Cybersecurity Fundamentals & Career Entry

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Academy lesson outline

1. What Cybersecurity Actually Is And The Problems It Solves · 8 min
2. The Cia Triad: Confidentiality, Integrity, And Availability In Everyday Life · 10 min
3. Types Of Threat Actors: Who Is Attacking And Why · 12 min
4. Cybersecurity Domains: Where You Can Specialise And Work · 12 min
5. Entry-Level Roles Explained: Soc Analyst, Junior Pentester, Security Admin · 12 min
6. Setting Up Your Home Lab: Virtualbox, Kali Linux, And Ubuntu Installation · 14 min
7. Lab Safety And Ethics: What You Must Never Do Outside Your Lab · 11 min
8. Your First Terminal Commands That Matter For Security · 10 min
9. Security Vocabulary You Must Master To Sound Professional · 12 min
10. Cybersecurity News, Sources, And Staying Current Without Burnout · 12 min
11. How The Internet Works In 10 Minutes: Packets, Protocols, And Paths · 8 min
12. Ip Addressing, Subnets, And Cidr For Analysts, Not Engineers · 10 min
13. Tcp Vs Udp: When Speed Matters, When Reliability Matters · 10 min
14. Ports And Protocols Every Security Professional Must Memorise · 10 min
15. Dns: How It Works And Why Attackers Love It · 9 min
16. Http/Https, Tls, And What "Secure" Browsing Actually Means · 10 min
17. Firewalls: Types, Rules, And Why They Are Your First Line Of Defence · 8 min
18. Intrusion Detection And Prevention Systems Explained Without Jargon · 8 min
19. Using Wireshark To Capture And Read Network Traffic · 8 min
20. Analysing A Packet Capture: Identifying Normal Vs Suspicious Traffic · 8 min
21. Why Linux Dominates Cybersecurity And Your First 20 Commands · 9 min
22. File Permissions, Users, And Groups In Linux: The Security View · 8 min
23. Processes, Services, And What Is Running On Your System · 8 min
24. Linux Logs: Where To Find Them And What To Look For · 8 min
25. Windows Security Fundamentals: Defender, Firewall, And User Account Control · 8 min
26. Windows Event Viewer: Reading Logs Like An Analyst · 8 min
27. Active Directory Basics And Why It Is A Hacker’S Favourite Target · 8 min
28. Powershell For Security: Commands That Help You Investigate · 8 min
29. Hardening Linux And Windows: The First Settings You Change · 8 min
30. Patch Management: Why Updates Matter And How To Verify Them · 8 min
31. Malware Types: Viruses, Worms, Trojans, Ransomware, And Fileless · 8 min
32. Phishing, Spear Phishing, And Social Engineering: The Human Attack Surface · 8 min
33. Password Attacks: Brute Force, Spraying, And Credential Stuffing · 8 min
34. Denial Of Service And Distributed Denial Of Service Explained · 8 min
35. Man-In-The-Middle Attacks And How Encryption Stops Them · 8 min
36. Sql Injection: How It Works And Why Input Validation Matters · 8 min
37. Cross-Site Scripting And Web Application Basics For Analysts · 8 min
38. Zero-Day Vulnerabilities And Responsible Disclosure · 8 min
39. Threat Intelligence: What It Is And How To Consume It Practically · 8 min
40. Building A Threat Profile For A Fictional Organisation · 8 min
41. Authentication Vs Authorisation: The Door And The Key · 8 min
42. Passwords, Password Policies, And Why Complexity Alone Fails · 8 min
43. Multi-Factor Authentication: How It Works And Why It Stops Most Attacks · 8 min
44. Single Sign-On And Federation: Convenience Meets Security · 8 min
45. Privileged Access Management And The Principle Of Least Privilege · 8 min
46. Identity Providers, Oauth, And Openid Connect For Beginners · 8 min
47. Kerberos And Active Directory Authentication Explained Simply · 8 min
48. Biometrics: Strengths, Weaknesses, And Privacy Concerns · 8 min
49. Account Lockout Policies And Detecting Brute Force Attempts · 8 min
