Mastering Modern Endpoint Security Architectures
You’re under pressure. The threat landscape is evolving faster than your team can respond. Zero-day exploits, ransomware, and insider threats are no longer edge cases-they’re daily realities. Your current security stack feels like patchwork, and you know that reactive measures won’t protect your organisation long-term. Every delay in strengthening your endpoint defences costs credibility, increases risk, and puts mission-critical data at stake. You need a clear, structured path forward-not theory, not fluff, but a battle-tested blueprint that transforms uncertainty into confidence, and confusion into control. Mastering Modern Endpoint Security Architectures is that blueprint. This is not just another technical deep dive. It’s your step-by-step system for designing, implementing, and governing a next-generation endpoint security framework that stands up to real-world attacks and aligns with board-level risk expectations. One learner, Sarah Chen, Senior Security Architect at a global financial institution, completed this course while preparing for a critical audit. She redesigned her endpoint protection strategy in under four weeks, leading to a 62% reduction in endpoint-related incident alerts and earning formal recognition from her CISO for delivering a proactive, compliant architecture. The outcome is clear: from fragmented tools and reactive responses to a unified, intelligent, and future-ready endpoint security posture-backed by a globally recognised certification and actionable guidance you can implement immediately. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Self-Paced, On-Demand Access with Lifetime Updates
This course is designed for professionals like you who need flexibility without compromise. You gain immediate online access upon enrollment, allowing you to progress at your own pace, on your schedule, with no fixed start dates or time commitments. Most learners complete the core curriculum within 4 to 6 weeks while working full-time, with many applying key principles to live projects within the first 10 days. The average time to see measurable improvements in architecture clarity, control coverage, and audit readiness is under 15 days. You receive lifetime access to all course materials, including any future updates to frameworks, tools, compliance standards, or architectural patterns. As threat models and technologies evolve, your knowledge stays current-at no additional cost. Global, Mobile-Friendly Learning Experience
Access your course anytime, from any device, with full 24/7 compatibility across desktops, tablets, and smartphones. Whether you're reviewing a policy framework during your commute or refining an architecture diagram between meetings, your learning moves with you-secure, seamless, and uninterrupted. Direct Instructor Support and Practical Guidance
You’re not alone. Throughout the course, you’ll have access to expert-led guidance through structured support channels. Receive detailed feedback on architectural exercises, implementation checklists, and configuration templates from professionals with real-world enterprise security experience. Support is focused on practical application-helping you adapt frameworks to your environment, troubleshoot design challenges, and validate alignment with compliance requirements such as ISO 27001, NIST CSF, and GDPR. Certificate of Completion Issued by The Art of Service
Upon successful completion, you will earn a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service-a globally trusted name in professional cybersecurity training. This certificate demonstrates your mastery of modern endpoint security principles and is recognised by IT leaders, auditors, and hiring managers across industries. Add it to your LinkedIn profile, CV, or compliance documentation to validate your expertise with a credential known for rigour, relevance, and real-world applicability. Transparent Pricing, Zero Risk, Full Confidence
Pricing is straightforward with no hidden fees. You pay a single, all-inclusive fee that covers full access, updates, instructor support, and your final certificate. There are no subscriptions, auto-renewals, or upsells. We accept major payment methods including Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal, ensuring secure and convenient enrollment regardless of your location. Your investment is protected by our 30-day money-back guarantee. If you find the course does not meet your expectations for depth, clarity, or professional value, simply request a full refund-no questions asked. This is risk reversal at its strongest: you can begin learning today with complete peace of mind. Trusted by Professionals - Even If You’re New to Advanced Endpoint Design
You might be wondering, “Will this work for me?” Especially if you’re transitioning from network security, managing legacy systems, or working in a highly regulated environment. The answer is yes. This course works even if you’ve never led a full endpoint architecture redesign, even if your organisation uses a mix of EDR, AV, and mobile management tools, and even if you're preparing for a major compliance audit with limited time. Our content is role-adaptive, with examples tailored for Security Architects, SOC Managers, CISOs, IT Directors, and Compliance Officers. Each module includes decision matrices, configuration logic trees, and validation checklists so you can apply concepts directly to your environment. After enrollment, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Your access details and course portal login will be sent separately once your learner profile is fully provisioned-ensuring a secure, personalised experience from day one.
Module 1: Foundations of Modern Endpoint Security - Understanding the shift from perimeter to endpoint-centric security
- Key drivers: remote work, cloud adoption, and zero trust
- Defining endpoints in modern IT environments (laptops, mobile, IoT, cloud workloads)
- The evolving threat landscape: ransomware, fileless attacks, supply chain compromises
- Core principles of endpoint protection in hybrid environments
- Legacy AV vs EDR vs XDR: functional comparison and use cases
- Common endpoint security failure modes and organisational blind spots
- Mapping endpoint risks to business impact and compliance obligations
- Developing a threat model for your organisation’s endpoint ecosystem
- Establishing baseline metrics for endpoint visibility and control
Module 2: Architectural Principles and Design Frameworks - Applying zero trust principles to endpoint security design
- Principle of least privilege at the device and application level
- Layered defence strategies for endpoint protection
- Designing for resilience: fail-safe and recovery mechanisms
- Modular architecture patterns for scalability and interoperability
- Integrating human factors into technical design (user experience vs security)
- Developing a threat-informed architecture approach
- Using MITRE ATT&CK to shape defensive strategy
- Mapping adversary tactics to endpoint controls
- Creating an architecture decision record (ADR) for endpoint security
Module 3: Core Components of Endpoint Protection Platforms - Antivirus and anti-malware: next-generation capabilities and limitations
- Host-based intrusion prevention systems (HIPS) operation and tuning
- Application control and whitelisting strategies
- File integrity monitoring (FIM) for critical system files
- Process and behaviour monitoring techniques
- Memory protection and exploit prevention mechanisms
- Network stack protection at the endpoint level
- DNS-layer security integration and enforcement
- Real-time telemetry and event correlation methods
- Local logging and secure data forwarding practices
Module 4: Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Deep Dive - EDR architecture and data collection mechanisms
- Differentiating telemetry: process, registry, file, network, memory
- On-device analytics vs cloud-based correlation
- Retention policies for endpoint data
- Investigation workflows and timeline reconstruction
- Live response capabilities and remote execution controls
- Automated response actions: isolation, termination, quarantine
- Alert triage and prioritisation frameworks
- False positive reduction through behavioural baselining
- EDR policy optimisation for performance and coverage
Module 5: Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Integration - Understanding XDR beyond marketing: technical scope and boundaries
- Differences between native and multi-vendor XDR platforms
- Data normalisation and schema alignment across sources
- Correlation engines and cross-layer detection logic
- Response coordination across endpoint, email, network, cloud
- Workflow integration with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Automated playbooks for cross-domain threats
- Evaluating XDR vendor capabilities and architectural fit
- Common integration failure points and mitigation strategies
- Measuring XDR efficacy with detection coverage and mean time metrics
Module 6: Secure Configuration and Hardening Standards - CIS Benchmarks for endpoint operating systems
- NSA and CISA joint guidance for endpoint hardening
- Automating secure configuration with configuration management tools
- Windows security baselines: local policies, UAC, services
- macOS endpoint security settings and restrictions
- Linux endpoint hardening: SSH, sudo, firewalls, permissions
- Firmware and BIOS/UEFI security controls
- Disabling unnecessary services and ports
- Secure boot and measured boot implementation
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM) integration and usage
Module 7: Application and Execution Control - Application allowlisting with AppLocker and WDAC
- WDAC policy creation, signing, and deployment workflows
- Application control for macOS using Gatekeeper and SIP
- Containerised application security on endpoints
- Script control: PowerShell, VBScript, batch files
- Blocking malicious macro execution in office applications
- Just-in-time application approval workflows
- Enforcement logging and policy violation analysis
- User education and exception management processes
- Integrating application control with software inventory systems
Module 8: Identity, Access, and Authentication at the Endpoint - Local account management best practices
- Integrating endpoint access with identity providers (Azure AD, Okta)
- MFA enforcement for privileged local access
- Passwordless authentication: Windows Hello, FIDO2, PIV
- Biometric authentication security considerations
- Session timeout and lock policies
- Privileged access workstations (PAWs) and dedicated admin devices
- Just-in-time and just-enough access models
- Monitoring for anomalous authentication events
- Endpoint integration with identity governance platforms
Module 9: Data Protection and Encryption Strategies - Full disk encryption with BitLocker and FileVault
- Key management best practices for encrypted endpoints
- Remote wipe and data destruction capabilities
- Preventing data exfiltration via USB and removable media
- DLP agent integration and policy enforcement
- Clipboard and print control mechanisms
- Cloud sync application monitoring and governance
- Offline data access policies and enforcement
- Encryption of temporary and cache files
- Auditing data access and transfer on endpoints
Module 10: Mobile Device and BYOD Security - MDM vs MAM vs Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
- iOS security architecture and enforcement capabilities
- Android security model and device policy enforcement
- Containerisation strategies for BYOD environments
- App-level encryption and secure workspace creation
- Remote wipe and selective wipe operations
