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Security principles, roles and ethics
Explain, demonstrate and verify **security principles, roles and ethics** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Security principles, roles and ethics60 min
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CYB-102Intermediate
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Defence Foundations
Understand threats, reduce risk and practise defensive security in an authorised, isolated THNF laboratory.
Part of these pathways
Course outline: enrolment opens after THNF content and assessment review.
What you will be able to do
Clear outcomes. Practical evidence.
- Recognise common attack paths and controls
- Use an evidence-based risk approach
- Investigate basic alerts and suspicious files
- Work safely inside an authorised cyber range
Course structure
Modules and lessons
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Threat actors, attack paths and risk
Explain, demonstrate and verify **threat actors, attack paths and risk** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Threat actors, attack paths and risk60 min
03
Assets, data classification and privacy
Explain, demonstrate and verify **assets, data classification and privacy** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Assets, data classification and privacy60 min
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Identity, authentication and access control
Explain, demonstrate and verify **identity, authentication and access control** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Identity, authentication and access control60 min
05
Endpoint and mobile-device security
Explain, demonstrate and verify **endpoint and mobile-device security** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Endpoint and mobile-device security60 min
06
Network, web and email security
Explain, demonstrate and verify **network, web and email security** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Network, web and email security60 min
07
Cryptography and key management
Explain, demonstrate and verify **cryptography and key management** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Cryptography and key management60 min
08
Vulnerability and patch management
Explain, demonstrate and verify **vulnerability and patch management** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Vulnerability and patch management60 min
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Incident reporting and recovery
Explain, demonstrate and verify **incident reporting and recovery** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Incident reporting and recovery60 min
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Security improvement capstone
Explain, demonstrate and verify **security improvement capstone** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Security improvement capstone60 min
Access and progression
Know what the course requires.
The required capability matters; the learner does not have to personally own every device.
Who it is for
Aspiring developers, technical learners, career changers and practitioners seeking applied computing skills.
Hardware access
Personal 64-bit computer with 8 GB RAM and 60 GB free, or use the managed lab device at a readiness-approved THNF centre.
Software and practical access
An authorised isolated virtual lab supplied and supervised by the training team; never use production or third-party systems without written permission.
Possible progression
Authorised security-support, SOC, vulnerability-management or digital-forensics trainee; external certifications remain separately awarded.
Progression is not a guarantee of employment or external certification.Sierra Leone context
Authorised scenarios involving local SMEs, schools, NGOs, mobile-money fraud and shared devices, with safeguarding and Sierra Leonean legal and ethical boundaries.
Skills in context
Career directions and next steps
These are realistic directions that the skills can support—not promises of employment, job titles or external certification.
- Cybersecurity-support trainee
- Security-operations trainee
- Vulnerability-management assistant
Possible progression pathways
Cybersecurity