Cloud and Cybersecurity Career Pathway in UK

International IT Career Pathing for Total Beginners

Valin offers a robust Cloud and Cybersecurity Career Path Programme, with a combination of foundational and specialised skills to help IT career aspirants in their journey. Strengthened by hands-on training, internal assessment, performance based testing, and complimentary AI skills training, you will get a multitude of globally relevant Cloud and DevOps skills that are immediately applicable in the industry.

You will begin by learning technologies like Linux, Automation, Cloud, Containers, Kubernetes, Openshift, and Python, and progress to Professional Penetration Testing and vulnerability assessment skills by building lab networks to practice network and application enumeration, vulnerability scanning, exploitation, privilege escalation, and lateral movement skills. This learning track helps you identify, detect, and exploit any vulnerability in the target applications, networks, infrastructure, and cloud security.

You will be guided by expert mentors to master the skills in this carefully designed programme which is completely virtual and scalable. Completion of the entire programme takes six months, but participants can choose to exit or extend after each module (1.5 months), depending on their career goals. Completion of the entire programme would, of course, make you a stronger candidate.

And what’s more, you get supported by us until you get placed with value-adds like assessments, CV preparation, LinkedIn profile updation, and mock interview training.

Linux System Administration

Module 1

Access the command line, Manage files from the command line, Get help in Enterprise Linux, Create, view, and edit text files, Manage local users and groups, Control access to files, Monitor and manage Linux processes, Control services and daemons

Module 2

Configure and secure SSH, Analyze and store logs, Manage networking, Archive and transfer files, Install and update software packages

Module 3

Access Linux files systems, Analyze servers and get support, improve command line productivity, Schedule future tasks

Module 4

Tune system performance, Manage SELinux security, Manage logical volumes, Access network-attached storage

Module 5

Control the boot process, Manage network security, Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Run Containers

Linux Ansible Automation

Module 1

Introduce Ansible, Implement an Ansible playbook

Module 2

Manage variables and facts, Implement task control

Module 3

Deploy files to managed hosts, Manage complex plays and playbooks

Module 4

Simplify playbooks with roles, Troubleshoot Ansible

Module 5

Automate common Linux system administration tasks with Ansible.

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

Module 1

Implementation of Identity Access Management (IAM) for security and managing access to various resources in AWS. Creating IAM user, groups, roles and policies

Module 2

Configure EC2 instances and implementation autoscaling for instances. Deploy, manage, and scale applications using container orchestration service. Speed up hosted websites using Content Delivery Network. Building decoupled applications using SNS, SQS. Understanding serverless computing services.

Module 3

Storing files securely using the Object Storage method using S3. Share Storage Disks among Servers via Network. Setup Database Engines and Secure Servers and Services. Implementation of Data Migrations and Data Transfer tools.

Module 4

Implementation of VPC and its components. Distributing traffic using Load Balancers. Configure DNS using Route53. Configuring VPN to establish secure connections to on-premise networks.

Module 5

Monitor Server Resources using CloudWatch. Creating backup of instances of other services. Auditing AWS environment with CloudTrail. Schedule Event Rules using Target based services

Cybersecurity Skills

1. Introduction

Introduction to Cybersecurity, Network Fundamentals, Introduction to Penetration Testing, Penetration Testing Methodology, Lab Setup, Introduction to Kali Linux & Tools, Bash for Pentesters, Python for Pentesters, Note-taking: Chery Tree

2. Information Gathering

Passive Reconnaissance, Active Reconnaissance

3. Enumeration

SMTP, SNMP, DNS, NFS, SMB, FTP, HTTP

4. Vulnerability Scanning

Nessus, CVSS Scoring

5. Web Application Scanning (DAST)

Introduction to ZAP & Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite Pro

6. Attacking Web Applications

OWASP Top Ten, CWE/SANS Top 25, OWASP ASVS, OWASP Testing Guide & Checklist, Web Application Enumeration, Injection Attacks, File Inclusions, Client-Side Attacks, Server-Side Attacks, File Upload Bypass

7. Web API Attacks

Injection Attacks, DOR, Mass Assignment, Open Redirection

8. Exploit DB

Choosing Exploits, Fixing Exploits, Updating Payload, Compile & Deliver Exploit, Execute Exploit

9. Metasploit Framework

Introduction, Modules, Payloads, MSFvenom, Meterpreter, Case Study: EternalBlue

10. Privilege Escalation

Windows Privilege Escalation, Linux Privilege Escalation

11. Password Attacks

Brute force with Wordlists, Password Cracking, Capturing Password Hashes, Pass the Hash Attack

12. Tunnelling & Port Forwarding

Local Port Forwarding, Remote Port Forwarding, Dynamic Port Forwarding

13. Post Exploitation

Autoroute, Pivoting, Lateral Movement

14. Cloud Security

Introduction to Cloud Penetration Testing; AWS Infrastructure & Components; Cloud Reconnaissance & Tools, Cloud Environment Security Audit, AWS Web Application Penetration Testing, AWS Web API Penetration Testing, AWS Container Penetration Testing, Penetration Testing Practice Scenarios;AWS Security Services: IAM, KMS, Security Hub, Inspector, Guard Duty, AWS Security Best Practices

15. Penetration Testing Labs

Setting up Vulnerable Machines, Building containerized Vulnerable Machines

16. Report Generation

Penetration Testing Report Template, Writing Professional Reports

Cloud and Cybersecurity

International IT Career Pathing for Total Beginners

Linux System Administration

Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

Module 4

Module 5

Linux Ansible Automation

Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

Module 4

Module 5

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

Module 4

Module 5

Cybersecurity Skills

1. Introduction

2. Information Gathering

3. Enumeration

4. Vulnerability Scanning

5. Web Application Scanning (DAST)

6. Attacking Web Applications

7. Web API Attacks

8. Exploit DB

9. Metasploit Framework

10. Privilege Escalation

11. Password Attacks

12. Tunnelling & Port Forwarding

13. Post Exploitation

14. Cloud Security

15. Penetration Testing Labs

16. Report Generation

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