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Ironhack Course Guide - Cyber Security Bootcamp

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Get the skills, boost your

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career in cybersecurity

The Ironhack Cybersecurity Bootcamp covers the hands-on and practical skills necessary for

Bootcampers to land high-paying careers in cybersecurity, one of the world’s fastest growing

industries.

The bootcamp is an accelerated cybersecurity training program designed to successfully

prepare people with little or no background in IT for entry level jobs in cybersecurity, a highly

in-demand and lucrative career path. The Bootcamp is delivered in a blended format at a Cybint

Certified Center with both on campus learning and online self-paced activities.

90% Affordable

Audited
1 & accelerated
Placement Career-Ready

Skills

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The placement rate has been calculated by dividing employed students over the total number of students that were looking for a job. It relfelcts our placmenet rate from our current courses: Web Developmeent, UXUI Design and Data Analytics.


This metric has been audited by PwC and it’s part of our Outcomes Report 2018-2019.

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Course Summary
The Metrics

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Why Cybersecurity?
Cybersecurity is the fastest growing market in technology with 30x growth over the last
decade. Not only is it a hot topic, but the field has had 0% unemployment for nearly a decade.

Unemployment rate since 2011

With plentiful opportunities and competitive compensation, the only thing standing in your way of
a lucrative, future-proof career is skill.
$173B
Cybersecurity market worth in 2020
Who is it for?

350%
In short, the Cyber Bootcamp is for anyone interested in becoming a cybersecurity professional. If
a dynamic and rewarding career is something you’re looking for, then you’ve come to the right
place. Cybersecurity opens doors to many opportunities and future work roles. The key is not a
technical background, but your willingness and desire to learn how technology works and never Cyber job growth through 2021
stop learning.

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Course Summary
How does it work? During Bootcamp Upon Graduation
The Cyber Bootcamp was developed around military • Self-paced and flexible learning with • 12 months of continued access to

training methodologies and hands-on learning. We

instant feedback.

our cyber online learning platform

know that everyone learns differently which is why we • Curriculum based on National Initiative • Connection to our alumni and career

offer Bootcampers two accelerated tracks: for Cybersecurity Education (NICE).


network

• Access to Cyber Experts for Q&A.


• A new career in: Cyber Forensics
Analyst, Network Operations Specialist,
Full time, 3 months: 4 hours per day on-site with the • Guidance on job searching and resume Cyber Analyst, Cyber Incident Responder,
building. Cyber Infrastructure Support Specialist
Bootcamp Facilitator and 4 hours per day individual
online work.

Part time, 6 months: This will cover the same content,

over a longer period of time and with on-site classes
occurring only three times a week, 4 hours each day
on weekdays and 6 hours per day on Saturdays.

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Course Structure
COURSE
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Module #1 (week 1-3) Module #2 (week 4-9) Module #3 (week 10-12)

• Introduction to Level 1

• Introduction to Level 2

• Introduction to Level 3

• Operating Systems

• Network Security

• Advanced Forensics


• Network

• Malware Analysis

• Risk Management


• Network Admin • Forensics

• Threat Intelligence

• Ethical Hacking and Incident

Response

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Weekly Program
Week #1 | Introduction and Operating Systems Week #2 | Network
Introduction to Bootcamp and the cybersecurity industry.

Network and Routing Protocols / Services.

Overview of operating systems.

Packet Level Traffic Analysis.

Processes and threads in Windows and Linux, types of file systems in Hands-on Operation of a Computer Network and Equipment, Monitoring and
Windows and Linux, system and configuration file.

Analyzing Network Traffic Flow, Patterns and Performance.

Registry keys and values, Linux system configuration and system logs.

Hands-on Creation and Analysis of Critical Network Servers.

Hands-on command-line lab activities in Linux and Windows.

Week #3 | Network Admin Week #4 | Network Admin and Introduction to Level 2

VLANs and network troubleshooting best practices. Hands-on of Nmap.

Monitoring tools and introduction to SNMP.

Introduction to Telecommunication. Servers administration and troubleshooting.

Overview of Packet Tracer. Packet Tracer hands-on configuration of

switches, VLANs, Trunks and Subnetting. Configuring LAN and WAN. Introduction to cybersecurity. NIST Framework and the cybersecurity workforce.

Identifying threat actor types, main vulnerabilities, risks and exploits. Types of
malwares and their differences, social engineering, well-known cybersecurity
attacks and the history of cybersecurity.

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Weekly Program
Week #5 | Network Security
Network security architecture. Firewalls, Antivirus, IDS/IPS, SIEM. DMZ and
Week #6 | Malware Analysis
Honeypots.

