Network Fundamentals
Build the networking knowledge needed to understand protocols, services, ports, traffic flows, segmentation, and packet analysis.
TCP/IPDNSHTTPPortsWireshark
Infrastructure security training path
Security Engineer Training Path
A practical pathway for learners who want to build infrastructure security skills across networks, firewalls, endpoint protection, and secure operations.
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Infrastructure and operational security skills
Network security foundations
Firewall operations
Endpoint protection and EDR
Windows and Linux fundamentals
Mentor-supported learning
This path is designed for learners moving into practical security engineering, infrastructure protection, firewall operations, or MSSP-style security roles.
InfrastructureFirewall workEndpoint security
Path snapshot
Security Engineer Path
Build practical skills across firewalls, endpoint security, infrastructure protection, and security operations.
Level
Intermediate
Duration
10–14 weeks part-time
Modules
7 included
Who this is for
Designed for future security engineers and infrastructure security teams
This path is suitable for learners who want practical exposure to network security, endpoint protection, firewall operations, and infrastructure-focused cyber security work.
IT professionals moving into security engineering
Network or systems administrators expanding into cyber security
MSSP and internal teams building practical security operations skills
Modules included
Build practical infrastructure security capability
The path combines foundational operating system and networking modules with specialist training in firewalls, endpoint protection, and security controls.
Linux Fundamentals
Develop practical Linux knowledge including command-line usage, permissions, processes, packages, and remote access.
CLIPermissionsProcessesPackagesSSH
Windows Fundamentals
Understand Windows Server, administration tools, PowerShell, Active Directory, users, groups, and enterprise Windows concepts.
Windows ServerPowerShellADLDAP
Introduction to Cyber Security
Learn core cyber security concepts including threats, malware, CIA triad, attacker behaviour, cyber kill chain, and IAM concepts.
CIA triadMalwareKill chainIAM
Firewall
Learn practical firewall operations including policies, VPN, web filtering, DNS filtering, SSL inspection, logs, and application control.
PoliciesVPNFilteringSSL inspectionLogging
EDR
Understand endpoint protection, policies, alerts, device isolation, runtime protection, threat graphs, and endpoint investigation workflows.
AlertsThreat graphsIsolationDLP
Cryptography
Understand encryption, hashing, certificates, TLS, PKI, SSH, and password protection concepts used across cyber security roles.
EncryptionHashingPKITLSSSH
Practical work
Practical work you will do
This path focuses on the controls and operational decisions security engineers make in real environments.
Reason about firewall policy, logging, VPN, and filtering decisions
Understand endpoint protection and EDR investigation workflows
Identify control gaps and explain practical improvements
Skills you will build
Practical security engineering capability
The goal is to help learners understand how technical controls are deployed, operated, monitored, and improved in real environments.
Understand how network and endpoint controls protect environments
Configure and reason about firewall policies and filtering controls
Understand VPN, SSL inspection, logging, and application control concepts
Work with endpoint protection and EDR investigation workflows
Recognise infrastructure security weaknesses and control gaps
Communicate technical security recommendations clearly
Prerequisites
Start at the right level
Foundation modules can be added or removed depending on the learner’s existing IT, networking, Windows, and Linux knowledge.
Recommended before starting
- Basic IT knowledge
- Basic networking awareness
- Comfort using Windows and Linux systems
Add these if needed
- IT Fundamentals
- Network Fundamentals
- Linux Fundamentals
- Windows Fundamentals
Useful optional modules
- Vulnerability Management
- SOC / SIEM / Splunk
- Introduction to Cyber Security
Delivery model
Guided training, practical labs, and instructor support
Learners follow structured training, practical security exercises, lab environments, and mentor support to help connect concepts to real operational security work.