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Cybersecurity

Security Operations

Prepares you for CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701)

Threats, architecture, operations and risk: how organizations defend themselves and how security analysts work day to day.

By the end you’ll have made: A hardened, monitored home lab with an incident response plan you wrote and tested

Time to learn

≈ 42 h 34 min

That’s about 24 football matches.

15 h 16 min watching · 20 h 56 min practising · 6 h 22 min on quizzes and games

7 modules · 148 lessons

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Modules

  1. Week 1General security concepts

    ≈ 7 h 1 min · 53 long showers
    1. How to Pass Your SY0-701 Security+ Exam in 2026 (part 1 of 2)5:04
    2. How to Pass Your SY0-701 Security+ Exam in 2026 (part 2 of 2)5:13
    3. Security Controls (part 1 of 2)5:55
    4. Security Controls (part 2 of 2)6:04
    5. The CIA Triad5:18
    6. Non-repudiation7:58
    7. Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting9:04
    8. Gap Analysis6:45
    9. Zero Trust (part 1 of 2)5:03
    10. Zero Trust (part 2 of 2)5:12
    11. Physical Security8:18
    12. Deception and Disruption4:31
    13. Change Management (part 1 of 2)5:41
    14. Change Management (part 2 of 2)5:51
    15. Security concepts checkpointTimed · 15 min
    16. Technical Change Management (part 1 of 2)5:27
    17. Technical Change Management (part 2 of 2)5:37
    18. Public Key Infrastructure9:08
    19. Encrypting Data9:48
    20. Key Exchange3:39
    21. Encryption Technologies6:53
    22. Obfuscation8:00
    23. Hashing and Digital Signatures (part 1 of 2)5:13
    24. Hashing and Digital Signatures (part 2 of 2)5:22
    25. Blockchain Technology2:22
    26. Certificates (part 1 of 2)7:19
    27. Certificates (part 2 of 2)7:29
    28. General security concepts gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  2. Week 2Threat actors, vectors and vulnerabilities

    ≈ 6 h 3 min · 45 long showers
    1. Threat Actors (part 1 of 2)5:12
    2. Threat Actors (part 2 of 2)5:21
    3. Common Threat Vectors (part 1 of 2)8:37
    4. Common Threat Vectors (part 2 of 2)8:47
    5. Phishing6:32
    6. Impersonation5:52
    7. Watering Hole Attacks4:12
    8. Other Social Engineering Attacks3:29
    9. Memory Injections2:39
    10. Buffer Overflows3:37
    11. Race Conditions4:58
    12. Threats and vulnerabilities checkpointTimed · 15 min
    13. Malicious Updates5:45
    14. Operating System Vulnerabilities4:09
    15. SQL Injection5:09
    16. Cross-site Scripting8:34
    17. Hardware Vulnerabilities6:27
    18. Virtualization Vulnerabilities5:25
    19. Cloud-specific Vulnerabilities4:06
    20. Supply Chain Vulnerabilities9:12
    21. Misconfiguration Vulnerabilities7:09
    22. Mobile Device Vulnerabilities3:23
    23. Zero-day Vulnerabilities3:02
    24. Threat actors, vectors and vulnerabilities gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  3. Week 3Attacks, indicators and mitigations

    ≈ 5 h 56 min · 45 long showers
    1. An Overview of Malware6:06
    2. Viruses and Worms5:54
    3. Spyware and Bloatware4:21
    4. Other Malware Types7:32
    5. Physical Attacks4:04
    6. Denial of Service6:07
    7. DNS Attacks8:57
    8. Wireless Attacks7:55
    9. On-path Attacks5:30
    10. Replay Attacks5:45
    11. Malicious Code3:40
    12. Attacks and mitigations checkpointTimed · 15 min
    13. Application Attacks (part 1 of 2)5:54
    14. Application Attacks (part 2 of 2)6:04
    15. Cryptographic Attacks9:31
    16. Password Attacks7:16
    17. Indicators of Compromise (part 1 of 2)5:30
    18. Indicators of Compromise (part 2 of 2)5:39
    19. Segmentation and Access Control6:06
    20. Mitigation Techniques6:51
    21. Hardening Techniques (part 1 of 2)6:06
    22. Hardening Techniques (part 2 of 2)6:15
    23. Attacks, indicators and mitigations gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  4. Week 4Security architecture