- Compliance policies and automated remediation
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth security enforcement
- App store governance and third-party app risk
- Monitoring for jailbroken or rooted devices
Module 11: Privilege Management and Least Privilege Enforcement - Eliminating persistent administrator accounts
- User privilege auditing and role analysis
- Just-in-time elevation tools and workflows
- Application-based privilege assignment
- Time-bound access grants with automatic revocation
- Monitoring for privilege escalation attempts
- Integration with PAM solutions for endpoint access
- Creating standard user profiles with controlled exceptions
- Third-party application privilege requirements analysis
- Reporting on privilege usage and deviation
Module 12: Threat Intelligence Integration at the Endpoint - Feeding IOCs and IOAs into EDR and AV systems
- STIX/TAXII integration methods and compatibility
- Automated indicator ingestion and policy update workflows
- Mapping threat intel to MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- Blocking known malicious domains, IPs, and hashes
- Dynamic reputation scoring for files and processes
- Indicators of compromise vs indicators of behaviour
- Internal threat intelligence development from endpoint logs
- Sharing threat data across organisational boundaries (ISACs)
- Measuring threat intelligence efficacy with detection rates
Module 13: Patch and Vulnerability Management Lifecycle - Automated vulnerability scanning at the endpoint level
- Integrating CVSS scoring into patch prioritisation
- Zero-day patching strategies and emergency procedures
- Third-party application patching challenges and solutions
- Browser and plugin update enforcement
- Registry and file-based vulnerability detection
- Uninstalling end-of-life software and services
- Testing patches in staging environments
- Scheduling and change control for patch deployment
- Reporting on patch compliance across device fleets
Module 14: Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting Frameworks - Standardising log formats across endpoint platforms
- Enabling verbose logging without performance impact
- Centralised log collection with secure transport
- Key event types to monitor: process creation, network connections, registry changes
- Log retention policies and audit trail integrity
- Real-time alerting and threshold-based notification
- Creating custom detection rules for suspicious behaviour
- Suppressing noise and tuning alert sensitivity
- Correlating endpoint events with authentication logs
- Generating executive-level reporting from endpoint data
Module 15: Automation and Orchestration for Endpoint Security - Automated response playbooks for common threats
- SOAR integration with EDR and AV platforms
- Automated device isolation upon malware detection
- Scripted remediation for known attack patterns
- Auto-enrichment of alerts with endpoint context
- Orchestrated forensic data collection workflows
- Time-based automation for compliance checks
- Validation of automated actions to prevent false positives
- Version control for automation scripts and playbooks
- Monitoring and auditing automation performance
Module 16: Forensics and Incident Response Readiness - Pre-defining forensic data collection requirements
- Endpoint memory acquisition techniques and tools
- Disk imaging for investigation and legal admissibility
- Timeline analysis and event sequencing
- Identifying persistence mechanisms and artefacts
- Analysing prefetch, shimcache, and jump lists
- Detecting anti-forensics techniques
- Chain of custody documentation for endpoint evidence
- Live response during active compromise
- Reporting findings to legal, executive, and technical teams
Module 17: Compliance and Audit Alignment - Mapping controls to NIST SP 800 53 and 800 171
- Aligning endpoint practices with ISO 27001 Annex A
- GDPR requirements for personal data on endpoints
- HIPAA technical safeguards for medical endpoints
- PCI DSS controls for systems handling card data
- SOC 2 trust principles and endpoint evidence collection
- Preparing for internal and external security audits
- Generating compliance reports from endpoint tools
- Creating evidence packages for auditors
- Continuous compliance monitoring strategies
Module 18: Cloud and Virtual Workload Endpoint Security - Securing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
- Protecting cloud-based development environments
- Instance hardening in AWS EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute
- Workload identity and access management
- Container endpoint security with Kubernetes nodes
- Serverless computing and function-level endpoint concerns
- Temporary compute instances and ephemeral security
- Image scanning and secure base images
- Runtime protection for cloud workloads
- Cloud-native EDR and workload protection platforms (WPP)
Module 19: Secure Development and DevSecOps Integration - Integrating endpoint telemetry into CI/CD pipelines
- Static and dynamic analysis for endpoint-targeted code
- Securing developer workstations and build servers
- Managing credentials and secrets on endpoints
- Container security in local development environments
- Threat modelling for endpoint-resident applications
- Secure coding practices to reduce endpoint attack surface
- Automated security testing in development workflows
- Feedback loops from production endpoint incidents
- Developer training on endpoint security risks
Module 20: Governance, Risk, and Policy Development - Creating an enterprise endpoint security policy
- Defining roles and responsibilities for endpoint management
- Establishing policy enforcement and exception processes
- Measuring policy compliance across the fleet
- Conducting regular policy reviews and updates
- Developing acceptable use policies for endpoints
- Onboarding and offboarding security procedures
- Risk assessment methodologies for new endpoint types
- Documenting architectural decisions and trade-offs
- Reporting endpoint risk posture to the board and audit committees
Module 21: Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement - Key performance indicators for endpoint security
- Mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR)
- Benchmarking against industry peers and standards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for endpoint scenarios
- Red teaming and purple teaming your endpoint controls
- Penetration testing methodologies for endpoint defences
- Architecture review and validation processes
- Feedback loops from incidents and near misses
- Regular control effectiveness assessments
- Updating architecture based on threat intelligence and testing
Module 22: Implementation Roadmap and Project Management - Assessing current endpoint security maturity
- Defining vision and goals for new architecture
- Stakeholder identification and engagement strategy
- Developing a multi-phase rollout plan
- Prioritising initiatives based on risk and impact
- Resource allocation and team responsibilities
- Vendor selection and procurement alignment
- Change management and communication planning
- Pilot deployment and feedback collection
- Scaling deployment across organisational units
Module 23: Integration with Broader Security Ecosystems - SIEM integration for centralised monitoring
- Taxonomy alignment between endpoint and network tools
- Data sharing with threat intelligence platforms
- Incident coordination with SOC teams
- Linking endpoint alerts to case management systems
- Identity integration with IAM and PAM platforms
- Automated policy updates from GRC systems
- Compliance status sharing with audit tools
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM) integration
- Security validation platforms and breach simulation
Module 24: Certificate of Completion and Next Steps - Final knowledge assessment and architecture review
- Submitting completion requirements for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding certification to professional profiles and resumes
- LinkedIn endorsement and job title optimisation
- Continuing education pathways in security architecture
- Advanced certifications to pursue after mastery
- Joining professional communities and forums
- Ongoing access to updated frameworks and tools
- Guidance on leading your first full architecture initiative
- Understanding the shift from perimeter to endpoint-centric security
- Key drivers: remote work, cloud adoption, and zero trust
- Defining endpoints in modern IT environments (laptops, mobile, IoT, cloud workloads)
- The evolving threat landscape: ransomware, fileless attacks, supply chain compromises
- Core principles of endpoint protection in hybrid environments
- Legacy AV vs EDR vs XDR: functional comparison and use cases
- Common endpoint security failure modes and organisational blind spots
- Mapping endpoint risks to business impact and compliance obligations
- Developing a threat model for your organisation’s endpoint ecosystem
- Establishing baseline metrics for endpoint visibility and control
Module 2: Architectural Principles and Design Frameworks - Applying zero trust principles to endpoint security design
- Principle of least privilege at the device and application level
- Layered defence strategies for endpoint protection
- Designing for resilience: fail-safe and recovery mechanisms
- Modular architecture patterns for scalability and interoperability
- Integrating human factors into technical design (user experience vs security)
- Developing a threat-informed architecture approach
- Using MITRE ATT&CK to shape defensive strategy
- Mapping adversary tactics to endpoint controls
- Creating an architecture decision record (ADR) for endpoint security
Module 3: Core Components of Endpoint Protection Platforms - Antivirus and anti-malware: next-generation capabilities and limitations
- Host-based intrusion prevention systems (HIPS) operation and tuning
- Application control and whitelisting strategies
- File integrity monitoring (FIM) for critical system files
- Process and behaviour monitoring techniques
- Memory protection and exploit prevention mechanisms
- Network stack protection at the endpoint level
- DNS-layer security integration and enforcement
- Real-time telemetry and event correlation methods
- Local logging and secure data forwarding practices
Module 4: Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Deep Dive - EDR architecture and data collection mechanisms
- Differentiating telemetry: process, registry, file, network, memory
- On-device analytics vs cloud-based correlation
- Retention policies for endpoint data
- Investigation workflows and timeline reconstruction
- Live response capabilities and remote execution controls
- Automated response actions: isolation, termination, quarantine
- Alert triage and prioritisation frameworks
- False positive reduction through behavioural baselining
- EDR policy optimisation for performance and coverage
Module 5: Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Integration - Understanding XDR beyond marketing: technical scope and boundaries
- Differences between native and multi-vendor XDR platforms
- Data normalisation and schema alignment across sources
- Correlation engines and cross-layer detection logic
- Response coordination across endpoint, email, network, cloud
- Workflow integration with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Automated playbooks for cross-domain threats
- Evaluating XDR vendor capabilities and architectural fit
- Common integration failure points and mitigation strategies
- Measuring XDR efficacy with detection coverage and mean time metrics
Module 6: Secure Configuration and Hardening Standards - CIS Benchmarks for endpoint operating systems
