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Cyber Defender


adapted from our award-winning* Cyber Academy

Bright Horizons

For nearly 20 years Socratic Arts has helped Fortune 100 firms, government and higher-education partners to upskill people through engaging, hands-on experiences which lead to improved performance and new opportunities. We are excited to offer our award-winning cybersecurity courses to Bright Horizon's Client employees.

Bright Horizons EDAssist Partnership

Qualified participants of Bright Horizons EDAssist Partnership will receive a 10% discount on the program. Discounts are shown below and will automatically be applied.

Entirely different from traditionally delivered IT/cyber programs.

Our Cyber Defender program is designed to deliver a strong foundation of defensive cybersecurity skills in an intensive online environment that is 100% project based and fosters learn-by-doing. Students assume the role of employees in a fictional government agency, who must solve authentic workplace challenges. There are NO lectures. Students receive support from a wide range of online multimedia resources and mentors, who are cyber-security experts themselves. Students must master each task within a course before continuing with the next.

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Job-Ready Grads

The Cyber Academy prepares students for entry-level careers as Security Operations Center (SOC) Analysts, Digital Forensic Analysts, and Incident Responders. Students don't need an IT background but do need strong basic computer skills and the ability to devote 25 hours a week to the program.

Learn More

To learn more about our program, contact Leslye.Arsht@socraticarts.com.

For Bright Horizons related questions, contact BrightHorizons@socraticarts.com.

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What students will learn

Given the constantly changing nature of cyber security, an implicit curriculum runs through the program, via which students learn essential cognitive skills that are arguably of equal or greater importance than the lessons related to any given task.

Defend

Students will learn key defensive skills including:

  • Thinking like an attacker
  • Network traffic analysis
  • Network and system log analysis
  • Static and dynamic analysis of malicious binaries to identify indicators of compromise
  • Memory forensics
  • Disk forensics
  • Compiling and reporting a comprehensive timeline of a cyber attack
  • Responding to cybersecurity incidents

Think

In addition to technical skills, students will learn and practice the cognitive skills essential for success in all areas of information security, including:

  • Understanding complex, novel problems
  • Effectively researching solutions
  • Designing and testing solutions
  • Self-directed learning


Cyber Defender is comprised of three courses


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Immediate Immersion

6 weeks @ 25 hours/week

$1,599 $1,439

Immediate Immersion is designed to impart basic cybersecurity skills to help students determine if careers in cybersecurity are right for them. The course is designed to teach the skills of thinking like an attacker and basic network traffic analysis.

CyberDefender: Immediate Immersion includes the following tasks:

  • Think Like an Attacker: Exploit a website and fix its vulnerabilities
  • Investigate a potential insider threat
  • Analyze malicious web traffic

At a glance

Who should enroll?

Students who wish to explore a career in cyber security to determine if it is right for them.

Prerequisites

The ideal student is intensely curious, unwilling to give up on a problem no matter how difficult it is, and predisposed towards self-directed learning. Only basic computer skills are required, but basic knowledge of computer networks, protocols, and the fundamentals of operating systems is strongly recommended. (We will supply self-study tutorial materials to registered students before the program begins.)

What's next?

Students must successfully complete Immediate Immersion to be permitted to enroll in the next course in this program, Cyber Defense 1. Success will be assessed by a student's mentors whose decision is final.

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Cyber Defense 1

7 weeks @ 25 hours/week

$1,999 $1,799

Cyber Defense 1 builds on the basic defensive skills and experience students gained in Immediate Immersion. The course is designed to impart a strong foundation of network traffic analysis, log analysis, and malware analysis skills - the fundamental skills required of a security operations center analyst.

Cyber Defense 1 includes the following tasks:

  • Analyze a remote intrusion attempt
  • Investigate an incident using a security information and event management system
  • Begin to understand malware

At a glance

Who should enroll?

Students who have successfully completed Immediate Immersion, as determined by their mentor, and who aspire to professional careers in defensive cyber security.

Prerequisites

Successful completion of Immediate Immersion.

What's next?

Students must successfully complete Cyber Defense 1 to enroll in Cyber Defense 2

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Cyber Defense 2

7 weeks @ 25 hours/week

$1,999 $1,799

Cyber Defense 2 focuses on the skills of memory and disk forensics, reporting, and responding to cybersecurity incidents. Acquiring these skills expands a graduate's career possibilities to include digital forensic analyst and incident responder.

Students work through online, real-life tasks.

  • Examine a compromised host's memory
  • Conduct a forensic disk examination
  • Close your investigation
  • Respond to cyber incidents

At a glance

Who should enroll?

Students who have successfully completed the Cyber Defense 1, as determined by their mentor, and who want to learn more about digital forensics and incident response.

Prerequisites

Successful completion of Cyber Defense 1.

What's next?

Students who successfully complete all three courses are qualified to seek employment as a security operations center analyst, digital forensic analyst, or incident responder.



*Socratic Arts' Cyber Academy, which trains novices for cybersecurity jobs using our unique Story-Centered, learn-by-doing pedagogy, won a 2019 Brandon Hall gold award for "Best Advance in Unique Learning Technology".

Brandon Hall Group, Excellence in Technology Awards, Gold 2019


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