IT-Security Practitioner (S-ITSP)

This advanced IT security training is designed by practising IT security (management) experts, and offers a unique combination of technical security and security management skills to prepare you for successful progression into an IT security management role.

You will immerse yourself in network, system, mobile/IoT and application security and will get a good understanding of attack trends and mitigation techniques, incident management, identity & access management and threat management.

As you move along in the course, you will practice your skills with hands-on assignments in secure network architecture, intrusion prevention & detection, system hardening, mobile & IoT security controls, securing software, encryption, and designing IAM models.

In addition to mastering technical security concepts, you will also gain insight into relevant legal concepts and best-practice IT security standards and frameworks to safeguard the security and compliance of an IT infrastructure.

Exam and Certification:

After this course, you will have the opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge through an online exam supervised by SECO-Institute. Successful candidates are awarded the prestigious S-ITSP certification from SECO-Institute.

Benefits of Certification:

Demonstrable knowledge will significantly enhance your value as a professional for your organisation. Additionally, this certification by SECO-Institute ensures improved career prospects for you.

Delivery methods:

  1. Tutored online/ virtual training
  2. Classroom training

Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Design and defend secure IT infrastructures;
  • Apply hands-on skills in hardening systems, securing networks, and ethical hacking;
  • Use industry tools to detect, mitigate, and prevent cyber threats;
  • Understand relevant laws, standards and best practices;
  • Prepare for incident response, identity management, and secure development.

Pre-requisites

Basic knowledge of IT security (equivalent to S-ITSF) is strongly recommended.

Audience

This course is suitable for:

  • IT professionals seeking deeper technical security skills;
  • Security Engineers, System Admins, Network Specialists.

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