Post Graduate Program in

CYBER SECURITY

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Table of Contents
About the Program............................................................................ 3

Key Features of the Post Graduate Program in

Cyber Security..................................................................................... 4

About the Post Graduate Program in Cyber Security ............... 5

About Simplilearn............................................................................... 6

Program Eligibility Criteria and Application Process........... 7

Learning Path Visualization............................................................ 9

Program Outcomes............................................................................ 10

Who Should Enroll in This Program............................................ 11

Courses

Step 1 : Introduction to Cybersecurity ............................................ 12

Step 2 : Design systems to secure applications,

networks, & device ................................................................................. 13

Step 3 : Design, engineer and manage the

overall security posture of an organization.................................... 15

Step 4 : Build a Hacker MIndset and defend

against future attacks (From )................................................ 17

Step 5 : Cybersecurity- Technology,

Application and Policy (From )............................... 20

Step 6 : Cyber Security

Capstone Project...................................................................................... 22

Certificates............................................................................................ 22
About the Program

Accelerate your career with this Post Graduate Program in Cyber

Security. This program features a mix of theory, case studies, and
extensive hands-on practice to prepare you for an exciting career in cyber
security. You will master CompTIA Security+, CEH, and CISSP, and learn
how to protect your infrastructure by securing data and information,
running risk analysis, architecting cloud-based security, and achieving
compliance.

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Key Features of the Post Graduate
Program in Cyber Security

Online Classes Projects

110+ hours of instructor- Capstone Project
led online classes in 3 domains

Content Learning Kit

40 hours of EC Council
e-learning content Learning Kit

Blended Learning Faculty

150+ hours of Masterclasses
Blended Learning from MIT Faculty

Certification Community
• Overall Program MIT CSAIL Professional
Completion: Simplilearn Programs Community
Membership MIT
• ‘Cyber Security:
CSAIL Professional
Technology, Application
Programs Community
and Policy’ Module: MIT
Membership
• Certified Ethical Hacker:
EC Council

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About the Post Graduate Program
in Cyber Security

This Post Graduate Program in Cyber Security equip you with the skills needed
to become an expert in this rapidly growing domain. This program also contains
two major modules from MIT SCoC and EC- Council which helps to develop a
360-degree view of the cybersecurity domain that now comprises a wide array of
security components and technologies.

About Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Schwarzman

College of Computing:

Founded in 1861, MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and

stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering. It has since
played a key role in the development of many aspects of modern science,
engineering, mathematics, and technology, and is widely known for its innovation
and academic strength, making it one of the most prestigious institutions of higher
learning in the world.

MIT also places among the top five in many overall rankings of universities along
with Times Higher Education has recognized MIT as one of the world’s “six super
brands” on its World Reputation Rankings. In 2019, it ranked 3rd among the
universities around the world by SCImago Institutions Rankings.In 2017, the Times
Higher Education World University Rankings rated MIT the #2 university for arts
and humanities. MIT was ranked #7 in 2015 and #6 in 2017 of the Nature Index
Annual Tables, which measure the largest contributors to papers published in 82
leading journals.

About EC Council:

The International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council)

is a professional organization that certifies individuals in various e-business
and information security skills. EC-Council is best known for its professional
certifications for the IT security field. It’s certifications CEH,CHFI,CCISO,CND

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are ANSI accredited.Many of these certifications are recognized worldwide and
have received endorsements from various government agencies including the
U.S. Federal Government via the Montgomery GI Bill, National Security Agency
(NSA), and the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS).

Upon completing this program, you will receive:

The final program completion certificate is from Simplilearn
Individual course completion certificate for all the courses in learning path
from Simplilearn
Executive Program Certification from MIT
Certified Ethical Hacker Certificate from EC Council
MIT CSAIL Professional Programs Community Membership

About Simplilearn
Simplilearn is a leader in digital skills training, focused on the emerging
technologies that are transforming our world. Our unique Blended Learning
approach drives learner engagement and is backed by the industry’s highest
course completion rates. Partnering with professionals and companies, we
identify their unique needs and provide outcome-centric solutions to help
them achieve their professional goals.

