Date: TBA
Duration: 8 Days
Acquire skills and knowledge to secure Operating Systems – the corner stone of every machine and system in the cyber realm
Course Overview
Advanced attackers are developing zero-day vulnerabilities as well as sophisticated and malicious tools that commercial security products cannot detect. It is impossible to defend and research these threats without a good understanding of operating systems concepts.
This module will introduce the participants to Operating Systems concepts, focusing on Windows systems with references to Linux as well.
Participants will acquire the required background a cybersecurity analyst needs to understand and investigate attacks.
This module is part of Higher Certificate of Cyber Security (Intermediate).
Learning Outcomes
With a good understanding of Operating Systems, cybersecurity analysts will be able to comprehend the functionality of malicious tools (such as loading, malware persistency, hooking), anomalies in the Operating System, and potential weaknesses and exploits.
The course enables learners to:
- Gain a solid theoretical understanding of Operating Systems concepts
- Understand how these concepts are implemented in reality
Who Should Attend
Cyber Security Analyst
Prerequisites
- Python programming experience
- Linux experience
Course Highlight
This course provides significant hands-on experience with real life case studies. Techniques and tools taught are immediately useful in your day-to-day work.
Training Roadmap
Course Conveners
(Click their photos to view their short biographies)
Mr Dvir Chikvashvili
Mr Dvir Chikvashvili
Mr Dvir Chikvashvili is a cyber security professional specializing in cloud security and currently is the Program Manager at DART.
He started programing at 13 and attained the CCNA certification at 14. He also wrote his first malware at the age of 15.
He has varied experiences both from the IDF and Israel’s wider tech industry.
During his career, he has consistently found a way to integrate his tech skills with his passion for teaching. He has lectured and trained other cyber security professionals in the IDF, Israeli colleges and more recently in Singapore.
He is interested in artificial intelligence, philosophy, woodworking, and biking.
Mr Gur Sharon
Mr Gur Sharon
Mr Gur Sharon is a cyber defense expert with practical experience in SOC, IR, forensics, threat assessment and is a Senior Trainer at DART.
He has a deep passion for network security, with extensive knowledge in network protocols, network security products and network traffic analysis.
After several years in the IDF’s cyber units leading Incident Response and Threat Hunting operations, Gur retired and dedicated himself to cyber security training, coaching hundreds of cyber experts all over the world.
In his free time, Gur solves puzzles, plays different instruments and enjoys exploring Singapore on his bicycle.
Mr Rony Munitz
Mr Rony Munitz
After a decade of different operational roles in red teams, incident response, and threat hunting operations, both as an expert and a team leader, Rony dedicated his time training the next generation of cyber experts. He is currently a Program Manager at DART.
As a researcher, he found several vulnerabilities and developed attack techniques on Windows, Mac and IoT devices. During his career he was a researcher and team leader in IDF Intelligence Corps top cybersecurity unit, Accenture, Novartis and XM Cyber.
Rony is a Japanese food enthusiast and a K-drama fan.
Mr Ron Suhodrev
Mr Ron Suhodrev
Mr Ron Suhodrev is a cybersecurity professional with over 10 years of experience. His first exposure to programming was at 12 years old at Ben Gurion University. At 16, Ron started working as a freelance developer and at 18 joined a prestigious cybersecurity unit in the Intelligence Crops in the IDF.
After his time in the unit, Ron worked as a researcher in leading cybersecurity companies as Trusteer (IBM) and Perception Point while on his spare time tutored computer science university students.
Before moving to Singapore, Ron was the founder of two different startups – one in medical education and another in cybersecurity training and recruitment.
In Singapore, Ron successfully led a two-year-long cybersecurity program and is now acting as Chief Scientist in DART.
Ron’s interests include cutting-edge technology, education, longevity research, philosophy, and diving.
Mr Zhuang Weiliang
Mr Zhuang Weiliang
Mr Zhuang Weiliang has more than 10 years of experience in Intelligence, Weiliang started out in Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) as an Intelligence Officer specializing in analyzing information and production of Intelligence products related to the region.
He transited to the Defence Cyber Organisation (DCO) in MINDEF later in his career, dealing with intelligence collection and analysis of cyber threats pertaining to Singapore. He has also set up the collection and analysis systems while he was there.
He later joined Ensign as a Lead Consultant where he started the Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) team providing intelligence products to clients and kept abreast of potential cyber threats. He was also involved in Incident Response and Malware Analysis during his time in Ensign.
As a Lead Trainer at DART, Weiliang’s focus is to train new cyber experts and researchers.
Outside of work Weiliang spends most of his time in Crossfit, Ultimate Frisbee, and keeping up to date with the latest technologies.
Insight from Instructor
“Operating Systems are the first step to understand malwares, exploits, and attacks. The core cyber defense roles as incident responders, and malware analysts demands understanding of operating systems, as well as the positions with high demanding as reverse engineering, vulnerability research, red team, etc.
Understanding of OS concepts will provide the participants with a necessary background to understand weakness in different Operating Systems, behavior of malwares, and the OS different logs. Therefore, operating systems are mandatory knowledge for any of the challenging roles in the cyber security industry.”
Ron Scuhodrev
Course Fees
Total Nett Programme Fee Payable, Including GST, after additional funding from the various funding schemes
Participants must fulfill at least 75% attendance and pass all assessment components to be eligible for SSG funding.
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Course Fee Breakdown
Singapore Citizens
39 years old or youngerSingapore Citizen
40 years old or older