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The Northern Virginia Technology Council has identified five kinds of jobs that are hard-to-fill: big data and analytics; cybersecurity and privacy; data center and cloud infrastructure; network systems and programming and software development. Cyber security professionals are highly in demand. A study recently released stated that the U.S. has 500,000 unfilled cyber jobs due to lack of qualified candidates. The DC Metro Area is ranked number one in the U.S. for cyber jobs and on an average cybersecurity professionals make an average annual salary of $120K!

For aspiring cyber security professionals without IT experience, knowledge or degree, CompTIA recommends to start with prerequisite courses like CompTIA A+ training and CompTIA Network+ before embarking in your cyber security training. After successfully getting A+ and Network+, ImpactTek recommends to apply for help desk jobs and then start your cyber security training with CompTIA Security+.

We created our cyber program to bridge the gap between demand and qualified candidates. We have developed a 6-month hands-on cybersecurity practical training program with job placement to give our students the knowledge, skills and tools needed to be successful in the fast growing and high paying cyber field.

The 6-month program consists of four courses:

1, CompTIA Security+ training

2. Network Vulnerabilities and Cyber tools or CEH training

3 CompTIA Linux+ training

4. Splunk Core User training, Splunk Power User training, Splunk Admin training and Splunk Architect training.

In the program students receive over 70 hands-on labs and will do projects that will simulate real IT environments. Students will learn how to secure applications, network, and devices, perform threat analysis, and respond with appropriate mitigation techniques, Trojan’s backdoors and countermeasures, and cybersecurity tools.

The cyber security training is offered both in virtual live instructor-led and in-person. CompTIA Security+ training in Annandale VA and Cyber Security training in Fairfax and Manassas.

Below are the details of our program.

Free or Subsidized Courses

ImpactTek hands-on courses are FREE if the person qualifies or are heavily subsidized(40% to 80% OFF).

ImpactTek is Eligible Training Provider for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act(WIOA), VIrginia Initiative for Education and Work(VIEW), and Re-Employ Virginians(REV). Adult jobseekers, dislocated workers, and young adults that meet program eligibility criteria of WIOA, VIEW, REV may be able to receive funds to go towards the cost of their training.

WIOA information website

VIEW information website

REV information website

Cyber Security Programs

18 Week Program

Course

CompTIA Security+ SY0-601

System Access

CompTIA Certmaster Learn 3-month access

CompTIA Certmaster Learn is online learning system that provides step by step training with lesson study guides, training videos, lesson quiz AND HANDS-ON LABS. You will receive access to 21 lessons and labs.

21 HANDS-ON LABS include:

Securing the Network Infrastructure
Managing Incident Response, Mitigation and Recovery
Configuring Identity and Access Management Controls
Performing Network Reconnaissance and Vulnerability Scanning
AND MUCH MORE, 21 LABS!

Objectives

1.0 Threats, Attacks and Vulnerabilities
2.0 Technologies and Tools
3.0 Architecture and Design
4.0 Identity and Access Management
5.0 Risk Management
6.0 Cryptography and PKI

Course

Network Vulnerabilities and Cyber Tools(CEH and CySA)

System Access

Penetration Testing Labs 3-month access

Includes:

Planning and Scoping Penetration Tests
Conducting Passive Reconnaissance
Performing Non-Technical Tests
Conducting Active Reconnaissance
Analyzing Vulnerabilities
Penetrating Networks
Exploiting Host-Based Vulnerabilities
Testing Applications
Completing Post-Exploit Tasks
Analyzing and Reporting Pen Test Results

Objectives

Domain 1: Background
Domain 2: Analysis/Assessment
Domain 3: Security
Domain 4: Tools/Systems/Programs
Domain 5: Procedures/Methodology
Domain 6: Regulation/Policy
Domain 7: Ethics

Course

CompTIA Linux+

System Access

CompTIA Certmaster Learn 3-month access

10 HANDS-ON LABS include:

Performing Installing Linux and Basic Linux Tasks
Managing Users and Groups
Managing Permissions and Ownership
Managing Storage
Managing Files and Directories
Managing Kernel Modules
Managing the Linux Boot Process
Managing System Components
Managing Devices
Managing Networking
Managing Packages and Software
Securing Linux Systems
Working with Bash Scripts
Automating Tasks

Objectives

1.0 Hardware and System Configuration
2.0 Systems Operation and Maintenance
3.0 Security
4.0 Linux Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
5.0 Automation and Scripting

12 Week Program

Course

Python

System Access

Objectives

Web scraping
Objectoriented programming
Operators
Methods
Django
Indexing
Sets
Dictionaries
Conditional statements
Loops
Functions
File handling
Errors and exceptions
Shell scripting

Course

Splunk Core User or Splunk Fundamentals 1

System Access

1 month access to Splunk training system
15 Lessons
12 HANDS-ON LABS
15 study guides
15 training videos
15 quizzes
Final exam
Splunk certificate of completion from SPLUNK!

Objectives

· Introduction to Splunk’s interface
· Basic searching
· Using fields in searches
· Search fundamentals
· Transforming commands
· Creating reports and dashboards
· Datasets
· The Common Information Model (CIM)
· Creating and using lookups
· Scheduled Reports
· Alerts
· Using Pivot

Course

Splunk Power User or Spunk Fundamentals 2

Splunk Admin and Splunk Architect

System Access

1 month access to Splunk training system
15 Lessons
12 HANDS-ON LABS
15 study guides
15 training videos
15 quizzes
Final exam
Splunk certificate of completion from SPLUNK!

Objectives

Transforming commands and visualization
· Filtering and formatting Results
· Correlating events
· Knowledge objects
· Fields (Field aliases, field extractions, calculated fields)
· Tags and event types
· Macros
· Workflow actions
· Data models
· Splunk Common Information Model (CIM)

6 Week Programs

Course

CompTIA Security+ SY0-601

System Access

12-month access to CompTIA Learning AND Lab System

Objectives

1.0 Threats, Attacks and Vulnerabilities
2.0 Technologies and Tools
3.0 Architecture and Design
4.0 Identity and Access Management
5.0 Risk Management
6.0 Cryptography and PKI

Instructor

Instructor Nicholas is AWS Academy Accredited Educator and has a masters in information security from Carnegie Mellon University, one of the top engineering and technology universities in the world! He has 15 years of IT experience in software security engineering , cybersecurity and cloud computing. Nicholas is AWS Solutions Architect, CISSP, CompTIA Security+, GPEN(penetration testing), and Java certified.