Database Security for Cyber Professionals

🚀 Course Overview
Embark on an immersive journey into the world of Database Security with our "Database Security for Cyber Professionals" course. This comprehensive program is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to fortify open source and commercial database platforms against the ever-evolving landscape of modern threats and attack vectors. Through a blend of conceptual lectures and detailed screencasts, you'll gain hands-on experience conducting test attacks and implementing robust security measures to protect your databases. 🔒

🚀 What You'll Learn
📚 Lessons 1 – 4: Database Security Core
Dive into the fundamentals of database security architecture, understanding attack vectors, and identifying potential threats. Master the design of defense-in-depth strategies incorporating a blend of preventative, corrective, and detective controls to secure your databases effectively.

🛡️ Lesson 5: Platform Hardening
Learn the art of minimizing attack surfaces by hardening operating systems, databases, and applications, essential for operational security and reducing potential vulnerabilities.

🐉 Lesson 6: MySQL Security Lab Setup
Build your own MySQL Security Lab environment using Oracle VirtualBox to get hands-on experience with real-world scenarios. This practical approach will solidify your understanding of database architecture and security.

🕵️‍♂️ Lesson 7: MySQL Architecture and Exploits
Explore the intricacies of MySQL Security Architecture and discover how to identify and exploit vulnerabilities within MySQL Database installations. This knowledge is crucial for understanding both sides of the security coin.

🔐 Lesson 8: Locking Down MySQL
Secure your MySQL databases with best practices and cutting-edge techniques, ensuring that your database remains resilient against attacks.

🎯 Lesson 9: Oracle Exploitation and Security Best Practices
Set up a secure Oracle Database Security Lab and learn how to exploit vulnerabilities within Oracle Databases, followed by implementing robust security measures to protect them.

🔒 Lesson 10: PostgreSQL Architecture, Exploits, and Hardening
Understand the architecture of PostgreSQL and learn how to secure and harden it against modern threats. This lesson will challenge you to think like an attacker to better protect your databases.

📫 Lesson 11: Storage Encryption
Secure data at rest on Storage Area Networks (SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS), and local systems, exploring the complexities of storage security in the context of IP and Storage Networking technologies.

✨ Lesson 12: Key Management
Discover the critical importance of managing encryption keys securely to protect sensitive data, ensuring that your encryption remains impenetrable.

📈 Lesson 13: Locking Down Big Data
Tackle the unique security challenges associated with big data environments and learn how to implement effective security measures. Additionally, explore Linux Live Response techniques for conducting a live forensic analysis of another Linux system.

By completing this course, you'll not only understand how to hack into databases but also how to protect them, making you an invaluable asset in the field of cybersecurity. Enroll today and take the first step towards mastering database security! 🌟