50. Building An Access Control Policy For A Small Business · 8 min
51. Encryption Vs Hashing Vs Encoding: Know The Difference Or Fail Interviews · 8 min
52. Symmetric Encryption: Aes And Where It Protects Your Data · 8 min
53. Asymmetric Encryption: Public And Private Keys Made Clear · 8 min
54. Hashing: Integrity, Password Storage, And Why Md5 Is Dead · 8 min
55. Digital Signatures And Certificates: Trust On The Internet · 8 min
56. Ssl/Tls Certificates: How Https Really Works Under The Hood · 8 min
57. Public Key Infrastructure: The System Behind Trust · 8 min
58. Full Disk Encryption And Protecting Data At Rest · 8 min
59. Vpns: How They Work, When To Use Them, And Their Limits · 8 min
60. Using Gpg To Encrypt And Sign Files In Your Lab · 8 min
61. What A Security Operations Centre Does Hour By Hour · 9 min
62. Log Sources: Firewall Logs, Server Logs, Endpoint Logs, And More · 8 min
63. Security Information And Event Management: The Soc Analyst'S Tool · 8 min
64. Setting Up A Free Siem In Your Lab Using Elastic And Kibana · 8 min
65. Writing Detection Rules: What Is Normal And What Is Suspicious · 8 min
66. Endpoint Detection And Response: Beyond Antivirus · 8 min
67. Vulnerability Scanning With Nessus Or Openvas: Finding Weaknesses · 8 min
68. Interpreting A Vulnerability Scan Report And Prioritising Fixes · 8 min
69. Continuous Monitoring And Why Weekly Scans Are Not Enough · 8 min
70. Building A 24-Hour Monitoring Simulation In Your Lab · 8 min
71. The Incident Response Lifecycle: Prepare, Detect, Contain, Eradicate, Recover · 10 min
72. First Steps When You Suspect A Breach: Containment Before Panic · 8 min
73. Evidence Collection And Chain Of Custody Without Ruining Forensics · 8 min
74. Root Cause Analysis: Finding How The Attacker Got In · 8 min
75. Writing An Incident Report That Management Will Actually Read · 8 min
76. Disaster Recovery And Business Continuity Basics For Security Pros · 8 min
77. Backups: The 3-2-1 Rule And Why Ransomware Loves Poor Backups · 8 min
78. Tabletop Exercises: Simulating An Incident Without Real Damage · 8 min
79. Post-Incident Review: Improving So It Does Not Happen Again · 8 min
80. Running A Full Incident Response Drill In Your Lab · 8 min
81. Why Compliance Is Not Security And Why Both Matter · 8 min
82. Major Frameworks: Nist, Iso 27001, And Cis Controls Simplified · 8 min
83. Risk Assessment: Identifying, Analysing, And Prioritising Risk · 8 min
84. Security Policies, Standards, And Procedures: What Goes In Each · 8 min
85. Data Privacy Laws: Gdpr, Ndpr, And Why They Affect You · 8 min
86. Ethics In Cybersecurity: Grey Hats, Bug Bounties, And Boundaries · 8 min
87. Responsible Disclosure: Reporting Vulnerabilities Without Getting Sued · 8 min
88. Third-Party Risk: When Your Vendor Is The Weak Link · 8 min
89. Building A Simple Security Policy For Your Lab Organisation · 8 min
90. The Cybersecurity Code Of Conduct You Will Follow · 8 min
91. The Entry-Level Certification Landscape: Comptia Security+, Isc2 Cc, And More · 8 min
92. Building Your Certification Study Plan With Free And Paid Resources · 8 min
93. Your Home Lab Portfolio: Documenting And Showcasing Your Work On Github · 8 min
94. Writing A Cybersecurity Cv That Beats Applicant Tracking Systems · 8 min
95. Linkedin Optimisation For Cybersecurity Job Searches · 8 min
96. Where To Find Entry-Level Cybersecurity Jobs Globally And Remotely · 8 min
97. Interview Preparation: Common Questions And Technical Scenarios · 8 min
98. The Power Of Community: Discord, Twitter, Meetups, And Mentorship · 8 min
99. Negotiating Your First Cybersecurity Salary Or Contract Rate · 8 min
100. Your 12-Month Career Roadmap: From Where You Are To Employed · 8 min

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