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

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

12 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

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

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

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

Cooper

Credential Assessment - Mapping Privilege Escalation at Scale

Explore privilege escalation techniques in large-scale breaches and learn how to identify and combat credential exposure using a comprehensive framework for both offensive and defensive purposes.

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

44CON Information Security Conference

SexyDefense - Maximizing the Home-Field Advantage

Maximizing home-field advantage in cybersecurity through proactive defense, intelligence gathering, and attacker modeling. Learn to adapt strategies, set traps, and take initiative for effective protection.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Hack In The Box Security Conference

Adventures in Security Research

Explore defensive security, journalism protection, and diverse tech challenges with insights on gun hacking, malware analysis, and mission-driven work from a seasoned security expert.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Security BSides San Francisco

K-Rail - A Tool to Manage K8s Securely at Speed

Explore offensive and defensive scenarios in Kubernetes security, and learn about k-rail, a tool for mitigating risks and managing configurations securely at scale.

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

USENIX Enigma Conference

If Red Teaming Is Easy - You're Doing It Wrong

Explore the challenges and complexities of effective Red Teaming in cybersecurity, going beyond simple penetration testing to improve organizational defenses through a comprehensive adversarial perspective.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course