Course overview
This course aims to equip students with the skills and knowledge to effectively contribute to security operations and incident response teams. This course will cover the role and functions of a Security Operations Center (SOC), techniques for identifying, analysing, and assessing security threats and vulnerabilities, and provide detailed reports that include risk assessments and remediation recommendations. By the end of the course, students will obtain knowledge and skills to understand the role and functions of a Security Operations Centre (SOC), identify and assess security threats and incidents.
Course learning outcomes
- Explain the purpose, importance, responsibilities, roles, and key activities of Security Operations Centres (SOCs) in modern cyber security landscapes
- Analyse security events and incidents to determine their severity and potential impact on organisational assets
- Apply incident response methodologies and best practices to mitigate security breaches, minimise damage, recover from breaches and continuously improve an incident response process in a complex IT infrastructure
- Utilise security tools, technologies, and threat intelligence effectively to monitor networks, detect threats, and respond to incidents in real-time
- Demonstrate the knowledge of frameworks for proactive cyber security risk assessment and threat mitigation
Availability
Class details
Mawson Lakes
Class number 27254
Section PR01
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 27255
Section PR02
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 27256
Section PR03
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 27257
Section PR04
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 27262
Section PR05
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 27253
Section SE01
Size 100
Available 100
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 27258
Section PR01
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 27259
Section PR02
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 27260
Section PR03
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 27261
Section PR04
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 28009
Section SE01
Size 80
Available 80
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