Introduction to Malware Analysis. Hands-on of dynamic malware analysis,

Cryptography and its types. Symmetric vs. Asymmetric Key Cryptography.

reverse engineering and malware obfuscation. Fileless Malwares. Containment,

eradication and recovery malware stages. Android APK analysis.

Hands-on labs of encryption/decryption and hash functions. Access

Control methods, two-factor/multi authentication.

Hands-on analysis of Android malwares, using FileAlyzer, APKtool and Yaazhini

vulnerability scanner.
Authentication protocols. Active Directory. Hands-on of Windows Firewall
and Linux iptables. Snort IDS hands-on. Splunk hands-on.

Week #8 | Ethical Hacking and Incident Response

Week #7 | Forensics
Introduction to ethical hacking – blackhat and whitehat hackers. Ethical hacking
processes and methodologies. Network hacking. Introduction to reconnaissance, Google
Introduction to digital forensics. Computer memory forensics, hands-on of hacking and locating attack vectors.

volatile and non-volatile memory labs

Exploitation techniques, hands-on Metasploit activities. Web application hacking –

Hands-on of FTK Imager, Autopsy, Redline and RAM capturing. Digital OWASP top 10 attacks. Hands-of labs of Cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL Injection, manual
evidence acquisition methodologies.

and automated attacks. Hands-on of brute-force attacks. Post-incident activity.

Hands-on incident simulation.

Hands-on of memory dump analysis, hands-on analysis of malwares from
memory using Kali Linux and Windows. Registry Forensics. Windows timeline
analysis and data recovery. Network forensics, anti-forensics and
steganography using OpenStego.

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Week #9 | Introduction to Level 3 Week #10 | Malware Analysis

Introduction to trend analysis. Identifying trends from Gartner’s reports.

Windows log forensics. Log management and hands-on localhost analysis.

Artificial Intelligence and cybersecurity. Zero-trust policy.

Hands-on of Log Parser tool and EventLog Analyzer.

Introduction to Secure Design best practices. Principles of making Hands-on of mapping images to Active Drive

compromise difficult.

Advanced hands-on of memory and network forensics. Advanced Mobile

Methodologies of better detection, and how to reduce compromise forensics analysis. Image forensics.
impact.

Week #12 | Finale

Week #11 | Risk Management and Threat Intelligence
Final week of the Bootcamp. Real-life scenarios of cybersecurity incidents, covering all
Introduction to risk management and risk management processes. Analyzing the Bootcamp content learned in the past 12 weeks.
risks, evaluating severity, prioritizing, and responding to risks. Policies,
procedures, standards and guidelines in risk management. Security models.

Introduction to Threat Intelligence and threat intelligence cycle. Hands-on

activities of Google Hacking – operators, finding sensitive data, directory
listing, devices and hardware. Online Anonymity using metadata, Google
Cache, VPN and Tor. Hands-on labs of Tor - the dark web, dark markets and
tools. Trend analysis. Basic excel data analysis, hands-on of web scraping
labs. Introduction to Elasticsearch. Hands-on of Kibana labs. Hands-on of
IntSights labs.

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Career Support
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A tailor Career Support program
We have a dedicated team of Career Coaches that guides
and supports you from the first day of bootcamp until your
first day at work.
During the bootcamp
Together with our career coaches,
we will get you ready to start the
career week.
job hunt as soon as you graduate.
We will focus on introspection
exercises to define your career path,
start building your personal brand
and online presence and get you
started in the art of networking.
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They’re responsible for providing personalized career support
and nurturing hiring partner relationships to provide relevant
opportunities.
During Career Week
Week 10 is a full sprint dedicated to
Career Services.
We will practice the whole process -
from generating leads, to securing
and performing in personal
interviews, nailing technical
interviews and negotiating to close
the deal.
Carlos Arevalo
UX/UI DESIGN BOOTCAMP
Ironhack Miami
‘‘When it comes to getting a job, Brito,
After the bootcamp the outcomes manager is there to guide
you through the job-seeking process
Our support extends long past
and help you land a job!
Aside from the Hiring Fair, which can
I couldn't have done it without the
happen during Career Week or up to
4 weeks after, you will have access
Ironhack team.’’
to our continuous learning resources
and ongoing support from our
Career Coaches.
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Our Results

+ + + +
88%
PLACEMENT RATE
600 5,000 Lorena Pérez
Head of Human Ressources
Partner Companies students graduated
Cabify

“Thanks to the experience that Cabify

had with Ironhack, we were able to
incorporate new colleagues into the
Our graduates have been hired at companies including: Product team, who contributed with the
knowledge acquired during their
technological journey and brought a lot
of enthusiasm to start developing
themselves in this sector.’’

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Your first step to a successful tech career

Stage #0 | Discovery Stage #1 | Digital Foundations

Ironhackers come from all walks of life.