- NSA and CISA joint guidance for endpoint hardening
- Automating secure configuration with configuration management tools
- Windows security baselines: local policies, UAC, services
- macOS endpoint security settings and restrictions
- Linux endpoint hardening: SSH, sudo, firewalls, permissions
- Firmware and BIOS/UEFI security controls
- Disabling unnecessary services and ports
- Secure boot and measured boot implementation
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM) integration and usage
Module 7: Application and Execution Control - Application allowlisting with AppLocker and WDAC
- WDAC policy creation, signing, and deployment workflows
- Application control for macOS using Gatekeeper and SIP
- Containerised application security on endpoints
- Script control: PowerShell, VBScript, batch files
- Blocking malicious macro execution in office applications
- Just-in-time application approval workflows
- Enforcement logging and policy violation analysis
- User education and exception management processes
- Integrating application control with software inventory systems
Module 8: Identity, Access, and Authentication at the Endpoint - Local account management best practices
- Integrating endpoint access with identity providers (Azure AD, Okta)
- MFA enforcement for privileged local access
- Passwordless authentication: Windows Hello, FIDO2, PIV
- Biometric authentication security considerations
- Session timeout and lock policies
- Privileged access workstations (PAWs) and dedicated admin devices
- Just-in-time and just-enough access models
- Monitoring for anomalous authentication events
- Endpoint integration with identity governance platforms
Module 9: Data Protection and Encryption Strategies - Full disk encryption with BitLocker and FileVault
- Key management best practices for encrypted endpoints
- Remote wipe and data destruction capabilities
- Preventing data exfiltration via USB and removable media
- DLP agent integration and policy enforcement
- Clipboard and print control mechanisms
- Cloud sync application monitoring and governance
- Offline data access policies and enforcement
- Encryption of temporary and cache files
- Auditing data access and transfer on endpoints
Module 10: Mobile Device and BYOD Security - MDM vs MAM vs Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
- iOS security architecture and enforcement capabilities
- Android security model and device policy enforcement
- Containerisation strategies for BYOD environments
- App-level encryption and secure workspace creation
- Remote wipe and selective wipe operations
- Compliance policies and automated remediation
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth security enforcement
- App store governance and third-party app risk
- Monitoring for jailbroken or rooted devices
Module 11: Privilege Management and Least Privilege Enforcement - Eliminating persistent administrator accounts
- User privilege auditing and role analysis
- Just-in-time elevation tools and workflows
- Application-based privilege assignment
- Time-bound access grants with automatic revocation
- Monitoring for privilege escalation attempts
- Integration with PAM solutions for endpoint access
- Creating standard user profiles with controlled exceptions
- Third-party application privilege requirements analysis
- Reporting on privilege usage and deviation
Module 12: Threat Intelligence Integration at the Endpoint - Feeding IOCs and IOAs into EDR and AV systems
- STIX/TAXII integration methods and compatibility
- Automated indicator ingestion and policy update workflows
- Mapping threat intel to MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- Blocking known malicious domains, IPs, and hashes
- Dynamic reputation scoring for files and processes
- Indicators of compromise vs indicators of behaviour
- Internal threat intelligence development from endpoint logs
- Sharing threat data across organisational boundaries (ISACs)
- Measuring threat intelligence efficacy with detection rates
Module 13: Patch and Vulnerability Management Lifecycle - Automated vulnerability scanning at the endpoint level
- Integrating CVSS scoring into patch prioritisation
- Zero-day patching strategies and emergency procedures
- Third-party application patching challenges and solutions
- Browser and plugin update enforcement
- Registry and file-based vulnerability detection
- Uninstalling end-of-life software and services
- Testing patches in staging environments
- Scheduling and change control for patch deployment
- Reporting on patch compliance across device fleets
Module 14: Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting Frameworks - Standardising log formats across endpoint platforms
- Enabling verbose logging without performance impact
- Centralised log collection with secure transport
- Key event types to monitor: process creation, network connections, registry changes
- Log retention policies and audit trail integrity
- Real-time alerting and threshold-based notification
- Creating custom detection rules for suspicious behaviour
- Suppressing noise and tuning alert sensitivity
- Correlating endpoint events with authentication logs
- Generating executive-level reporting from endpoint data
Module 15: Automation and Orchestration for Endpoint Security - Automated response playbooks for common threats
- SOAR integration with EDR and AV platforms
- Automated device isolation upon malware detection
- Scripted remediation for known attack patterns
- Auto-enrichment of alerts with endpoint context
- Orchestrated forensic data collection workflows
- Time-based automation for compliance checks
- Validation of automated actions to prevent false positives
- Version control for automation scripts and playbooks
- Monitoring and auditing automation performance
Module 16: Forensics and Incident Response Readiness - Pre-defining forensic data collection requirements
- Endpoint memory acquisition techniques and tools
- Disk imaging for investigation and legal admissibility
- Timeline analysis and event sequencing
- Identifying persistence mechanisms and artefacts
- Analysing prefetch, shimcache, and jump lists
- Detecting anti-forensics techniques
- Chain of custody documentation for endpoint evidence
- Live response during active compromise
- Reporting findings to legal, executive, and technical teams
Module 17: Compliance and Audit Alignment - Mapping controls to NIST SP 800 53 and 800 171
- Aligning endpoint practices with ISO 27001 Annex A
- GDPR requirements for personal data on endpoints
- HIPAA technical safeguards for medical endpoints
- PCI DSS controls for systems handling card data
- SOC 2 trust principles and endpoint evidence collection
- Preparing for internal and external security audits
- Generating compliance reports from endpoint tools
- Creating evidence packages for auditors
- Continuous compliance monitoring strategies
Module 18: Cloud and Virtual Workload Endpoint Security - Securing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
- Protecting cloud-based development environments
- Instance hardening in AWS EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute
- Workload identity and access management
- Container endpoint security with Kubernetes nodes
- Serverless computing and function-level endpoint concerns
- Temporary compute instances and ephemeral security
- Image scanning and secure base images
- Runtime protection for cloud workloads
- Cloud-native EDR and workload protection platforms (WPP)
Module 19: Secure Development and DevSecOps Integration - Integrating endpoint telemetry into CI/CD pipelines
- Static and dynamic analysis for endpoint-targeted code
- Securing developer workstations and build servers
- Managing credentials and secrets on endpoints
- Container security in local development environments
- Threat modelling for endpoint-resident applications
- Secure coding practices to reduce endpoint attack surface
- Automated security testing in development workflows
- Feedback loops from production endpoint incidents
- Developer training on endpoint security risks
Module 20: Governance, Risk, and Policy Development - Creating an enterprise endpoint security policy
- Defining roles and responsibilities for endpoint management
- Establishing policy enforcement and exception processes
- Measuring policy compliance across the fleet
- Conducting regular policy reviews and updates
- Developing acceptable use policies for endpoints
- Onboarding and offboarding security procedures
- Risk assessment methodologies for new endpoint types
- Documenting architectural decisions and trade-offs
- Reporting endpoint risk posture to the board and audit committees
Module 21: Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement - Key performance indicators for endpoint security
- Mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR)
- Benchmarking against industry peers and standards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for endpoint scenarios
- Red teaming and purple teaming your endpoint controls
- Penetration testing methodologies for endpoint defences
- Architecture review and validation processes
- Feedback loops from incidents and near misses
- Regular control effectiveness assessments
- Updating architecture based on threat intelligence and testing
Module 22: Implementation Roadmap and Project Management - Assessing current endpoint security maturity
- Defining vision and goals for new architecture
- Stakeholder identification and engagement strategy
- Developing a multi-phase rollout plan
- Prioritising initiatives based on risk and impact
- Resource allocation and team responsibilities
- Vendor selection and procurement alignment
- Change management and communication planning
- Pilot deployment and feedback collection
- Scaling deployment across organisational units
Module 23: Integration with Broader Security Ecosystems - SIEM integration for centralised monitoring
- Taxonomy alignment between endpoint and network tools
- Data sharing with threat intelligence platforms
- Incident coordination with SOC teams
- Linking endpoint alerts to case management systems
- Identity integration with IAM and PAM platforms
- Automated policy updates from GRC systems
- Compliance status sharing with audit tools
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM) integration
- Security validation platforms and breach simulation
Module 24: Certificate of Completion and Next Steps - Final knowledge assessment and architecture review
- Submitting completion requirements for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding certification to professional profiles and resumes
- LinkedIn endorsement and job title optimisation
- Continuing education pathways in security architecture
- Advanced certifications to pursue after mastery
- Joining professional communities and forums
- Ongoing access to updated frameworks and tools
- Guidance on leading your first full architecture initiative
- Antivirus and anti-malware: next-generation capabilities and limitations
- Host-based intrusion prevention systems (HIPS) operation and tuning
- Application control and whitelisting strategies
- File integrity monitoring (FIM) for critical system files
- Process and behaviour monitoring techniques
- Memory protection and exploit prevention mechanisms
- Network stack protection at the endpoint level
- DNS-layer security integration and enforcement
- Real-time telemetry and event correlation methods
- Local logging and secure data forwarding practices
Module 4: Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Deep Dive - EDR architecture and data collection mechanisms
- Differentiating telemetry: process, registry, file, network, memory
- On-device analytics vs cloud-based correlation
- Retention policies for endpoint data