    ≈ 6 h 23 min · 48 long showers
    1. Cloud Infrastructures9:56
    2. Network Infrastructure Concepts6:56
    3. Other Infrastructure Concepts (part 1 of 2)7:12
    4. Other Infrastructure Concepts (part 2 of 2)7:22
    5. Infrastructure Considerations (part 1 of 2)6:54
    6. Infrastructure Considerations (part 2 of 2)7:04
    7. Secure Infrastructures5:54
    8. Intrusion Prevention5:14
    9. Network Appliances (part 1 of 2)5:58
    10. Network Appliances (part 2 of 2)6:08
    11. Port Security3:50
    12. Firewall Types8:00
    13. Architecture checkpointTimed · 15 min
    14. Secure Communication9:55
    15. Data Types and Classifications5:54
    16. States of Data6:07
    17. Protecting Data (part 1 of 2)7:14
    18. Protecting Data (part 2 of 2)7:24
    19. Resiliency9:42
    20. Capacity Planning3:53
    21. Recovery Testing5:18
    22. Backups (part 1 of 2)6:08
    23. Backups (part 2 of 2)6:18
    24. Power Resiliency4:02
    25. Security architecture gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  5. Week 5Security operations: hardening, assets and vulnerabilities

    ≈ 5 h 41 min · 43 long showers
    1. Secure Baselines4:11
    2. Hardening Targets (part 1 of 2)5:06
    3. Hardening Targets (part 2 of 2)5:15
    4. Securing Wireless and Mobile8:58
    5. Wireless Security Settings (part 1 of 2)5:28
    6. Wireless Security Settings (part 2 of 2)5:37
    7. Application Security8:26
    8. Asset Management8:37
    9. Vulnerability Scanning7:45
    10. Operations checkpointTimed · 15 min
    11. Threat Intelligence4:46
    12. Penetration Testing6:21
    13. Analyzing Vulnerabilities (part 1 of 2)5:15
    14. Analyzing Vulnerabilities (part 2 of 2)5:24
    15. Vulnerability Remediation8:45
    16. Security Monitoring (part 1 of 2)5:14
    17. Security Monitoring (part 2 of 2)5:23
    18. Security Tools (part 1 of 2)7:03
    19. Security Tools (part 2 of 2)7:13
    20. Security operations: hardening, assets and vulnerabilities gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  6. Week 6Security operations: defences, identity and incidents

    ≈ 6 h 25 min · 48 long showers
    1. Firewalls (part 1 of 2)5:46
    2. Firewalls (part 2 of 2)5:55
    3. Web Filtering10:00
    4. Operating System Security3:22
    5. Secure Protocols4:47
    6. Email Security7:05
    7. Monitoring Data7:25
    8. Endpoint Security9:25
    9. Identity and Access Management (part 1 of 2)6:23
    10. Identity and Access Management (part 2 of 2)6:33
    11. Defences and incident response checkpointTimed · 15 min
    12. Access Controls7:49
    13. Multifactor Authentication4:30
    14. Password Security6:22
    15. Scripting and Automation8:20
    16. Incident Response9:14
    17. Incident Planning6:50
    18. Digital Forensics9:54
    19. Log Data (part 1 of 2)6:51
    20. Log Data (part 2 of 2)7:00
    21. Security operations: defences, identity and incidents gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  7. Week 7Security program management

    ≈ 5 h 5 min · 38 long showers
    1. Security Policies (part 1 of 2)5:31
    2. Security Policies (part 2 of 2)5:41
    3. Security Standards5:36
    4. Security Procedures7:02
    5. Security Considerations4:52
    6. Data Roles and Responsibilities2:27
    7. Risk Management3:30
    8. Risk Analysis9:13
    9. Risk Management Strategies3:12
    10. Business Impact Analysis2:55
    11. Program management checkpointTimed · 15 min
    12. Third-party Risk Assessment (part 1 of 2)5:48
    13. Third-party Risk Assessment (part 2 of 2)5:58
    14. Agreement Types5:19
    15. Compliance8:06
    16. Privacy5:22
    17. Audits and Assessments2:49
    18. Penetration Tests5:29
    19. Security Awareness6:45
    20. User Training4:31
    21. Security program management gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up