Objective: 

Students will begin preparing for proficiency in cyber security and information security techniques, technologies and methodologies.

• Arizona Cyber Warfare Range
• Linux Journey

Topics Discussed:

1. Visit the Arizona Cyber Warfare Range website. The AZCWR is a live fire cyber warfare range created to further the development of cyber security and information security skills for those who wish to develop such skills. Our goal this semester is to become proficient enough to tackle the challenges presented by the Cyber Warfare Range.
2. Take a look at the Learning Resources page on the AZCWR website. These are the resources recommended by the AZCWR to gain the skills needed to take on the range, and these will form the backbone of our training this semester.
3. The first step is to gain proficiency in Linux, as by its own admission, close to 100% of everything the AZCWR (and by extension, a large portion of systems that run the Internet) is done in Linux.
4. We will begin by visiting the Linux Journey website, and we will walk through the online instruction modules together, learning about the history of Linux, and working our way through a few of the various distributions of Linux, noting the unique features of each and exploring the advantages and disadvantages presented by each flavor of Linux.
5. Tomorrow, we will begin working with the Command Line Interface in Linux, and investigate a few important commands.