- Investigation workflows and timeline reconstruction
- Live response capabilities and remote execution controls
- Automated response actions: isolation, termination, quarantine
- Alert triage and prioritisation frameworks
- False positive reduction through behavioural baselining
- EDR policy optimisation for performance and coverage
Module 5: Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Integration - Understanding XDR beyond marketing: technical scope and boundaries
- Differences between native and multi-vendor XDR platforms
- Data normalisation and schema alignment across sources
- Correlation engines and cross-layer detection logic
- Response coordination across endpoint, email, network, cloud
- Workflow integration with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Automated playbooks for cross-domain threats
- Evaluating XDR vendor capabilities and architectural fit
- Common integration failure points and mitigation strategies
- Measuring XDR efficacy with detection coverage and mean time metrics
Module 6: Secure Configuration and Hardening Standards - CIS Benchmarks for endpoint operating systems
- NSA and CISA joint guidance for endpoint hardening
- Automating secure configuration with configuration management tools
- Windows security baselines: local policies, UAC, services
- macOS endpoint security settings and restrictions
- Linux endpoint hardening: SSH, sudo, firewalls, permissions
- Firmware and BIOS/UEFI security controls
- Disabling unnecessary services and ports
- Secure boot and measured boot implementation
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM) integration and usage
Module 7: Application and Execution Control - Application allowlisting with AppLocker and WDAC
- WDAC policy creation, signing, and deployment workflows
- Application control for macOS using Gatekeeper and SIP
- Containerised application security on endpoints
- Script control: PowerShell, VBScript, batch files
- Blocking malicious macro execution in office applications
- Just-in-time application approval workflows
- Enforcement logging and policy violation analysis
- User education and exception management processes
- Integrating application control with software inventory systems
Module 8: Identity, Access, and Authentication at the Endpoint - Local account management best practices
- Integrating endpoint access with identity providers (Azure AD, Okta)
- MFA enforcement for privileged local access
- Passwordless authentication: Windows Hello, FIDO2, PIV
- Biometric authentication security considerations
- Session timeout and lock policies
- Privileged access workstations (PAWs) and dedicated admin devices
- Just-in-time and just-enough access models
- Monitoring for anomalous authentication events
- Endpoint integration with identity governance platforms
Module 9: Data Protection and Encryption Strategies - Full disk encryption with BitLocker and FileVault
- Key management best practices for encrypted endpoints
- Remote wipe and data destruction capabilities
- Preventing data exfiltration via USB and removable media
- DLP agent integration and policy enforcement
- Clipboard and print control mechanisms
- Cloud sync application monitoring and governance
- Offline data access policies and enforcement
- Encryption of temporary and cache files
- Auditing data access and transfer on endpoints
Module 10: Mobile Device and BYOD Security - MDM vs MAM vs Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
- iOS security architecture and enforcement capabilities
- Android security model and device policy enforcement
- Containerisation strategies for BYOD environments
- App-level encryption and secure workspace creation
- Remote wipe and selective wipe operations
- Compliance policies and automated remediation
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth security enforcement
- App store governance and third-party app risk
- Monitoring for jailbroken or rooted devices
Module 11: Privilege Management and Least Privilege Enforcement - Eliminating persistent administrator accounts
- User privilege auditing and role analysis
- Just-in-time elevation tools and workflows
- Application-based privilege assignment
- Time-bound access grants with automatic revocation
- Monitoring for privilege escalation attempts
- Integration with PAM solutions for endpoint access
- Creating standard user profiles with controlled exceptions
- Third-party application privilege requirements analysis
- Reporting on privilege usage and deviation
Module 12: Threat Intelligence Integration at the Endpoint - Feeding IOCs and IOAs into EDR and AV systems
- STIX/TAXII integration methods and compatibility
- Automated indicator ingestion and policy update workflows
- Mapping threat intel to MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- Blocking known malicious domains, IPs, and hashes
- Dynamic reputation scoring for files and processes
- Indicators of compromise vs indicators of behaviour
- Internal threat intelligence development from endpoint logs
- Sharing threat data across organisational boundaries (ISACs)
- Measuring threat intelligence efficacy with detection rates
Module 13: Patch and Vulnerability Management Lifecycle - Automated vulnerability scanning at the endpoint level
- Integrating CVSS scoring into patch prioritisation
- Zero-day patching strategies and emergency procedures
- Third-party application patching challenges and solutions
- Browser and plugin update enforcement
- Registry and file-based vulnerability detection
- Uninstalling end-of-life software and services
- Testing patches in staging environments
- Scheduling and change control for patch deployment
- Reporting on patch compliance across device fleets
Module 14: Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting Frameworks - Standardising log formats across endpoint platforms
- Enabling verbose logging without performance impact
- Centralised log collection with secure transport
- Key event types to monitor: process creation, network connections, registry changes
- Log retention policies and audit trail integrity
- Real-time alerting and threshold-based notification
- Creating custom detection rules for suspicious behaviour
- Suppressing noise and tuning alert sensitivity
- Correlating endpoint events with authentication logs
- Generating executive-level reporting from endpoint data
Module 15: Automation and Orchestration for Endpoint Security - Automated response playbooks for common threats
- SOAR integration with EDR and AV platforms
- Automated device isolation upon malware detection
- Scripted remediation for known attack patterns
- Auto-enrichment of alerts with endpoint context
- Orchestrated forensic data collection workflows
- Time-based automation for compliance checks
- Validation of automated actions to prevent false positives
- Version control for automation scripts and playbooks
- Monitoring and auditing automation performance
Module 16: Forensics and Incident Response Readiness - Pre-defining forensic data collection requirements
- Endpoint memory acquisition techniques and tools
- Disk imaging for investigation and legal admissibility
- Timeline analysis and event sequencing
- Identifying persistence mechanisms and artefacts
- Analysing prefetch, shimcache, and jump lists
- Detecting anti-forensics techniques
- Chain of custody documentation for endpoint evidence
- Live response during active compromise
- Reporting findings to legal, executive, and technical teams
Module 17: Compliance and Audit Alignment - Mapping controls to NIST SP 800 53 and 800 171
- Aligning endpoint practices with ISO 27001 Annex A
- GDPR requirements for personal data on endpoints
- HIPAA technical safeguards for medical endpoints
- PCI DSS controls for systems handling card data
- SOC 2 trust principles and endpoint evidence collection
- Preparing for internal and external security audits
- Generating compliance reports from endpoint tools
- Creating evidence packages for auditors
- Continuous compliance monitoring strategies
Module 18: Cloud and Virtual Workload Endpoint Security - Securing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
- Protecting cloud-based development environments
- Instance hardening in AWS EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute
- Workload identity and access management
- Container endpoint security with Kubernetes nodes
- Serverless computing and function-level endpoint concerns
- Temporary compute instances and ephemeral security
- Image scanning and secure base images
- Runtime protection for cloud workloads
- Cloud-native EDR and workload protection platforms (WPP)
Module 19: Secure Development and DevSecOps Integration - Integrating endpoint telemetry into CI/CD pipelines
- Static and dynamic analysis for endpoint-targeted code
- Securing developer workstations and build servers
- Managing credentials and secrets on endpoints
- Container security in local development environments
- Threat modelling for endpoint-resident applications
- Secure coding practices to reduce endpoint attack surface
- Automated security testing in development workflows
- Feedback loops from production endpoint incidents
- Developer training on endpoint security risks
Module 20: Governance, Risk, and Policy Development - Creating an enterprise endpoint security policy
- Defining roles and responsibilities for endpoint management
- Establishing policy enforcement and exception processes
- Measuring policy compliance across the fleet
- Conducting regular policy reviews and updates
- Developing acceptable use policies for endpoints
- Onboarding and offboarding security procedures
- Risk assessment methodologies for new endpoint types
- Documenting architectural decisions and trade-offs
- Reporting endpoint risk posture to the board and audit committees
Module 21: Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement - Key performance indicators for endpoint security
- Mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR)
- Benchmarking against industry peers and standards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for endpoint scenarios
- Red teaming and purple teaming your endpoint controls
- Penetration testing methodologies for endpoint defences
- Architecture review and validation processes
- Feedback loops from incidents and near misses
- Regular control effectiveness assessments
- Updating architecture based on threat intelligence and testing
Module 22: Implementation Roadmap and Project Management - Assessing current endpoint security maturity
- Defining vision and goals for new architecture
- Stakeholder identification and engagement strategy
- Developing a multi-phase rollout plan
- Prioritising initiatives based on risk and impact
- Resource allocation and team responsibilities
- Vendor selection and procurement alignment
- Change management and communication planning
- Pilot deployment and feedback collection
- Scaling deployment across organisational units
Module 23: Integration with Broader Security Ecosystems - SIEM integration for centralised monitoring
- Taxonomy alignment between endpoint and network tools
- Data sharing with threat intelligence platforms
- Incident coordination with SOC teams
- Linking endpoint alerts to case management systems
- Identity integration with IAM and PAM platforms
- Automated policy updates from GRC systems
- Compliance status sharing with audit tools
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM) integration
- Security validation platforms and breach simulation
Module 24: Certificate of Completion and Next Steps - Final knowledge assessment and architecture review
- Submitting completion requirements for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding certification to professional profiles and resumes
- LinkedIn endorsement and job title optimisation
