Udacity is excited to introduce the newest addition to our School of Cybersecurity: the Enterprise Security Nanodegree program. This new Nanodegree program will help engineers working in enterprise companies gain a thorough understanding of security practices, particularly around data and networking.
What is Enterprise Security?
Enterprise security is any level of cybersecurity within a corporate environment, designed to protect data, devices, identities and infrastructure. Many people working in cybersecurity come from backgrounds in data management, network and IT administration. Work in enterprise security can include both local data centers and cloud-based ones.
Enterprise Security Nanodegree Program Details
The Enterprise Security Nanodegree program will prepare you to design, configure, manage, upgrade and assess enterprise-level network security systems. In as little as four months (at 10 hours a week), students who enroll in the Enterprise Security Nanodegree program will learn how to design secure enterprise networking architecture, harden systems, create policies, assess compliance, hunt threats, contain vulnerabilities and manage data with data governance in mind.
To get the most out of this course, it’s important to be comfortable working on Linux and Azure platforms, including set up and configuration. Additionally, it’s good to be familiar with networking and cloud systems.
Specific projects include:
Project 1: Securing the Perimeter
During this project, you will segment networks across security topologies to build a secure enterprise network . You will also restrict access across segmentations and build a VPN for securely accessing the network in a remote location. In addition, you will set up a SIEM and web server, create alerts for security incidents and write incident response playbooks. Lastly, you will design a Zero Trust model and write a comparative analysis.
Project 2: FedF1rst Security Assessment
Implement endpoints from an enterprise security policy. Recommend hardening strategies, create security policies, create build sheets for Linux and Cloud servers, and self-assess servers.
Project 3: CryptoV4ULT Enterprise Security Assessment
Review the security for a new enterprise technology stack, identifying areas of concern with threat models. Try to exploit vulnerabilities in the system at all levels of the application, from containers to external API.
Project 4: Data Security Analysis in Online Payment Processing
Analyze the company’s security after being given a realistic case study, company profile and resource database. Make recommendations based on post-breach evidence, to ensure data integrity.
Learning from Top Enterprise Security Experts
To develop this program’s world-class curriculum, we collaborated with professionals from top-rated tech companies. Each of these collaborators contributed guidance and feedback to focus the program on the most in-demand skills. Each of the instructors has extensive security and teaching experience.
Instructors
Milind Adari, Security Engineer at The Associated Press
Jerry Smith, Information Security Engineer at the University of Alabama Birmingham
Vamsee Kandimalla, Cybersecurity Architect at Head of Product Technology
Christine Izuakor, PhD, CISSP, Founder & CEO at Cyber Pop-up
Enroll in the Enterprise Security Nanodegree Program Today
If you’re a cybersecurity analyst looking to advance your career, an IT manager hoping to learn about security, an alumni of other Udacity cybersecurity programs or any kind of engineer looking to learn more about cybersecurity, this program is for you.
There’s never been a better time to get into cybersecurity. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), jobs in enterprise security are expected to grow 33% by 2030. Plus, the median pay is over six figures, coming in at $103,000.
With Udacity’s combination of hands-on project-centric learning, there’s no better way to meet the demand than by registering today for the Enterprise Security Nanodegree program. Enroll now to learn more!
