Role-Based Cybersecurity Training
N2K offers modular training for technical cybersecurity personnel, executive leadership, and IT teams. Learn more about how our solutions improve on-the-job performance through long-term knowledge and skills retention.
Not sure where to start?
N2K’s Cyber Talent Insights gives security leaders a decision-making tool to assess their current and future cyber workforce capabilities, upskill and cross-skill talent, prioritize cybersecurity training deployment and investment, and verify competencies for targeted roles.
Entry-Level Cybersecurity Personnel
Give your organization a competitive edge by equipping entry-level practitioners with foundational cybersecurity knowledge. N2K’s Critical Knowledge is designed for new and seasoned IT security professionals to achieve baseline skills, build on technical experience, and transition into cybersecurity roles.
Critical Knowledge
Aligned to the NICE Framework, this course offers a wide range of foundational cybersecurity knowledge. Course topics include:
- Network Fundamentals & Security
- Attacks & Vulnerabilities
- Network Security
- Security Engineering
- Risk Management & Governance
- Security Operations
- Offensive & Defensive Schema
- Optional Live Online Sessions
Cybersecurity Practitioners
Deploy technical training for cybersecurity practitioners in Secure Operations, Incident Response, and Vulnerability Access Management. These courses build upon the foundational cybersecurity knowledge gained either through Critical Knowledge or on-the-job experience and are designed to improve job performance. Fast-track new hires to operational status while ensuring comprehension and retention of critical skills.
SOC Analyst
This course is designed to develop Tier I analysts on technical SOC skills. For cloud professionals, we also offer a Cloud SOC Course. Content coverage includes:
- SOC Organization & Processes
- Threat & Vulnerability Analysis
- Device Log Analysis
- Organizational Event Correlation
- PCAP Analysis
- Incident Response
Incident Response
This course provides IR knowledge and career development for newly hired analysts, SOC or IR employees with 1-3 years of experience, Junior Pentesters and Red Teams looking to gain an understanding of Blue Team of defensive operations, and CERT, CSIRT, CIRT, or greater SOC teams. The course outline includes:
- Incident Response Overview
- Attack Lifecycle
- Host & Network-Based Detection and Resolution
- Attack Patterns and Mechanisms
- Forensics
Vulnerability Assessment & Management
This course is designed for red, blue, and purple teams to analyze, report, and remediate vulnerabilities. This five-hour introductory course covers:
- Risks and Threats
- Managing and Reporting Vulnerabilities
- Detecting and Mitigating Vulnerabilities
Looking for certification training?
N2K offers industry-standard certifications like CISSP, Security+, CISM, CEH, and 100+ practice tests and practical labs.
Non-Technical Cybersecurity
More and more, cybersecurity responsibilities are bleeding into IT teams. These courses, designed for IT teams without a technical cybersecurity background, help build critical cybersecurity knowledge and skills to effectively protect enterprise data and reduce risk.
IT Security Essentials
Designed for entry-level IT professionals and help desk staff taking on more cybersecurity-related responsibilities by obligation or personal interest, this five-hour introductory course covers:
- Risk, Privacy, and Data Protection
- IoT, cloud, and Critical Networking Protocols
- External and Internal Threats & Attack Methods
- Software Tools, IAM, and Incident Response
- Cybersecurity Communication and Third-Party Management
Cloud Security Essentials
Designed for entry-level IT professionals and help desk staff taking on more cybersecurity-related responsibilities by obligation or personal interest, this five-hour introductory course covers:
- Cloud Concepts and Resource Security
- Cloud Access Management
- Secure Cloud Storage
- Secure Virtual Networks
- Secure Cloud Applications
- Cloud Governance and Compliance
Security Essentials for Health IT
Created specifically for health IT teams, this course was designed to provide fundamental cybersecurity knowledge for clinical engineers, IT help desk staff, systems or network administrators, and new or transitioning cybersecurity practitioners. The five-hour introductory course covers:
- Risk, Privacy, and Data Protection
- IoT, cloud, and Critical Networking Protocols
- External and Internal Threats
- Defenses and Countermeasures
- Communication, Collaboration, and Third-Party Management
Executive Leadership and Board
Today’s corporate environment requires business leaders to think critically about the cyber risks facing their organizations. N2K offers customizable and off-the shelf cyber risk management training solutions for board members and executives to increase cyber literacy and effectively manage risk, all adhering to the FAIR Institute risk quantification model.
Executive Leadership Training
Ranging from thirty minutes to two hours, N2K offers a wide range of cybersecurity training and seminars for executive and board members. Training is designed for Chief Information Security Officers or Chief Security Officers, C-Suite Executives, Risk Managers, Board Directors, General Counsel, and Business Unit & Functional Managers. Types of training are customizable to your organization and include:
- Executive Awareness Training to promote cyber literacy
- Practice What They Breach™, an interactive tabletop exercise
- Cyber Risk Seminars to address risk management
What roles in your organization need cybersecurity training?
We’re looking forward to connecting about your training needs. A member of our team will touch base within 24 hours.