- Continuing education pathways in security architecture
- Advanced certifications to pursue after mastery
- Joining professional communities and forums
- Ongoing access to updated frameworks and tools
- Guidance on leading your first full architecture initiative
- Understanding XDR beyond marketing: technical scope and boundaries
- Differences between native and multi-vendor XDR platforms
- Data normalisation and schema alignment across sources
- Correlation engines and cross-layer detection logic
- Response coordination across endpoint, email, network, cloud
- Workflow integration with SIEM and SOAR systems
- Automated playbooks for cross-domain threats
- Evaluating XDR vendor capabilities and architectural fit
- Common integration failure points and mitigation strategies
- Measuring XDR efficacy with detection coverage and mean time metrics
Module 6: Secure Configuration and Hardening Standards - CIS Benchmarks for endpoint operating systems
- NSA and CISA joint guidance for endpoint hardening
- Automating secure configuration with configuration management tools
- Windows security baselines: local policies, UAC, services
- macOS endpoint security settings and restrictions
- Linux endpoint hardening: SSH, sudo, firewalls, permissions
- Firmware and BIOS/UEFI security controls
- Disabling unnecessary services and ports
- Secure boot and measured boot implementation
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM) integration and usage
Module 7: Application and Execution Control - Application allowlisting with AppLocker and WDAC
- WDAC policy creation, signing, and deployment workflows
- Application control for macOS using Gatekeeper and SIP
- Containerised application security on endpoints
- Script control: PowerShell, VBScript, batch files
- Blocking malicious macro execution in office applications
- Just-in-time application approval workflows
- Enforcement logging and policy violation analysis
- User education and exception management processes
- Integrating application control with software inventory systems
Module 8: Identity, Access, and Authentication at the Endpoint - Local account management best practices
- Integrating endpoint access with identity providers (Azure AD, Okta)
- MFA enforcement for privileged local access
- Passwordless authentication: Windows Hello, FIDO2, PIV
- Biometric authentication security considerations
- Session timeout and lock policies
- Privileged access workstations (PAWs) and dedicated admin devices
- Just-in-time and just-enough access models
- Monitoring for anomalous authentication events
- Endpoint integration with identity governance platforms
Module 9: Data Protection and Encryption Strategies - Full disk encryption with BitLocker and FileVault
- Key management best practices for encrypted endpoints
- Remote wipe and data destruction capabilities
- Preventing data exfiltration via USB and removable media
- DLP agent integration and policy enforcement
- Clipboard and print control mechanisms
- Cloud sync application monitoring and governance
- Offline data access policies and enforcement
- Encryption of temporary and cache files
- Auditing data access and transfer on endpoints
Module 10: Mobile Device and BYOD Security - MDM vs MAM vs Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
- iOS security architecture and enforcement capabilities
- Android security model and device policy enforcement
- Containerisation strategies for BYOD environments
- App-level encryption and secure workspace creation
- Remote wipe and selective wipe operations
- Compliance policies and automated remediation
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth security enforcement
- App store governance and third-party app risk
- Monitoring for jailbroken or rooted devices
Module 11: Privilege Management and Least Privilege Enforcement - Eliminating persistent administrator accounts
- User privilege auditing and role analysis
- Just-in-time elevation tools and workflows
- Application-based privilege assignment
- Time-bound access grants with automatic revocation
- Monitoring for privilege escalation attempts
- Integration with PAM solutions for endpoint access
- Creating standard user profiles with controlled exceptions
- Third-party application privilege requirements analysis
- Reporting on privilege usage and deviation
Module 12: Threat Intelligence Integration at the Endpoint - Feeding IOCs and IOAs into EDR and AV systems
- STIX/TAXII integration methods and compatibility
- Automated indicator ingestion and policy update workflows
- Mapping threat intel to MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- Blocking known malicious domains, IPs, and hashes
- Dynamic reputation scoring for files and processes
- Indicators of compromise vs indicators of behaviour
- Internal threat intelligence development from endpoint logs
- Sharing threat data across organisational boundaries (ISACs)
- Measuring threat intelligence efficacy with detection rates
Module 13: Patch and Vulnerability Management Lifecycle - Automated vulnerability scanning at the endpoint level
- Integrating CVSS scoring into patch prioritisation
- Zero-day patching strategies and emergency procedures
- Third-party application patching challenges and solutions
- Browser and plugin update enforcement
- Registry and file-based vulnerability detection
- Uninstalling end-of-life software and services
- Testing patches in staging environments
- Scheduling and change control for patch deployment
- Reporting on patch compliance across device fleets
Module 14: Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting Frameworks - Standardising log formats across endpoint platforms
- Enabling verbose logging without performance impact
- Centralised log collection with secure transport
- Key event types to monitor: process creation, network connections, registry changes
- Log retention policies and audit trail integrity
- Real-time alerting and threshold-based notification
- Creating custom detection rules for suspicious behaviour
- Suppressing noise and tuning alert sensitivity
- Correlating endpoint events with authentication logs
- Generating executive-level reporting from endpoint data
Module 15: Automation and Orchestration for Endpoint Security - Automated response playbooks for common threats
- SOAR integration with EDR and AV platforms
- Automated device isolation upon malware detection
- Scripted remediation for known attack patterns
- Auto-enrichment of alerts with endpoint context
- Orchestrated forensic data collection workflows
- Time-based automation for compliance checks
- Validation of automated actions to prevent false positives
- Version control for automation scripts and playbooks
- Monitoring and auditing automation performance
Module 16: Forensics and Incident Response Readiness - Pre-defining forensic data collection requirements
- Endpoint memory acquisition techniques and tools
- Disk imaging for investigation and legal admissibility
- Timeline analysis and event sequencing
- Identifying persistence mechanisms and artefacts
- Analysing prefetch, shimcache, and jump lists
- Detecting anti-forensics techniques
- Chain of custody documentation for endpoint evidence
- Live response during active compromise
- Reporting findings to legal, executive, and technical teams
Module 17: Compliance and Audit Alignment - Mapping controls to NIST SP 800 53 and 800 171
- Aligning endpoint practices with ISO 27001 Annex A
- GDPR requirements for personal data on endpoints
- HIPAA technical safeguards for medical endpoints
- PCI DSS controls for systems handling card data
- SOC 2 trust principles and endpoint evidence collection
- Preparing for internal and external security audits
- Generating compliance reports from endpoint tools
- Creating evidence packages for auditors
- Continuous compliance monitoring strategies
Module 18: Cloud and Virtual Workload Endpoint Security - Securing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
- Protecting cloud-based development environments
- Instance hardening in AWS EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute
- Workload identity and access management
- Container endpoint security with Kubernetes nodes
- Serverless computing and function-level endpoint concerns
- Temporary compute instances and ephemeral security
- Image scanning and secure base images
- Runtime protection for cloud workloads
- Cloud-native EDR and workload protection platforms (WPP)
Module 19: Secure Development and DevSecOps Integration - Integrating endpoint telemetry into CI/CD pipelines
- Static and dynamic analysis for endpoint-targeted code
- Securing developer workstations and build servers
- Managing credentials and secrets on endpoints
- Container security in local development environments
- Threat modelling for endpoint-resident applications
- Secure coding practices to reduce endpoint attack surface
- Automated security testing in development workflows
- Feedback loops from production endpoint incidents
- Developer training on endpoint security risks
Module 20: Governance, Risk, and Policy Development - Creating an enterprise endpoint security policy
- Defining roles and responsibilities for endpoint management
- Establishing policy enforcement and exception processes
- Measuring policy compliance across the fleet
- Conducting regular policy reviews and updates
- Developing acceptable use policies for endpoints
- Onboarding and offboarding security procedures
- Risk assessment methodologies for new endpoint types
- Documenting architectural decisions and trade-offs
- Reporting endpoint risk posture to the board and audit committees
Module 21: Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement - Key performance indicators for endpoint security
- Mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR)
- Benchmarking against industry peers and standards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for endpoint scenarios
- Red teaming and purple teaming your endpoint controls
- Penetration testing methodologies for endpoint defences
- Architecture review and validation processes
- Feedback loops from incidents and near misses
- Regular control effectiveness assessments
- Updating architecture based on threat intelligence and testing
Module 22: Implementation Roadmap and Project Management - Assessing current endpoint security maturity
- Defining vision and goals for new architecture
- Stakeholder identification and engagement strategy
- Developing a multi-phase rollout plan
- Prioritising initiatives based on risk and impact
- Resource allocation and team responsibilities
- Vendor selection and procurement alignment
- Change management and communication planning
- Pilot deployment and feedback collection
- Scaling deployment across organisational units
Module 23: Integration with Broader Security Ecosystems - SIEM integration for centralised monitoring
- Taxonomy alignment between endpoint and network tools
- Data sharing with threat intelligence platforms
- Incident coordination with SOC teams
- Linking endpoint alerts to case management systems
- Identity integration with IAM and PAM platforms
- Automated policy updates from GRC systems
- Compliance status sharing with audit tools
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM) integration
- Security validation platforms and breach simulation
Module 24: Certificate of Completion and Next Steps - Final knowledge assessment and architecture review
- Submitting completion requirements for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding certification to professional profiles and resumes
- LinkedIn endorsement and job title optimisation
- Continuing education pathways in security architecture
- Advanced certifications to pursue after mastery
