The labs in this course are 100% hands-on and highly technical. Please be prepared to install and configure the necessary software to follow along. This will help you receive the maximum benefit of taking this course. The tools we will be using during this course are Wireshark, Tcpdump, Snort, Burpsuite, Nmap, Tcpreplay, Virtualbox and more. Operating Systems used will be Security Onion, Kali Linux, and Metasploitable. The operating systems and software utilized are all completely free, and can be run on one system using Virtualbox.

We're also going to cover network security analysis with Wireshark and Tcpdump, intrusion detection system analysis with Snort and Squert, and ethical hacking and penetration testing with various tools on Kali Linux. The industry standard tools and methodology utilized in this course will expose you to hands-on skills that are necessary as a network security analyst, and cybersecurity professional in general. The quizzes include written questions, and a mock incident response report based upon findings.

Here's an overview of the labs. Please note that labs 3 and 4 are broken down into two parts due to their length:

Lab 1: Installation/Configuration of Virtualbox and Security Onion

Lab 2: Analyzing Network Traffic - Malware Infection

Lab 3: Analyzing Network Traffic - Brute Force Attacks

Lab 4: Analyzing Network Traffic - Exploitation with Metasploit

Lab 5: Analyzing Network Traffic - Policy Violations

The written quizzes for this class are as follows (attached to Lab 2 and 3 as text documents):

Quiz 1: Lab 2 Questions

Quiz 2: Lab 3 Questions