Defensive Security Courses and Certifications

Computer Science 203: Defensive Security

Comprehensive defensive security program covering malware, network threats, risk assessment, access control, encryption, and disaster recovery for aspiring cybersecurity professionals.

• Study.com
• 15 hours 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Gain skills to detect and mitigate local account abuse, including password policies, account management auditing, and suspicious activity detection. Learn to identify and validate critical threats related to data exfiltration and extortion attempts.

• Cybrary
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Design for Security

Explore cloud security best practices, secure access to services and infrastructure, protect stored data, and implement defensive measures for AWS environments and applications.

• Udacity
• 3 weeks, 5-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Comprehensive Introduction to Cyber Security

115 ratings at Udemy

Learn Cyber Security with this comprehensive and up-to-date introductory course

• Udemy
• 4 hours 45 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Threat Hunt with PowerShell

14 ratings at Pluralsight

As a defensive security professional, you're responsible for improving defenses by performing threat hunting exercises. This course will teach you how to perform threat hunting with PowerShell within a Microsoft environment.

• Pluralsight
• 1 hour 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Detect and mitigate Registry Run Keys attacks used for persistence. Learn to identify threats, use SIEM tools, and implement response strategies to protect against data exfiltration and extortion attempts.

• Cybrary
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Learn to identify, assess, and manage vulnerabilities in IT systems. Gain hands-on experience with scanning tools, analysis techniques, and remediation strategies to enhance organizational cybersecurity.

• Cybrary
• 10 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Gain hands-on skills to detect and mitigate lateral tool transfer attacks, a tactic used by threat actors for data exfiltration and extortion. Learn to use SIEM tools and implement effective response strategies.

• Cybrary
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Gain practical skills to detect and mitigate user discovery attacks, using SIEM tools to identify threats and protect your organization's valuable data from financially motivated adversaries.

• Cybrary
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Learn to detect and mitigate scheduled task attacks used by threat actors for persistence and privilege escalation. Gain practical skills in SIEM tools to identify and respond to critical threats.

• Cybrary
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Develop skills to detect and mitigate adversaries obtaining software tools for malicious purposes. Learn to identify threats, use SIEM tools, and implement effective response strategies.

• Cybrary
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Develop offensive tooling for macOS through dynamic library injection, exploring Mach-O headers, code caves, and entrypoint redirection in Golang binaries.

• Independent
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Black Hat

Zero Days, Thousands of Nights - The Life & Times of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities and Their Exploits

Explore zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits through rare data analysis, revealing insights on their lifecycle, development, and implications for cybersecurity and policy.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

Racing Towards Practical Timing Attacks

Explore practical timing attacks in web applications, focusing on detection, exploitability, and defense. Learn to distinguish theoretical vulnerabilities from real threats using the 'time trial' tool.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

OWASP Foundation

Serverless Security: Challenges and Opportunities

Explore serverless architecture's impact on security operations with Twilio experts. Learn about challenges, benefits, and best practices in this emerging paradigm.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video