All Ironhackers, regardless of their desired outcome,

have one thing in common - they are looking to enter the

The discovery stage is designed to ensure
digital market.

students from different backgrounds come

into the bootcamp having reflected on their The Digital Foundations stage is designed to prepare

values and objectives, and have a general students to navigate the digital ecosystem - whether

understanding of the digital ecosystem and they’re looking for a job, intend to freelance or start their

the possibilities that lie ahead of them. own venture.

Expect introspection exercises to identify your top Expect to work on crafting a compelling story, defining a personal

values and skills, and some market research in order brand statement and identifying channels to promote it: LinkedIn,

to clarify future possible outcomes. CV, Networking events...

To be completed during the Bootcamp To be completed during the Bootcamp

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Careerhack
Your first step to a successful tech career

Stage #2 | Job Hunt

As the name suggests, this stage is Phase #1 • Career Warm Up Phase #2 • Sprint
designed for anybody looking for a In the warm up phase, students go through a Now we’re all warmed up. It’s game time!

job. Like any good athlete, first we full job hunting drill, covering every stage of a Throughout the job search, we provide weekly
process, so they can replicate it once they one on one guidance and support, and access
warm up, then we race.
start looking on their own. to our Hiring Partners through different channels.

Expect to learn how to generate leads, apply to

Expect digital and physical check in session, Hiring
jobs, master both technical and personal interviews
Fairs, job offers and more.
and negotiate, accept or reject an offer.

To be completed during Career Week To be completed during Career Week

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Alumni Program
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After your graduation at Ironhack, you will become part of a passionate community named Ironhackers!

At Ironhack, we developed an alumni program that is based on offering our alumni all that is needed to
ensure them the following:

C ontinuous Learning Netw orking

This is an industry of change, not stagnancy.
This community grows fast. Ironhack events give the
Our alumni learned this through our bootcamps, and with chance to all Ironhackers to get to know each other and
the alumni program we offer them opportunities to connect.

continue their learning and keep improving their skills.

Between these regular events, you can find our Ironbeers

Ironhack organizes workshops for alumni and they have a
and alumni summits, among many others.
50% discount or free access, depending on the type of
course.

C ommunity S ome other benefits

C ooperation is one of the most important pillars to make any Finding co-founders for new projects between
community strong. For this reason, we created our Alumni Ironhack Alumni.
Slack channels so they have a way to connect and share
knowledge easily. We also encourage our alumni to register in Sharing contacts between Ironhackers to help open

our Buddy Program by mentioning new students and to doors to interesting companies.

cooperate together to build new projects.

Great discounts on your future courses with Ironhack
& Tech- events.

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FAQ’s
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Is it actually possible to learn all of this in 24
weeks?
different technical levels?
Yes, it is! As long as you put in the work, weʼll be there to help
you along the way and make it a reality.
How do you reconcile the knowledge gap
between students with
Completing the prework is important to make sure that

everyone has the same foundational knowledge. Having

said that, some people will move faster than others, but
Come prepared, work hard, put in extra time… and youʼll be thatʼs totally okay!

amazed as to what youʼll have accomplished in the 24 weeks.

Our curriculum is designed in such a way that there is some

But, canʼt I learn this content online? flexibility for those that are moving faster and those that

Itʼs possible. However, for most of us, learning UX/UI Design need a bit more personalized attention.

can be challenging without proper mentorship and support.

In fact, most of our students have tried self-study first but
How many hours per week will I be working?
have realized it wasnʼt the right path for them.

You will have 13 hours of class per week. 3 hours in the

evening twice a week and 7 hours on Saturdays.

With the resources, teachers, and peers that Ironhack

provides, weʼre confident that youʼll have all the tools
However, once the class is over, we expect you to take some
necessary to keep you motivated and help you reach your
time (at least 10 hours more per week) to review the lessons,
goals!
finish the exercises or work on your project.

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Contact us
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BARCELONA MADRID PARIS AMSTERDAM

Interested? Let’s chat! bcn@ironhack.com

+34 648 672 310

mad@ironhack.com

+34 636 176 382

paris@ironhack.com
ams@ironhack.com

+31 628 539 055

+33 644 601 557

Check out our campuses by contacting the

admissions team. You can also view
student projects or attend one of our
hackshows.

We look forward to connecting with you! MIAMI

MEXICO SÃO PAULO BERLIN
mexico@ironhack.com
saopaulo@ironhack.com
mia@ironhack.com

berlin@ironhack.com

+52 554 163 77 11 +55 119 965 936 26 +1 (305) 907 7086
+49 157 359 833 35

LISBON REMOTE
lisbon@ironhack.com
remote@ironhack.com
+351 911 011 808

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