This course is designed to equip participants with foundational cybersecurity knowledge and practical security skills for modern IT environments.

Participants will learn key security concepts such as threats, vulnerabilities, attacks, security architecture, identity and access management, network security, cloud security, incident response, risk management, and compliance. The course also introduces practical security practices used to protect systems, data, users, applications, and infrastructure across hybrid environments.

Through structured learning, practical examples, and exam-focused guidance, participants will gain the confidence to support cybersecurity operations, reduce security risks, and prepare for the CompTIA Security+ certification exam.

This course is suitable for individuals who want to build or strengthen their cybersecurity knowledge for IT support, security, and infrastructure roles.

It is especially suitable for:

• IT support professionals
• Security support staff
• Network support technicians
• System administrators
• Junior cybersecurity analysts
• Helpdesk and technical support staff
• IT professionals moving into cybersecurity roles
• Professionals preparing for the CompTIA Security+ certification exam

Participants should have basic IT knowledge before attending this course.

Before attending this course, participants are recommended to have:

• Basic understanding of computer systems and operating systems
• Familiarity with networking concepts and common network devices
• Basic awareness of cybersecurity risks and safe computing practices
• Interest in threat protection, security operations, and risk management
• Prior CompTIA Network+ knowledge or basic IT support experience is helpful but not mandatory

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

• Understand common cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, attacks, and risk concepts
• Apply basic security controls to protect systems, networks, applications, and data
• Support identity, access management, authentication, and secure configuration practices
• Understand incident response, monitoring, and security operations fundamentals
• Prepare for the CompTIA Security+ certification exam

• Introduction to cybersecurity concepts, security principles, and CompTIA Security+ certification requirements
• Understanding threats, vulnerabilities, attacks, malware, social engineering, and threat actors
• Applying secure architecture concepts across networks, systems, cloud, and hybrid environments
• Implementing identity and access management, authentication, authorisation, and account security
• Securing networks, endpoints, applications, data, wireless environments, and cloud services
• Understanding security operations, logging, monitoring, incident response, and vulnerability management
• Applying governance, risk management, compliance, policies, standards, and security awareness
• Reviewing key CompTIA Security+ exam objectives and preparing for certification