Vulnerability Assessment Analyst 2 - Job Role Training

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Looking to become a Vulnerability Assessment Analyst, or enhance your existing skills in the area? This package consists of hands-on labs focusing on that NIST National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) work role. Completing these labs will help you learn the skills needed for a job in the area. The "Vulnerability Assessment Analyst 1" package, or equivalent experience, is suggested prior to completing this package.

PREREQUISITES

Prerequisites vary by lab, but are generally: familiarity with the Unix/Linux command line and basic networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, etc.).

EXPECTED DURATION

20 hours, self-paced. Pause and continue at any time.

COURSE CONTENTS AND LABS

• Log Analytics with Splunk
  In this lab the student will learn how to configure and securely run the Splunk Enterprise security information collection and analysis platform. The objective of the lab is to deploy multiple instances of Splunk data forwarders through a deployment server and analyze the logs received from the servers. The student will write custom scripts to generate logs, create both visual and textual reports, organize these reports into a single dashboard, and learn to recognize malicious activity.
• Web Application Security Analysis using Nikto
  Students will use the Nikto tool to test web services over the network and document vulnerabilities. Students will then use network packet capture tools such as Wireshark to verify their understanding of the vulnerabilities and testing procedures.
• Service Identification II
  Students will build on the Service Identification I exercise to use service-specific information-gathering tools. Students will gather vendor, software, and version information, as well as any configuration information available remotely. Students will then use scripting tools to automate this process.
• Log Analytics with Elastic Stack
  Elastic Stack is a group of services designed to take data from almost any type of source and in almost any type of format, and to search, analyze and visualize that data in real time. In this lab, Elastic Stack will be used for log analytics. Students will learn to set up and run the Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana components of Elastic Stack. Multiple computers in a small network will forward their logs to a central server where they will be processed by Elastic Stack. Student will use Kibana to view logs, filter them and set up dashboards. Information in the logs will be used to identify and block an on-going attack.
• Web Application Security Analysis using Burp Suite
  Burp Suite is an industry standard suite of tools used by information security professionals for testing Web application security. Its tools work together to support the entire testing process, from initial mapping and analysis of an application's attack surface, through to finding and exploiting security vulnerabilities.
• Detecting and Exploiting SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
  Students will learn how to detect and exploit SQL injection vulnerabilities. By using several SQL injections techniques students will gather information about a remote database such as server operating system, database type, table names, and most importantly, table content. Students will then use sqlmap, a tool for SQL injection, to automate this process.
• Web Site Reconnaissance
  Web site reconnaissance is about gathering information about a web site. Of course, there is information published on the website that is intended for people to see. Then there is information such as the name and version of the software used in the website and information about databases used by web applications on the site. This is information the website owner may not want known but can be discovered using techniques covered by CYRIN labs in the Network Monitoring and Recon and Web Application Security Analysis categories.
• Packet Capture Analysis and Manipulation
  Get valuable experience extracting data from network packet captures! Students will use Wireshark® to analyze network packet traces containing normal network traffic and active attacks. Detailed information will be extracted from the traces by examining packets and by using Wireshark's built-in analysis and PCAP-manipulation tools.
• Intrusion Analysis using Network Traffic
  Examine packet captures from actual intrusions and dive deeper into how attackers operate! Students will learn the details of protocols such as SMB and SSH by examining network traffic captures in Wireshark®, then will proceed to build network packets "by hand" in order to tunnel secret data in normal-looking traffic. Finally, students will learn the details of "web shell" payloads commonly used by attackers.
• Advanced Analysis of Malicious Network Traffic
  Continue your exploration into malware's behavior on the network! Students will analyze network captures containing real, malicious network traffic, both by hand and using tools such as Security Onion and Sguil. Both malware spreading methods and command and control operations will be explored. In addition, students will create web shell payloads of their own to see how they operate from the inside.

NIST NICE FRAMEWORK - JOB WORK ROLE

• Vulnerability Assessment Analyst