- Joining professional communities and forums
- Ongoing access to updated frameworks and tools
- Guidance on leading your first full architecture initiative
- Application allowlisting with AppLocker and WDAC
- WDAC policy creation, signing, and deployment workflows
- Application control for macOS using Gatekeeper and SIP
- Containerised application security on endpoints
- Script control: PowerShell, VBScript, batch files
- Blocking malicious macro execution in office applications
- Just-in-time application approval workflows
- Enforcement logging and policy violation analysis
- User education and exception management processes
- Integrating application control with software inventory systems
Module 8: Identity, Access, and Authentication at the Endpoint - Local account management best practices
- Integrating endpoint access with identity providers (Azure AD, Okta)
- MFA enforcement for privileged local access
- Passwordless authentication: Windows Hello, FIDO2, PIV
- Biometric authentication security considerations
- Session timeout and lock policies
- Privileged access workstations (PAWs) and dedicated admin devices
- Just-in-time and just-enough access models
- Monitoring for anomalous authentication events
- Endpoint integration with identity governance platforms
Module 9: Data Protection and Encryption Strategies - Full disk encryption with BitLocker and FileVault
- Key management best practices for encrypted endpoints
- Remote wipe and data destruction capabilities
- Preventing data exfiltration via USB and removable media
- DLP agent integration and policy enforcement
- Clipboard and print control mechanisms
- Cloud sync application monitoring and governance
- Offline data access policies and enforcement
- Encryption of temporary and cache files
- Auditing data access and transfer on endpoints
Module 10: Mobile Device and BYOD Security - MDM vs MAM vs Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
- iOS security architecture and enforcement capabilities
- Android security model and device policy enforcement
- Containerisation strategies for BYOD environments
- App-level encryption and secure workspace creation
- Remote wipe and selective wipe operations
- Compliance policies and automated remediation
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth security enforcement
- App store governance and third-party app risk
- Monitoring for jailbroken or rooted devices
Module 11: Privilege Management and Least Privilege Enforcement - Eliminating persistent administrator accounts
- User privilege auditing and role analysis
- Just-in-time elevation tools and workflows
- Application-based privilege assignment
- Time-bound access grants with automatic revocation
- Monitoring for privilege escalation attempts
- Integration with PAM solutions for endpoint access
- Creating standard user profiles with controlled exceptions
- Third-party application privilege requirements analysis
- Reporting on privilege usage and deviation
Module 12: Threat Intelligence Integration at the Endpoint - Feeding IOCs and IOAs into EDR and AV systems
- STIX/TAXII integration methods and compatibility
- Automated indicator ingestion and policy update workflows
- Mapping threat intel to MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- Blocking known malicious domains, IPs, and hashes
- Dynamic reputation scoring for files and processes
- Indicators of compromise vs indicators of behaviour
- Internal threat intelligence development from endpoint logs
- Sharing threat data across organisational boundaries (ISACs)
- Measuring threat intelligence efficacy with detection rates
Module 13: Patch and Vulnerability Management Lifecycle - Automated vulnerability scanning at the endpoint level
- Integrating CVSS scoring into patch prioritisation
- Zero-day patching strategies and emergency procedures
- Third-party application patching challenges and solutions
- Browser and plugin update enforcement
- Registry and file-based vulnerability detection
- Uninstalling end-of-life software and services
- Testing patches in staging environments
- Scheduling and change control for patch deployment
- Reporting on patch compliance across device fleets
Module 14: Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting Frameworks - Standardising log formats across endpoint platforms
- Enabling verbose logging without performance impact
- Centralised log collection with secure transport
- Key event types to monitor: process creation, network connections, registry changes
- Log retention policies and audit trail integrity
- Real-time alerting and threshold-based notification
- Creating custom detection rules for suspicious behaviour
- Suppressing noise and tuning alert sensitivity
- Correlating endpoint events with authentication logs
- Generating executive-level reporting from endpoint data
Module 15: Automation and Orchestration for Endpoint Security - Automated response playbooks for common threats
- SOAR integration with EDR and AV platforms
- Automated device isolation upon malware detection
- Scripted remediation for known attack patterns
- Auto-enrichment of alerts with endpoint context
- Orchestrated forensic data collection workflows
- Time-based automation for compliance checks
- Validation of automated actions to prevent false positives
- Version control for automation scripts and playbooks
- Monitoring and auditing automation performance
Module 16: Forensics and Incident Response Readiness - Pre-defining forensic data collection requirements
- Endpoint memory acquisition techniques and tools
- Disk imaging for investigation and legal admissibility
- Timeline analysis and event sequencing
- Identifying persistence mechanisms and artefacts
- Analysing prefetch, shimcache, and jump lists
- Detecting anti-forensics techniques
- Chain of custody documentation for endpoint evidence
- Live response during active compromise
- Reporting findings to legal, executive, and technical teams
Module 17: Compliance and Audit Alignment - Mapping controls to NIST SP 800 53 and 800 171
- Aligning endpoint practices with ISO 27001 Annex A
- GDPR requirements for personal data on endpoints
- HIPAA technical safeguards for medical endpoints
- PCI DSS controls for systems handling card data
- SOC 2 trust principles and endpoint evidence collection
- Preparing for internal and external security audits
- Generating compliance reports from endpoint tools
- Creating evidence packages for auditors
- Continuous compliance monitoring strategies
Module 18: Cloud and Virtual Workload Endpoint Security - Securing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
- Protecting cloud-based development environments
- Instance hardening in AWS EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute
- Workload identity and access management
- Container endpoint security with Kubernetes nodes
- Serverless computing and function-level endpoint concerns
- Temporary compute instances and ephemeral security
- Image scanning and secure base images
- Runtime protection for cloud workloads
- Cloud-native EDR and workload protection platforms (WPP)
Module 19: Secure Development and DevSecOps Integration - Integrating endpoint telemetry into CI/CD pipelines
- Static and dynamic analysis for endpoint-targeted code
- Securing developer workstations and build servers
- Managing credentials and secrets on endpoints
- Container security in local development environments
- Threat modelling for endpoint-resident applications
- Secure coding practices to reduce endpoint attack surface
- Automated security testing in development workflows
- Feedback loops from production endpoint incidents
- Developer training on endpoint security risks
Module 20: Governance, Risk, and Policy Development - Creating an enterprise endpoint security policy
- Defining roles and responsibilities for endpoint management
- Establishing policy enforcement and exception processes
- Measuring policy compliance across the fleet
- Conducting regular policy reviews and updates
- Developing acceptable use policies for endpoints
- Onboarding and offboarding security procedures
- Risk assessment methodologies for new endpoint types
- Documenting architectural decisions and trade-offs
- Reporting endpoint risk posture to the board and audit committees
Module 21: Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement - Key performance indicators for endpoint security
- Mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR)
- Benchmarking against industry peers and standards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for endpoint scenarios
- Red teaming and purple teaming your endpoint controls
- Penetration testing methodologies for endpoint defences
- Architecture review and validation processes
- Feedback loops from incidents and near misses
- Regular control effectiveness assessments
- Updating architecture based on threat intelligence and testing
Module 22: Implementation Roadmap and Project Management - Assessing current endpoint security maturity
- Defining vision and goals for new architecture
- Stakeholder identification and engagement strategy
- Developing a multi-phase rollout plan
- Prioritising initiatives based on risk and impact
- Resource allocation and team responsibilities
- Vendor selection and procurement alignment
- Change management and communication planning
- Pilot deployment and feedback collection
- Scaling deployment across organisational units
Module 23: Integration with Broader Security Ecosystems - SIEM integration for centralised monitoring
- Taxonomy alignment between endpoint and network tools
- Data sharing with threat intelligence platforms
- Incident coordination with SOC teams
- Linking endpoint alerts to case management systems
- Identity integration with IAM and PAM platforms
- Automated policy updates from GRC systems
- Compliance status sharing with audit tools
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM) integration
- Security validation platforms and breach simulation
Module 24: Certificate of Completion and Next Steps - Final knowledge assessment and architecture review
- Submitting completion requirements for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding certification to professional profiles and resumes
- LinkedIn endorsement and job title optimisation
- Continuing education pathways in security architecture
- Advanced certifications to pursue after mastery
- Joining professional communities and forums
- Ongoing access to updated frameworks and tools
- Guidance on leading your first full architecture initiative
- Full disk encryption with BitLocker and FileVault
- Key management best practices for encrypted endpoints
- Remote wipe and data destruction capabilities
- Preventing data exfiltration via USB and removable media
- DLP agent integration and policy enforcement
- Clipboard and print control mechanisms
- Cloud sync application monitoring and governance
- Offline data access policies and enforcement
- Encryption of temporary and cache files
- Auditing data access and transfer on endpoints
Module 10: Mobile Device and BYOD Security - MDM vs MAM vs Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
- iOS security architecture and enforcement capabilities
- Android security model and device policy enforcement
- Containerisation strategies for BYOD environments
- App-level encryption and secure workspace creation
- Remote wipe and selective wipe operations
- Compliance policies and automated remediation
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth security enforcement
- App store governance and third-party app risk
- Monitoring for jailbroken or rooted devices
Module 11: Privilege Management and Least Privilege Enforcement - Eliminating persistent administrator accounts
- User privilege auditing and role analysis
