Cybersecurity Proactive Defense (CPD) is an advanced-level course designed for technical personnel who monitor and protect our nation’s critical cyber infrastructure. This course prepares cyber defenders to recognize their own weaknesses by providing advanced attack vectors, sequential and escalating attack steps, and hands-on attack execution experience. CPD provides context behind a cyberterrorism attack by illustrating each attack step, the tools used to conduct the step, and the resulting impact on targeted systems.
CPD uses hands-on computer lab applications to simulate advanced attack vectors. This allows students to launch modern attack tools in a safe environment, study the way the tools work against common systems, recognize common defense deficiencies, and apply quick and effective cyber counter-terrorism techniques to quickly mitigate risks. By the end of the course, students will be able to use modern penetration testing tools, yielding both a practical application capability, and a tool recognition capability to better defend their cyber environment. Students learn penetration testing skills, defense analysis techniques, and real-time response and threat mitigation steps.
This course uses an easily transportable, laptop training center that operates via wired and wireless network technologies. This laptop training lab can be shipped and set up for training anywhere in the U.S. with minimal notice. Each laptop is preconfigured with hands-on exercises that immerse students in real-world cyberterrorism examples. Each laptop is installed with various operating systems and virtual machines to heighten the student’s awareness, test their preparation methods, and educate them on the cutting-edge threats used during cyberterrorist attacks.