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Program Eligibility Criteria and
Application Process
Those wishing to enroll in this Post Graduate Program in Cyber Security
will be required to apply for admission.

Eligibility Criteria
For admission to this Post Graduate Program in Cyber Security, candidates:

Should have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline with an average of 50% or

higher marks

With a non-programming background can also apply

Having prior work experience is not mandatory

Application Process
The application process consists of three simple steps. An offer of admission will be
made to the selected candidates and accepted by the candidates upon payment of
the admission fee.

STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3

Submit an Application
Admission
Application Review
Complete the application and After you submit your An offer of admission will be
include a brief statement of application, a panel of admissions made to qualified candidates.
purpose to tell our admissions counselors will review your You can accept this offer by
counselors why you’re interested application and statement of paying the program fee.
and qualified for this Post purpose to determine your
qualifications and interest in the
Graduate Program in Cyber
program.
Security.

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Talk to an Admissions Counselor
We have a team of dedicated admissions counselors who are
here to help guide you in the application process and related
matters. They are available to:

Address questions related to the application

Assist with financial aid (if required)

Help you better understand the program and answer

your questions

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Learning Path Visualization

1 Introduction to Cybersecurity

Design systems to secure applications,

2
networks, & device

Design, engineer and manage the overall

3 security posture of an organization

Build a Hacker MIndset and defend

4 against future attacks (From )

Cybersecurity- Technology,
5 Application and Policy (From )

Cybersecurity-
6 Capstone Project

7 PGP Certificate

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Program Outcomes
At the end of this Post Graduate Program,
you will be equipped with the following skillsets:

Install, configure and deploy public Implement technical strategies, tools,

key infrastructure and network and techniques to secure data and
components while assessing and information for your organization
troubleshooting issues to support
organizational security

Adhere to ethical security behaviour

for risk analysis and mitigation
Master advanced hacking concepts
to manage information security
efficiently
Understand security in cloud
computing architecture in depth

Design security architecture and

framework for a secure IT operation
Comprehend legal requirements,
privacy issues and audit process
methodologies within the cloud
Frame cloud data storage environment
architectures and security strategies,
and utilize them to analyze risks

Focus on IT compliance and the

integrity of enterprise systems to
Protect data movement, perform establish a more secure enterprise IT
disaster recovery, access CSP framework
security and manage client
databases

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Who Should Enroll in this Program?
This program caters to those who are hoping to enter the world of Cyber
Security or want to update their skills, as it is designed and structured to
accommodate various professional backgrounds. Although there are no
prerequisites for taking this training program, individuals in the following
roles and disciplines are ideal for this course:

All levels of IT auditor/penetration tester

Security consultants/managers
IT directors/managers/consultants
Security auditors/architects
Security systems engineers
Chief information security officers (CISOs)
Chief compliance/privacy/risk officers
Network specialists, analysts, managers, architects,
consultants or administrators
Technical support engineers
Systems analysts or administrators

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 STEP
01

Introduction to Cybersecurity

Simplilearn’s Introduction to Cyber Security course for beginners is

designed to give you a foundational look at today’s cybersecurity
landscape and provide you with the tools to evaluate and manage
security protocols in information processing systems.

Key Learning Objectives

Course curriculum

Lesson 1 - Course Introduction

Lesson 2 - Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Lesson 3 - Enterprise Architecture and Components
Lesson 4 - Information System Governance and Risk Assessment
Lesson 5 - Incident Management

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 STEP
02

Design systems to secure applications,

networks, & device

This course will enable learners to gain knowledge and skills required
to install and configure systems to secure applications, networks, and
devices; perform threat analysis and respond with appropriate mitigation
techniques; participate in risk mitigation activities; operate with an
awareness of applicable policies, laws, and regulations. Upon successfully
validating their skills by passing the certification exam learners will be
able to perform these tasks to support the principles of confidentiality,
integrity, and availability. CompTIA Security+ meets the ISO 17024
standard and is approved by the U.S.