- Just-in-time elevation tools and workflows
- Application-based privilege assignment
- Time-bound access grants with automatic revocation
- Monitoring for privilege escalation attempts
- Integration with PAM solutions for endpoint access
- Creating standard user profiles with controlled exceptions
- Third-party application privilege requirements analysis
- Reporting on privilege usage and deviation
Module 12: Threat Intelligence Integration at the Endpoint - Feeding IOCs and IOAs into EDR and AV systems
- STIX/TAXII integration methods and compatibility
- Automated indicator ingestion and policy update workflows
- Mapping threat intel to MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- Blocking known malicious domains, IPs, and hashes
- Dynamic reputation scoring for files and processes
- Indicators of compromise vs indicators of behaviour
- Internal threat intelligence development from endpoint logs
- Sharing threat data across organisational boundaries (ISACs)
- Measuring threat intelligence efficacy with detection rates
Module 13: Patch and Vulnerability Management Lifecycle - Automated vulnerability scanning at the endpoint level
- Integrating CVSS scoring into patch prioritisation
- Zero-day patching strategies and emergency procedures
- Third-party application patching challenges and solutions
- Browser and plugin update enforcement
- Registry and file-based vulnerability detection
- Uninstalling end-of-life software and services
- Testing patches in staging environments
- Scheduling and change control for patch deployment
- Reporting on patch compliance across device fleets
Module 14: Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting Frameworks - Standardising log formats across endpoint platforms
- Enabling verbose logging without performance impact
- Centralised log collection with secure transport
- Key event types to monitor: process creation, network connections, registry changes
- Log retention policies and audit trail integrity
- Real-time alerting and threshold-based notification
- Creating custom detection rules for suspicious behaviour
- Suppressing noise and tuning alert sensitivity
- Correlating endpoint events with authentication logs
- Generating executive-level reporting from endpoint data
Module 15: Automation and Orchestration for Endpoint Security - Automated response playbooks for common threats
- SOAR integration with EDR and AV platforms
- Automated device isolation upon malware detection
- Scripted remediation for known attack patterns
- Auto-enrichment of alerts with endpoint context
- Orchestrated forensic data collection workflows
- Time-based automation for compliance checks
- Validation of automated actions to prevent false positives
- Version control for automation scripts and playbooks
- Monitoring and auditing automation performance
Module 16: Forensics and Incident Response Readiness - Pre-defining forensic data collection requirements
- Endpoint memory acquisition techniques and tools
- Disk imaging for investigation and legal admissibility
- Timeline analysis and event sequencing
- Identifying persistence mechanisms and artefacts
- Analysing prefetch, shimcache, and jump lists
- Detecting anti-forensics techniques
- Chain of custody documentation for endpoint evidence
- Live response during active compromise
- Reporting findings to legal, executive, and technical teams
Module 17: Compliance and Audit Alignment - Mapping controls to NIST SP 800 53 and 800 171
- Aligning endpoint practices with ISO 27001 Annex A
- GDPR requirements for personal data on endpoints
- HIPAA technical safeguards for medical endpoints
- PCI DSS controls for systems handling card data
- SOC 2 trust principles and endpoint evidence collection
- Preparing for internal and external security audits
- Generating compliance reports from endpoint tools
- Creating evidence packages for auditors
- Continuous compliance monitoring strategies
Module 18: Cloud and Virtual Workload Endpoint Security - Securing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
- Protecting cloud-based development environments
- Instance hardening in AWS EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute
- Workload identity and access management
- Container endpoint security with Kubernetes nodes
- Serverless computing and function-level endpoint concerns
- Temporary compute instances and ephemeral security
- Image scanning and secure base images
- Runtime protection for cloud workloads
- Cloud-native EDR and workload protection platforms (WPP)
Module 19: Secure Development and DevSecOps Integration - Integrating endpoint telemetry into CI/CD pipelines
- Static and dynamic analysis for endpoint-targeted code
- Securing developer workstations and build servers
- Managing credentials and secrets on endpoints
- Container security in local development environments
- Threat modelling for endpoint-resident applications
- Secure coding practices to reduce endpoint attack surface
- Automated security testing in development workflows
- Feedback loops from production endpoint incidents
- Developer training on endpoint security risks
Module 20: Governance, Risk, and Policy Development - Creating an enterprise endpoint security policy
- Defining roles and responsibilities for endpoint management
- Establishing policy enforcement and exception processes
- Measuring policy compliance across the fleet
- Conducting regular policy reviews and updates
- Developing acceptable use policies for endpoints
- Onboarding and offboarding security procedures
- Risk assessment methodologies for new endpoint types
- Documenting architectural decisions and trade-offs
- Reporting endpoint risk posture to the board and audit committees
Module 21: Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement - Key performance indicators for endpoint security
- Mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR)
- Benchmarking against industry peers and standards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for endpoint scenarios
- Red teaming and purple teaming your endpoint controls
- Penetration testing methodologies for endpoint defences
- Architecture review and validation processes
- Feedback loops from incidents and near misses
- Regular control effectiveness assessments
- Updating architecture based on threat intelligence and testing
Module 22: Implementation Roadmap and Project Management - Assessing current endpoint security maturity
- Defining vision and goals for new architecture
- Stakeholder identification and engagement strategy
- Developing a multi-phase rollout plan
- Prioritising initiatives based on risk and impact
- Resource allocation and team responsibilities
- Vendor selection and procurement alignment
- Change management and communication planning
- Pilot deployment and feedback collection
- Scaling deployment across organisational units
Module 23: Integration with Broader Security Ecosystems - SIEM integration for centralised monitoring
- Taxonomy alignment between endpoint and network tools
- Data sharing with threat intelligence platforms
- Incident coordination with SOC teams
- Linking endpoint alerts to case management systems
- Identity integration with IAM and PAM platforms
- Automated policy updates from GRC systems
- Compliance status sharing with audit tools
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM) integration
- Security validation platforms and breach simulation
Module 24: Certificate of Completion and Next Steps - Final knowledge assessment and architecture review
- Submitting completion requirements for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding certification to professional profiles and resumes
- LinkedIn endorsement and job title optimisation
- Continuing education pathways in security architecture
- Advanced certifications to pursue after mastery
- Joining professional communities and forums
- Ongoing access to updated frameworks and tools
- Guidance on leading your first full architecture initiative
- Eliminating persistent administrator accounts
- User privilege auditing and role analysis
- Just-in-time elevation tools and workflows
- Application-based privilege assignment
- Time-bound access grants with automatic revocation
- Monitoring for privilege escalation attempts
- Integration with PAM solutions for endpoint access
- Creating standard user profiles with controlled exceptions
- Third-party application privilege requirements analysis
- Reporting on privilege usage and deviation
Module 12: Threat Intelligence Integration at the Endpoint - Feeding IOCs and IOAs into EDR and AV systems
- STIX/TAXII integration methods and compatibility
- Automated indicator ingestion and policy update workflows
- Mapping threat intel to MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- Blocking known malicious domains, IPs, and hashes
- Dynamic reputation scoring for files and processes
- Indicators of compromise vs indicators of behaviour
- Internal threat intelligence development from endpoint logs
- Sharing threat data across organisational boundaries (ISACs)
- Measuring threat intelligence efficacy with detection rates
Module 13: Patch and Vulnerability Management Lifecycle - Automated vulnerability scanning at the endpoint level
- Integrating CVSS scoring into patch prioritisation
- Zero-day patching strategies and emergency procedures
- Third-party application patching challenges and solutions
- Browser and plugin update enforcement
- Registry and file-based vulnerability detection
- Uninstalling end-of-life software and services
- Testing patches in staging environments
- Scheduling and change control for patch deployment
- Reporting on patch compliance across device fleets
Module 14: Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting Frameworks - Standardising log formats across endpoint platforms
- Enabling verbose logging without performance impact
- Centralised log collection with secure transport
- Key event types to monitor: process creation, network connections, registry changes
- Log retention policies and audit trail integrity
- Real-time alerting and threshold-based notification
- Creating custom detection rules for suspicious behaviour
- Suppressing noise and tuning alert sensitivity
- Correlating endpoint events with authentication logs
- Generating executive-level reporting from endpoint data
Module 15: Automation and Orchestration for Endpoint Security - Automated response playbooks for common threats
- SOAR integration with EDR and AV platforms
- Automated device isolation upon malware detection
- Scripted remediation for known attack patterns
- Auto-enrichment of alerts with endpoint context
- Orchestrated forensic data collection workflows
- Time-based automation for compliance checks
- Validation of automated actions to prevent false positives
- Version control for automation scripts and playbooks
- Monitoring and auditing automation performance
Module 16: Forensics and Incident Response Readiness - Pre-defining forensic data collection requirements
- Endpoint memory acquisition techniques and tools
- Disk imaging for investigation and legal admissibility
- Timeline analysis and event sequencing
- Identifying persistence mechanisms and artefacts
- Analysing prefetch, shimcache, and jump lists
- Detecting anti-forensics techniques
- Chain of custody documentation for endpoint evidence
- Live response during active compromise
- Reporting findings to legal, executive, and technical teams
Module 17: Compliance and Audit Alignment - Mapping controls to NIST SP 800 53 and 800 171
- Aligning endpoint practices with ISO 27001 Annex A
- GDPR requirements for personal data on endpoints
- HIPAA technical safeguards for medical endpoints
- PCI DSS controls for systems handling card data
