31 August 2011

Registration is open for the IT Systems Attack and Defence Course

NATO CCD COE holds technical courses each year to bring together and train computer and network security specialists from its sponsoring nations and partners. The list of courses is now public and registration for the Botnet Infiltration Training and also IT Systems Attack and Defence is now open.

IT Systems Attack and Defence course will take place from 3rd to 7th of October this year and it will be instructed by Mr Kaur Kasak and CPT Roman Palík from NATO CCD COE.  This is a practical 5 day introductory course considering the methods and tools used by the attackers to gain access to IT systems and the potential countermeasures to cope with those attacks. The course will cover different topics following the typical attack phases: reconnaissance, scanning, gaining access and privilege escalation, maintaining access, hiding tracks.

The course has been designed for novice network and system administrators, and security specialists. In general the expected audience should consist of persons who have good background in information technology gained whether from studies in university or by practical experiences or both. On the other hand we expect these individuals do not have knowledge and good practical know-how about security problems of computer networks and applications. Professional security practitioners or penetration testers with years of experience are not the target audience this course.

Other courses held by NATO CCD COE this Autumn:
Botnet Infiltration Training 26 - 30 September, 2011 (registration is open)
Cyber Defence Monitoring Solutions 17 - 21 October, 2011 (admission opens on 12 September)
Security Events Management 24 - 25 October, 2011 (admission opens on 19 September)

Please note that the NATO CCD COE courses are primarily targeted to our sponsoring nations but representatives from other countries are welcome in case slots remain available. Please contact Major Leo Oja for more information (leo.oja at ccdcoe.org).