Post Graduate Programme in Cybersecurity

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Why choose our Cybersecurity Programme

Career Growth Opportunities
  • 93% of Business Leaders believe the skill shortage is increasing every year
  • 3.5 million cybersecurity job openings by 2025
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Hands-on Learning
  • Work on real-world business projects with expert guidance
  • Lab sessions to implement your conceptual understanding
  • A final capstone project to apply your learnings throughout the programme
Interactive Live Mentorship
  • Interact with leading cybersecurity experts and academicians to get an insider’s perspective
  • Mentored learning sessions with industry practitioners, focusing on doubt-resolution and application based practice
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Working Professional
Apply core foundational skills to industry projects with expert guidance.
Career Support
Gain the most relevant knowledge in the market through a carefully designed curriculum.
Industry Project
Get industry insights through mentored learning sessions with cybersecurity experts
Salary Hike
Experience personalized support throughout your learning journey

Transform Your Career With Cybersecurity

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Curriculum

The programme is designed with 4 milestones. Start strong with the foundations of cybersecurity. You then deep dive into the different types of cyber attacks. As you understand the attacks you learn to design the security controls needed to build a resilient system. Finally, if an attack happens, you practice responding to these incidents by referring to Incident Response playbooks given to you as part of the programme. In this last section you also learn to investigate these attacks.

  • 250+ hours of learning content
  • 4+ Cybersecurity Frameworks
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Pre-work (Optional)

For professionals seeking a full-time career in cybersecurity, but working in a non-IT domain, we have a special course to learn the fundamentals required to build cybersecurity solutions. With a strong foundation, your learning journey in cybersecurity will be more streamlined.

Foundations of Information Security - 4 Weeks

Learn the fundamentals of Risk Management, Cryptography, Network Security and Cloud Security.

Topics
  • CIA Triad
  • Cybersecurity Risks management
  • Need for Security
  • IAAA – Identity Authentication Authorization Auditing
  • Cryptography
  • Enterprise Applications
  • Network Security
  • OSI and TCP/IP Model
  • Wireshark
  • Zero Trust
  • Securing the Cloud
  • Security Compliance & Frameworks
  • Application Security (Nessus, Metasploit)
Key takeaways
  • Understand the “Why” behind CyberSecurity
  • Learn the principles of Risk Management
  • Gain an understanding of how enterprise applications work
  • Understand the concepts behind network design & network security
  • Understand how cryptography works & what it protects
  • Get a flavor of perimeter-less security, also called as Zero Trust Network Architecture
  • Demonstrate your understanding by completing Labs that simulate real-life scenarios
Understanding Cyber Attacks - 4 Weeks

Learn about the latest advances in cybersecurity and how such attacks are managed at an organizational level.

Topics
  • MITRE ATT&CK Framework
  • Threat Tactics
  • Malware
  • Attack Kill Chain
  • Attack Vectors
  • Deep dive into Dark Web
  • Physical Attacks
  • Indicators of Compromise
  • Tactics Techniques and procedures
  • Case Study: Not Petya Solarwinds, Colonial Pipeline, Olympic games
  • Attack Groups- Unit 8200, Nobelium, APT 29
Key takeaways
  • Understand the different types of Cyberattacks and the risks they pose
  • Familiarize yourself with the types of threats and the threat actors
  • Delve deeper insight into the Tactics Techniques and Procedures (TTP) used by the adversaries
  • Understand the structure of an attack- Kill chain methodology
  • Apply the concepts of Cyberattacks and threat to discern the Solarwinds and Colonial Pipeline attacks
Designing Security Controls - 4 Weeks

Learn how to identify and implement the right cybersecurity techniques for various cyber attacks

Topics
  • Firewalls
  • Web Application Firewalls
  • IDS/IPS
  • Antivirus & EDR
  • Email Protection
  • Data Loss Prevention
  • Vulnerability Management
  • Zero-Day Vulnerability
  • Patching
  • System Audit
  • Maintenance, Monitoring, and Analysis of Audit Logs
  • SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)
  • Incident Investigation
  • Threat Intelligence
Key takeaways
  • Understand the controls that help in detecting security threats.
  • Develop a deeper understanding of SIEM and its purpose.
  • Familiarize yourself with the reviewing, interpreting, and understanding of computer-generated logs
  • Learn how cyber threat intelligence helps in assessing security threats.
  • Gain knowledge on Network Firewall and Web application Firewall
  • Familiarize yourself with Antivirus and its applications
  • Understand and practice shell scripting.
Security Operations & Incident Management - 4 Weeks