Key Learning Objectives

After completing this course you will be able to:

Comprehend risk identification and mitigation
Provide operational, information, application and infrastructure level
security
Secure the network to maintain the availability, integrity and
confidentiality of critical information
Operate within a set of rules, policies and regulations wherever
applicable

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Course curriculum

Lesson 1 - Learn about networking, firewalls, LAN security, IDS,

NAC, IPSec

Lesson 02 - Understand the principles of security, risk management,

data classification, disaster recovery, and forensics

Lesson 03 - Comprehend cyber attacks, DNS security,

socialengineering fundamentals, buffer overflows, security testing
tools usage, honeypots, vulnerability and pen testing

Lesson 04 - Learn how to handle bugs, secure storage platforms

and the power grid, how to hack IOT

Lesson 05 - Get familiar with access controls, Kerberos, identity

federation, and id governance

Lesson 06 - Encryption, advanced cryptography, crypto

algorithm,PKI, etc are covered in this lesson

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 STEP
03

Design, engineer and manage the overall

security posture of an organization

This Simplilearn’s course is aligned with the (ISC)2 CBK 2018

requirements. The course trains you in the industry’s latest best
practices, which will help you pass the exam in the first attempt. The
certification helps you develop expertise in defining the architecture
and in designing, building, and maintaining a secure business
environment for your organization using globally approved Information
Security standards.

Key Learning Objectives

After completing this course you will be able to:

Be able to define the architecture, design and management of the
security of your organization.
Acquire the relevant knowledge and skills required to pass the
CISSP certification exam.
Earn the requisite 30 CPEs required to take up the CISSP
certification exam
Develop working knowledge in the 8 domains prescribed by the
CISSP Common Book of Knowledge, 2018

Course curriculum

Lesson 00: Introduction to CISSP - Overview of CISSP, CISSP

Exams, ISC2 is covered in this lesson
Lesson 01: Security and Risk Management - Information security
management, risk analysis, legal systems, IP laws, BCA, CIA, etc are
covered in this lesson

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Lesson 02: Asset Security - Learn how to classify information,
protect privacy, maintain ownership, establish handling
requirements
Lesson 03: Security Engineering - Understand security engineering
processes using secure design principles, Architecture Frameworks,
Security Models Evaluation Criteria, Distributed Systems, and many
more
Lesson 04: Communications and Network Security - Learn
how to secure network architecture, design, components, and
communication channels
Lesson 05: Identity and Access Management - Implement and
manage authorization mechanisms to prevent or mitigate access
control attacks
Lesson 06: Security Assessment and Testing - Learn how to design
and validate assessment and test strategies
Lesson 07: Security Operations - Understand and support
requirements for investigations by implementing resource
protection techniques and incident response
Lesson 08: Software Development Security - Comprehend the
system life cycle and system development in this lesson

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 STEP
04

Build a hacker mindset and defend

against future attacks
(From )

This Simplilearn’s course provide hands-on classroom training to help

you master the same techniques that hackers use to penetrate network
systems and leverage them ethically to protect your own infrastructure.
The extensive course focuses on 20 of the most popular security domains
to provide a practical approach to essential security systems.

Key Learning Objectives

After completing this course you will be able to:

Ace the CEH practical exam
Learn to assess computer system security by using penetration testing
techniques
Scan, test and hack secure systems and applications, and gain hands
on experience with sniffing, phishing and exploitation tactics

Course curriculum

Module 01: Introduction to Ethical Hacking - Overview of information

security, threats, attack vectors, ethical hacking concepts, information
security controls, penetration testing concepts, and information
security laws and standards are covered in this module
Module 02: Footprinting and Reconnaissance - These modules
coverconcepts and types of footprinting, footprinting through search
engines, web services, and social networking sites, footprinting tools,
countermeasures, and footprinting pen testing

