defense is a fast-paced way to get up to speed on IT security. This entry-level track takes a combined light technical and high-level view of business challenges and solutions for practical IT security goals, providing a solid foundation for those new to their role in cyber security. Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of IT security defense, vulnerabilities and modern threat types, security team roles, and approaches for today’s active IT security defense.
Key Learning Outcomes
- Understand a brief history of hacking
- Identify the foundational controls of Information Technology Security
- Recognize modern cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits
- Apply knowledge on how IT attacks are carried out and mitigated
- Navigate recent cyber-attack case studies for key lessons learned
- Be prepared to orchestrate a defense in depth IT Security program
Course Duration: 2 days | Continuing Education Contact Hours: 14 | Price: $1,200 + HST *Subject to change when scheduled.
This course has been endorsed by techNL as a valuable professional development option for member organizations.
Who Should Attend
This course is well suited for those in Information Technology, Data Protection roles who have a working knowledge of technology who wish to focus on IT Security, or who have recently changed roles into the cybersecurity field.
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.