Objective: Students will be able to explain the purpose of hardening techniques used to secure enterprise.
Resources:
See PowerPoint presentations: Lesson 2.5.2 – Hardening Techniques.pptx, Lab – Backdoor Shortcut.pptx and Lab – Backdoor Removal.pptx.
Assignment:
Begin by reading the Lesson 2.5.2 – Hardening Techniques.pptx presentation.
Read and complete the lab activity in the Lab – Backdoor Shortcut.pptx document.
To confirm completion the lab activity, upload a screenshot (with today’s date) of the open meterpreter session that activates on the Kali system when the trojan payload is activated in the Windows environment to today’s Google Classroom post.
If you have time, read and complete the Lab – Backdoor Removal.pptx
Please do your best to complete this Lab by the end of the class period on Friday.
Assigned: October 2nd, 2025 Teacher Pacing Due Date: October 3rd, 2025
Be able to explain how organizations can be more cyber resilient.
Investigate common methods to enhance Operating System security and implement monitoring measures in an enterprise.
Compare and contrast various types of security controls
Standards:
CompTIA Security+ SYO-701 Objective: 4.1 – Given a scenario, apply common security techniques to computing
Application security
Input validation
Secure cookies
Static code analysis
Code signing
Sandboxing
Monitoring
4.5 – Given a scenario, modify enterprise capabilities to enhance security
Operating system security
Group Policy
SELinux
File integrity monitoring
DLP
Network access control (NAC)
Endpoint detection and response (EDR)/extended detection and response (XDR)
User behavior analytics
1.1 – Compare and contrast various types of controls
Category
Technical,
Managerial,
Operational,
Physical,
Control Type
Preventive
Deterrent
Detective
Corrective
Compensating
Directive
Guiding Questions:
How are applications secured?
What are some common methods for an enterprise to enhance Operating System security and implement monitoring measures?
What are some different control categories and control types?
Resources:
Lesson 4.1.4 – Application Security.pptx, Lesson 4.5.2 – Endpoint – OS & Monitoring.pptx and Lesson 1.1.1 – Security Controls.pptx Presentations and Security Concepts Guided Notes – Fall 2025 Form available on Google Classroom
Assignment:
Read through the Lesson 4.1.4 – Application Security.pptx, Lesson 4.5.2 – Endpoint – OS & Monitoring.pptx and Lesson 1.1.1 – Security Controls.pptx presentations in today’s class.
Complete the Security Concepts Guided Notes – Fall 2025 Form using the materials provided.
Assigned: September 30th, 2025 Teacher Pacing Due Date: October 1st, 2025
Objective: Students will begin preparing for proficiency in cyber security with an overview of computer networking fundamentals.
Topics Discussed:
APT Repository apt-cache apt-get redirection (with “|” pipe) CTRL + C (break) options/flags cat nano tar archive chmod perl
Resources:
PowerPoint presentation: Lab – Fun With Linux
PDF document: Linux Commands Cheat Sheet.pdf
Assignment:
Begin reading the Lab – Fun With Linux presentation to have a little fun while practicing with commands in the Linux operating system.
This lab will introduce you to the APT Repository, an open source collection of apps, games and utilities that can be downloaded and used in Linux for free.
Notice that the games and utilities that you will encounter in today’s lab use many of the commands and techniques that we have been studying over the past week!
To complete today’s Lab activity, upload a screenshot of your ASCII aquarium to today’s Google Classroom assignment post!
Bonus: On today’s assignment post, you will find the promised Linux Commands Cheat Sheet! Download it, and use it in good health.
Assigned: September 24th, 2025 Teacher Pacing Due Date: September 25th, 2025
Read the Lab – Linux 102 to review advanced Linux commands within the Linux operating system.
Use the Terminal app in your Kali Linux virtual environment in the CYBER.ORG Cyber Range to follow along with the presentation, and practice or test the commands as you read about them.
The Lab – Linux 102 presentation will introduce advanced options and flags, searching for text strings using find and grep, changing file ownership and permissions, and gaining “super user” privileges with the sudo command, among other topics.
We will work on this Lab today and tomorrow, and will conclude with a final Linux activity on Wednesday that will be due on Friday.
As proof of completion of the Linux 102 Lab, upload a screenshot of the custom log commands you created on the syslog (On Your Own) slide, as verified by displaying the last 10 lines of the syslog (demonstrated in the presentation).
Assigned: September 22nd, 2025 Teacher Pacing Due Date: September 24th, 2025
Students will begin preparing for proficiency in cyber security with an overview of Linux fundamentals and advanced commands.
Resources:
See PowerPoint presentations: Lab – Linux 101
Assignment:
Read the Lab – Linux 101 to review fundamental Linux commands within the Linux operating system.
Use the Terminal app in your Kali Linux virtual environment in the CYBER.ORG Cyber Range to follow along with the presentations, and practice or test the commands as you read about them.
Begin reading the Lab – Linux 101 presentation to study the fundamentals of the Linux operating system. I will show you how to do some of the steps (Watch) and we will do some of the steps together (Together). Then, you will need to follow the steps listed on each “On Your Own” slide, being careful not to skip any steps.
To demonstrate completion of this Lab Activity, upload three screenshots to today’s Assignment Post in the Google Classroom:
The Terminal window from slide 24 that shows the results of the rm -rf command
The Terminal window from the On Your Own exercise on Slide 30 displaying the results of the Move/Copy Files sequence
The Terminal window displaying the results of the -v option when used with both of the directory commands introduced on slide 36 of the Lab presentation.
Assigned: September 15th, 2025 Teacher Pacing Due Date: September 16th, 2025
