Cyber Operations Pathway Description

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Complete at your own pace

Learning is delivered by IBM and Udemy:

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.

Employers are urgently seeking ex-military people for Security Operations Centre (SOC) analysts, so now is the chance to take a leap into beginning your cyber career with our free training pathway for veterans, reservists and military spouses.

The training has been designed by cyber security professionals and accredited by IBM to provide you with the skills to perform basic security configurations and become an effective networking technician.

Who should attend?

Most Service men and women with a background in military operations (at any level), have been responsible for incident management and standard operational procedures so will be well-suited to a career in cyber operations. We do not require any formal qualifications or training to undertake this course, just an interest in IT and starting a career in cyber security.

This career pathway has a promising outlook with a number of different avenues for you to climb the career ladder and a SOC analyst is a great stepping stone into the cyber security world.

The pathway consists of 3 stages:

STAGE 1: GET QUALIFIED AS A LEVEL ONE SOC ANALYST

Get an introduction to cyber-security with IBM’s cyber security fundamentals course combined with CompTIA Network+ and Security+ will help to kickstart your career into cybersecurity and acquire the necessary technical skills and knowledge for an entry level SOC analyst. You also have the opportunity to study IBMs Coursera course which will give you the IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate.

What will you learn?

Candidates will be able to access the following learning

SkillsBuild Cyber Fundamentals (6 hours) 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. Coursera - Approx 120 hours. This is a more in-depth course into Cyber Security & will provide you with further knowledge and skills. It is not mandatory to complete the Coursera. Udemy - CompTIA Network+ (N10-008) Full Course & Practice Exam (14.5 hours) You will learn the fundamentals of network and gain experience in the configuration, management, and troubleshooting of common wired and wireless network devices. Also, emerging technologies such as unified communications, mobile, cloud, and virtualization technologies. Udemy - CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601) Complete Course & Exam Security (21.5 hours) You will learn the fundamentals of cybersecurity and gain experience in the configuration, management, and troubleshooting of common wired and wireless networks with lessons, lectures, and video demonstrations to teach you everything you need to know to pass the exams.

Certification: A Cybersecurity Fundamentals badge, IBMs Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate CompTIA Network+ (N10-008) certification (paid by the individual) and CompTIA Security (SY0-601) certification (paid by the individual)

Once learners have completed the learning above they can then apply to move to the next pathway

STAGE 2: LEVEL 2 SOC ANALYST

What will you learn?

Candidates will be able to access the following learning

IBM QRadarSIEM Foundation Badge / IBM Security Learning Academy IBM QRadar is a network security intelligence and analytics software that detects cybersecurity attacks and network breaches to take action before any considerable damage is done or begin to immediately respond to any critical data losses.

This is an IBM-issued and IBM-recognized skill badge that demonstrates learners have knowledge of various QRadar deployments architecture and key concepts such as user management, domains and tenants, assets, network hierarchy, flows, events, rules, offenses, reference data, data obfuscation, and reporting. OR

Udemy Cyber Security SOC Analyst Training - SIEM (87.5 hours) Student will gain the knowledge of Networking, Cyber Security and SOC analyst role activities content with hands on practicals Udemy OWASP: Threats Fundamentals (3.5 hours) This course covers the fundamental concepts and techniques to identify different types of threats. The course also teaches the students to improve the security by avoiding misconfigurations, data exposure and insecure cryptography. Udemy Planning and Implementing a Security Incident Response This course is designed to help you manage an enterprise security incident, while avoiding common errors, increasing both the effectiveness and efficiency of your incident response efforts.

After completing this course, students will be able to: Effectively prioritise the response to a security incident Build a computer security incident response team (CSIRT) Develop an incident response action plan Post-incident activity Introduction to Service Management ITIL4 plus practice exam (2 hours plus exam) IT Service Management helps all organizations, regardless of their industry or business sector, provide their IT services using the most efficient and economical methods. The ITIL® framework focuses on IT Service Management best practices and efficient operations, and is used in government, commercial, and non-profit organizations, alike. This course provides an introduction to service management and covers the core concepts of creating value, service offerings, service relationships, achieving outcomes, managing costs, mitigating risks, and measuring the utility and warranty of a given service.

STAGE 3: CYBER SECURITY MANAGER

What will you learn?

Candidates will be able to access the following learning

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM - ISACA) (8.5 hours) CISM Domain 1—Information Security Governance. Establish and/or maintain an information security governance framework and supporting processes to ensure that the information security strategy is aligned with organizational goals and objectives CISM Domain 2—Information Risk Management. Manage information risk to an acceptable level based on risk appetite in order to meet organizational goals and objectives. CISM Domain 3—Information Security Program Development and Management. Manage information risk to an acceptable level based on risk appetite in order to meet organizational goals and objectives. CISM Domain 4—Information Security Incident Management. Plan, establish and manage the capability to detect, investigate, respond to and recover from information security incidents to minimize business impact. CISM Certification: FULL 150 question CISM practice test '22

SaluteMyJob is a social enterprise dedicated to helping ex-military individuals find jobs and career opportunities. We focus on leveraging the transferable skills and experiences of former soldiers, sailors, and airmen. SaluteMyJob offers specialised ex-military recruitment services, partnering with employers and experienced recruiters to provide guidance and resources for Service leavers and veterans. We are partners on the Click Start programme, funded by Nominet and the Institute of Coding, the Abertay cyberQuarter, SaluteMyJob, and the Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland and have successfully delivered an Ethical Hacking pilot project to veterans looking to upskill for a career in cybersecurity. In this pilot, the partners combined Academic learning, commercial qualifications, and professional employment support. We are now delivering course in AI, OSINT, Data Analytics among other topics.