- SOC 2 trust principles and endpoint evidence collection
- Preparing for internal and external security audits
- Generating compliance reports from endpoint tools
- Creating evidence packages for auditors
- Continuous compliance monitoring strategies
Module 18: Cloud and Virtual Workload Endpoint Security - Securing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
- Protecting cloud-based development environments
- Instance hardening in AWS EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute
- Workload identity and access management
- Container endpoint security with Kubernetes nodes
- Serverless computing and function-level endpoint concerns
- Temporary compute instances and ephemeral security
- Image scanning and secure base images
- Runtime protection for cloud workloads
- Cloud-native EDR and workload protection platforms (WPP)
Module 19: Secure Development and DevSecOps Integration - Integrating endpoint telemetry into CI/CD pipelines
- Static and dynamic analysis for endpoint-targeted code
- Securing developer workstations and build servers
- Managing credentials and secrets on endpoints
- Container security in local development environments
- Threat modelling for endpoint-resident applications
- Secure coding practices to reduce endpoint attack surface
- Automated security testing in development workflows
- Feedback loops from production endpoint incidents
- Developer training on endpoint security risks
Module 20: Governance, Risk, and Policy Development - Creating an enterprise endpoint security policy
- Defining roles and responsibilities for endpoint management
- Establishing policy enforcement and exception processes
- Measuring policy compliance across the fleet
- Conducting regular policy reviews and updates
- Developing acceptable use policies for endpoints
- Onboarding and offboarding security procedures
- Risk assessment methodologies for new endpoint types
- Documenting architectural decisions and trade-offs
- Reporting endpoint risk posture to the board and audit committees
Module 21: Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement - Key performance indicators for endpoint security
- Mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR)
- Benchmarking against industry peers and standards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for endpoint scenarios
- Red teaming and purple teaming your endpoint controls
- Penetration testing methodologies for endpoint defences
- Architecture review and validation processes
- Feedback loops from incidents and near misses
- Regular control effectiveness assessments
- Updating architecture based on threat intelligence and testing
Module 22: Implementation Roadmap and Project Management - Assessing current endpoint security maturity
- Defining vision and goals for new architecture
- Stakeholder identification and engagement strategy
- Developing a multi-phase rollout plan
- Prioritising initiatives based on risk and impact
- Resource allocation and team responsibilities
- Vendor selection and procurement alignment
- Change management and communication planning
- Pilot deployment and feedback collection
- Scaling deployment across organisational units
Module 23: Integration with Broader Security Ecosystems - SIEM integration for centralised monitoring
- Taxonomy alignment between endpoint and network tools
- Data sharing with threat intelligence platforms
- Incident coordination with SOC teams
- Linking endpoint alerts to case management systems
- Identity integration with IAM and PAM platforms
- Automated policy updates from GRC systems
- Compliance status sharing with audit tools
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM) integration
- Security validation platforms and breach simulation
Module 24: Certificate of Completion and Next Steps - Final knowledge assessment and architecture review
- Submitting completion requirements for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding certification to professional profiles and resumes
- LinkedIn endorsement and job title optimisation
- Continuing education pathways in security architecture
- Advanced certifications to pursue after mastery
- Joining professional communities and forums
- Ongoing access to updated frameworks and tools
- Guidance on leading your first full architecture initiative
- Automated vulnerability scanning at the endpoint level
- Integrating CVSS scoring into patch prioritisation
- Zero-day patching strategies and emergency procedures
- Third-party application patching challenges and solutions
- Browser and plugin update enforcement
- Registry and file-based vulnerability detection
- Uninstalling end-of-life software and services
- Testing patches in staging environments
- Scheduling and change control for patch deployment
- Reporting on patch compliance across device fleets
Module 14: Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting Frameworks - Standardising log formats across endpoint platforms
- Enabling verbose logging without performance impact
- Centralised log collection with secure transport
- Key event types to monitor: process creation, network connections, registry changes
- Log retention policies and audit trail integrity
- Real-time alerting and threshold-based notification
- Creating custom detection rules for suspicious behaviour
- Suppressing noise and tuning alert sensitivity
- Correlating endpoint events with authentication logs
- Generating executive-level reporting from endpoint data
Module 15: Automation and Orchestration for Endpoint Security - Automated response playbooks for common threats
- SOAR integration with EDR and AV platforms
- Automated device isolation upon malware detection
- Scripted remediation for known attack patterns
- Auto-enrichment of alerts with endpoint context
- Orchestrated forensic data collection workflows
- Time-based automation for compliance checks
- Validation of automated actions to prevent false positives
- Version control for automation scripts and playbooks
- Monitoring and auditing automation performance
Module 16: Forensics and Incident Response Readiness - Pre-defining forensic data collection requirements
- Endpoint memory acquisition techniques and tools
- Disk imaging for investigation and legal admissibility
- Timeline analysis and event sequencing
- Identifying persistence mechanisms and artefacts
- Analysing prefetch, shimcache, and jump lists
- Detecting anti-forensics techniques
- Chain of custody documentation for endpoint evidence
- Live response during active compromise
- Reporting findings to legal, executive, and technical teams
Module 17: Compliance and Audit Alignment - Mapping controls to NIST SP 800 53 and 800 171
- Aligning endpoint practices with ISO 27001 Annex A
- GDPR requirements for personal data on endpoints
- HIPAA technical safeguards for medical endpoints
- PCI DSS controls for systems handling card data
- SOC 2 trust principles and endpoint evidence collection
- Preparing for internal and external security audits
- Generating compliance reports from endpoint tools
- Creating evidence packages for auditors
- Continuous compliance monitoring strategies
Module 18: Cloud and Virtual Workload Endpoint Security - Securing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
- Protecting cloud-based development environments
- Instance hardening in AWS EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute
- Workload identity and access management
- Container endpoint security with Kubernetes nodes
- Serverless computing and function-level endpoint concerns
- Temporary compute instances and ephemeral security
- Image scanning and secure base images
- Runtime protection for cloud workloads
- Cloud-native EDR and workload protection platforms (WPP)
Module 19: Secure Development and DevSecOps Integration - Integrating endpoint telemetry into CI/CD pipelines
- Static and dynamic analysis for endpoint-targeted code
- Securing developer workstations and build servers
- Managing credentials and secrets on endpoints
- Container security in local development environments
- Threat modelling for endpoint-resident applications
- Secure coding practices to reduce endpoint attack surface
- Automated security testing in development workflows
- Feedback loops from production endpoint incidents
- Developer training on endpoint security risks
Module 20: Governance, Risk, and Policy Development - Creating an enterprise endpoint security policy
- Defining roles and responsibilities for endpoint management
- Establishing policy enforcement and exception processes
- Measuring policy compliance across the fleet
- Conducting regular policy reviews and updates
- Developing acceptable use policies for endpoints
- Onboarding and offboarding security procedures
- Risk assessment methodologies for new endpoint types
- Documenting architectural decisions and trade-offs
- Reporting endpoint risk posture to the board and audit committees
Module 21: Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement - Key performance indicators for endpoint security
- Mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR)
- Benchmarking against industry peers and standards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for endpoint scenarios
- Red teaming and purple teaming your endpoint controls
- Penetration testing methodologies for endpoint defences
- Architecture review and validation processes
- Feedback loops from incidents and near misses
- Regular control effectiveness assessments
- Updating architecture based on threat intelligence and testing
Module 22: Implementation Roadmap and Project Management - Assessing current endpoint security maturity
- Defining vision and goals for new architecture
- Stakeholder identification and engagement strategy
- Developing a multi-phase rollout plan
- Prioritising initiatives based on risk and impact
- Resource allocation and team responsibilities
- Vendor selection and procurement alignment
- Change management and communication planning
- Pilot deployment and feedback collection
- Scaling deployment across organisational units
Module 23: Integration with Broader Security Ecosystems - SIEM integration for centralised monitoring
- Taxonomy alignment between endpoint and network tools
- Data sharing with threat intelligence platforms
- Incident coordination with SOC teams
- Linking endpoint alerts to case management systems
- Identity integration with IAM and PAM platforms
- Automated policy updates from GRC systems
- Compliance status sharing with audit tools
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM) integration
- Security validation platforms and breach simulation
Module 24: Certificate of Completion and Next Steps - Final knowledge assessment and architecture review
- Submitting completion requirements for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding certification to professional profiles and resumes
- LinkedIn endorsement and job title optimisation
- Continuing education pathways in security architecture
- Advanced certifications to pursue after mastery
- Joining professional communities and forums
- Ongoing access to updated frameworks and tools
- Guidance on leading your first full architecture initiative
- Automated response playbooks for common threats
- SOAR integration with EDR and AV platforms
- Automated device isolation upon malware detection
- Scripted remediation for known attack patterns
- Auto-enrichment of alerts with endpoint context
- Orchestrated forensic data collection workflows
- Time-based automation for compliance checks
- Validation of automated actions to prevent false positives
- Version control for automation scripts and playbooks
- Monitoring and auditing automation performance
Module 16: Forensics and Incident Response Readiness - Pre-defining forensic data collection requirements
- