This course will teach a student the knowledge and skills required to build, scale, secure, and defend the networks that are used in our businesses and daily lives. Students will also focus on various types of cyber-attacks and use tools and techniques in a virtual machine environment that allows them to create, implement, monitor, and detect malicious activity. The hands-on training is performed in this environment so that students can gain the necessary skills and knowledge needed to thwart these and future cyber-attacks in a Security Operations Center environment This course will prepare a student for entry level cyber security jobs and aligns with the CISCO CyberOps Associate certification.