Learn to use Incident Response Playbook to defend against an ongoing cyber attack, and protect critical digital resources in this situation

Topics
  • Incident Response and playbooks
  • NIST Framework
  • The Golden Hour
  • Log and Email analysis
  • Writing Incident Reports
  • Security Operations Centre – A Deep dive
  • SLAs KRIs, KPI
  • Maintenance, Monitoring, and Analysis of Audit Logs
  • Recovery from an Incident
  • Forensics
Key takeaways
  • Learn how to read, write and examine incident reports.
  • Learn about the Incident response lifecycle of NIST
  • Familiarize yourself with the concept of the Golden hour.
  • Understand how to examine incident data in order secure from cyber threats using forensics
  • Gain knowledge on the tasks performed at a Security Operations Center (SOC)
  • Learn to form a recovery strategy from a cyber-attack
Capstone Project

Demonstrate your learnings throughout the programme with a comprehensive capstone project

Key takeaways
  • The Capstone project challenges you to demonstrate your skill & knowledge
  • You will use a combination of Hands-on skill and security research capability

Faculty and Industry Experts

Learn from leading academicians in the field of Cybersecurity and several experienced industry practitioners from top organisations.

Learn from leading academicians in the field of Cybersecurity and several experienced industry practitioners from top organisations.

Aniket Amdekar
Aniket Amdekar

General Manager

Cyber Defence Education, Great Learning, E-Commerce Cybersecurity Specialist

Anurag Goyal
Anurag Goyal

Senior Security Associate

Vikas Yadav
Vikas Yadav

Chief Information Security Officer

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Mayan Mohan
Mayan Mohan

Team Lead - MTR

Farhad Sajid Barbhuiya
Farhad Sajid

Cyber Crime investigator

Varun Pathak
Varun Pathak

Cybersecurity Trainer

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The Great Learning Advantage

Learn the applications of cybersecurity techniques in real-world scenarios and nurture a skillset required to build powerful cyber defense systems. Benefit from hands-on training, personalized support, and networking opportunities to prepare for success in the domain.

Learn the applications of cybersecurity techniques in real-world scenarios and nurture a skillset required to build powerful cyber defense systems. Benefit from hands-on training, personalized support, and networking opportunities to prepare for success in the domain.

BUILD YOUR CYBERSECURITY EXPERTISE

Learn from Industry Leaders

  • Recorded content from distinguished academicians and industry experts, combining conceptual understanding with use cases and demos
  • Industry-relevant sessions by practitioners at leading companies to understand applications to diverse industries

GAIN REAL-WORLD INSIGHTS

Hands-on, Practical Training

  • Lab sessions to learn real-world applications of concepts and gain working-knowledge
  • Case studies, interactive projects to master practical foundations
  • A capstone project to conceptualize a cyber defense solution for a real-world business problem

TAILORED LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Personalized Support and Guidance

  • Dedicated Program Manager to track your learning progress
  • Constant feedback, nudges, and motivation to ensure your success
  • Quick and personalized resolution of all academic and non-academic queries

Who is this programme for?

This programme will help you align your learning to your professional goals; whether you’re looking to build a career in cybersecurity, or grow as a leader in strategic roles.

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Fresh Graduates

  • Individuals looking to break into the cybersecurity domain
  • Cybersecurity enthusiasts seeking entry-level jobs in the market

Enthusiasts seeking entry-level cybersecurity jobs

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Working professionals

  • Young professionals wanting to transition into a career in cybersecurity
  • Executives aiming to upskill and level-up in the domain

Professionals aiming to transition into a cybersecurity career

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Senior and mid-level managers

  • IT infrastructure managers wanting to upskill with cybersecurity
  • Senior and mid-level managers involved in cybersecurity governance and decision making for organizations

Senior executives managing digital infrastructure and cybersecurity governance

Programme Fees

PG Programme in Cybersecurity

USD 1600
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Start learning Cybersecurity with easy monthly installments, with flexible payment tenures as per your convenience. Reach out to the admissions office at +1 512 212 4186 to know more.

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Admission Process

  • Step 1: Apply

    Apply by filling a simple online application form

  • Step 2 : Screening process

    Attend an application screening call

  • Step 3 : Join Programme

    An offer letter will be rolled out to selected candidates. Secure your seat by paying the admission fee

Upcoming Application Deadline

Our admissions close once the requisite number of participants enroll for the upcoming batch. Apply early to secure your seat

Deadline: 13th Feb 2025

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Application Closes 13th Feb 2025

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