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Module 03: Scanning Networks - Learn about network scanning
concepts, tools and techniques, network diagrams, and scanning
pen testing
Module 04: Enumeration - Enumeration concepts, types,
techniques, and pen testing are covered in this module
Module 05: Vulnerability Analysis - Overview of vulnerability
assessment concepts, solutions, scoring systems, tools, and reports
are explained in this module
Module 06: System Hacking - Learn how to crack passwords, hide
files, cover tracks, any many more
Module 07: Malware Threats - This module gets you familiar
with malware concepts, trojan concepts, malware analysis,
countermeasures, malware penetration testing
Module 08: Sniffing - Sniffing concepts, tools, and techniques are
explained in this module
Module 09: Social Engineering - Comprehend social engineering
concepts, techniques, countermeasures, and pen testing
Module 10: Denial-of-service - Dos/DDoS concepts, techniques,
tools, case studies, and penetration testing are covered in this
module
Module 11: Session Hijacking - Know what is session hijacking and
its types, tools, countermeasures, and session hijacking penetration
testing
Module 12: Evading IDS, Firewalls, and Honeypots - Learn about
firewalls and honeypots and how to detect and evade them
Module 13: Hacking Web Servers - This module focuses on web
server concepts, attacks, methodologies, tools, countermeasures,
and penetration testing
Module 14: Hacking Web Applications - Web app concepts, tools,
methodologies, countermeasures, and penetration testing are
covered in this module

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Module 15: SQL Injection - Get familiar with SQL Injection
concepts,types, tools, methodologies, countermeasures, and
penetration testing
Module 16: Hacking Wireless Networks - Wireless concepts, threats,
methodologies are covered in this module
Module 17: Hacking Mobile Platforms - Learn how to hack android
IOS, Mobile spyware, device management, security tools, and many
more in this module
Module 18: IoT Hacking - This module covers IoT Hacking concepts,
attacks, methodologies, tools, countermeasures, and penetration
testing Module 19: Cloud Computing - Concepts, attacks,
methodologies, tools, countermeasures, and penetration testing of
cloud computing are covered in this module
Module 20: Cryptography - This module will teach you about
cryptography concepts, encryption algorithms, tools, PKI, types of
encryption, cryptanalysis, and countermeasures

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 STEP
05

Cybersecurity - Technology, application,

and policy (From )

This course would be conducted by the 15 MIT expert instructor and will
target the participants to learn the state-of-the-art in cybersecurity. The
course aims to reduce the time from research to industry dissemination
and expose the participants to some of the most recent ideas and
techniques in cybersecurity.

Key Learning Objectives

After completing this course you will be able to:

Why building secure systems is so hard, what are the main causes of
security breaches, and where do they come from?
How and where cybersecurity challenges arise in a number of domains
The “hardware security architecture problem”: how do we think about
security when architecting hardware systems
Operating systems security
Computational approaches for verifying the security of systems
Secure programming languages
Fundamentals of public key cryptography

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 New approaches to secure computation: multi-party computing,
secret sharing, distributed trust
New methods for computing on encrypted data
Network security and protocol design

Course curriculum

Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: Systems Security
Lesson 3: Cryptography and Network
Lesson 4: Case Studies
Lesson 5: Policy

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 STEP
06

Cyber Security- Capstone Project

This CyberSecurity capstone project will give you an opportunity to

implement the skills you learned throughout this program. Through
dedicated mentoring sessions, you’ll learn how to solve a real-world,
industry-aligned problem. This project is the final step in the learning path
and will enable you to showcase your expertise in Cyber Security to future
employers.

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Certifications
Upon completion of this Post Graduate Program in Cyber Security,
you will receive :

1. The Post Graduate

Program Certification
from Simplilearn

2. The module completion

certificate for ‘Cyber
E

Security: Technology,
This is to certify that Application and Policy’ is
PL

Jordan Smith given by MIT SCC

has successfully completed the executive program
CYBER SECURITY: TECHNOLOGY,
M

APPLICATION AND POLICY

Date: November 15, 2022
SA

Program delivered by

Daniela Rus
Director, MIT CSAIL
Course Faculty Director

3. Certified Ethical Hacker

certificate from EC Council

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