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What will you learn in SANS Foundations course?
- The course provides exactly what you need to go from zero technical and security knowledge to a level of sufficient theoretical understanding and applied practical skills that will enable you to speak the same language as industry professionals.
- Students will develop fundamental skills and knowledge in key IT subject areas.
SANS Foundations: Computers, Technology, & Security
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Skill Type
Emerging Tech
- Domain
Cybersecurity
- Course Category
Deepskilling Course
- Certificate Earned Partner Completion Certificate
- Nasscom Assessment Available
- Course Covered under GoI Incentive
Yes
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- Course Price
20,000
- Course Duration
120 Hours
- Course Price
Why should you take this SANS Foundations course?
- SANS Foundations is the best course available to learn the core knowledge and develop practical skills in computers, technology, and security foundations that are needed to kickstart a career in cybersecurity.
- SANS Foundations teaches you a broad array of fundamental knowledge in areas such as computer hardware, networking, Linux, operating systems, data storage, and much more.
- The skills gained are applicable to everyone in an IT, computing, or security role.
- Practical skills are key to success in cybersecurity, and thus there are over 100 labs and hands-on exercises in the course to kickstart your cybersecurity journey.
- These labs are developed by leading subject-matter experts, drawing on the latest technology, techniques, and concepts in cybersecurity.
- The course will set you up for entering the workforce and be ready to continue learning in more advanced, technical areas across cybersecurity.
Who should take this SANS Foundations course?
The course provides exactly what students need to go from zero technical and security knowledge to a level of sufficient theoretical understanding and applied practical skills that will enable students to speak the same language as industry professionals. This course is designed for:
- Career changers
- Online self-driven learners seeking new skills.
- College & university students
- Business professionals without a deep cybersecurity background
- New hires in IT/cybersecurity
- Participants in reskilling program
Curriculum:
- SEC275.1: System Architecture, Operating System, and Linux
- Debugging Challenge
- Linux Architecture and Components
- Linux Commands
- Linux Navigation
- The Linux Environment
- SEC275.2: Search, Web, and Networking
- Search Superpowers
- WWW and Serving
- Networking
- Types of Networks
- Protocols
- Email networking
- DNS
- IP addresses
- SEC275.3: Introduction to Servers and Programming
- Exercises
- Git Hands On
- Printing in Python
- Variables in Python
- String Manipulation Practice
- Manipulating Numbers
- Type Conversion
- Dictionary Practice
- Bringing It Together
- For Loops
- User Input Prompts
- CLI User Input Lab
- Conditionals
- Class and Objects Lab
- While Loops
- Exceptions Lab
- Functions
- Reading and Writing Files
- Create a Portscanner
- Printing
- String Handling
- Variables
- Comments
- Pointers and Memory
- SEC275.4: Security Concepts and Advanced Security Concepts
- Symmetric Encryption Challenge
- Symmetric Encryption Challenge
- Asymmetric Encryption Challenge
- Hashing Challenge
- Break Me Challenge
- Steganography Challenge
- Exfiltration Challenge Lab
- Buffer Overflows
- Format String Lab
- Privilege Escalation Lab
Tools you will learn in this SANS Foundations course-
- Labs
FAQs
The course content can be completed in 50 to 60 hours, but many students take longer to maximize their learning outcomes and skills development. Most students review course content multiple times, repeat labs and quizzes, or do the extra exercises and the average completion time is 120 to 140 hours.
Students have access to the course for 4 months, providing plenty of time to go over the material and to review the labs and lecture. During this time, you can go back over all the course components and complete them as many times as you wish to do so.
The learning platform for SANS Foundations has an online labs system where you can interact with security tools, get your hands on the Linux command line, and use an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to write and test code. There are over 90 labs in the course, and all can be completed from a web browser, providing you access to your own personal and isolated lab network.
The quizzes benchmark your knowledge and measure if you understood the key concepts and topics of each module. The quizzes are based on the course content and a fantastic indicator of your familiarity and retention. You can take them multiple times until you feel confident and are ready to move onto the next module.
After successfully registering for the course, you will receive an email with instructions to access the course content within two business days of full payment.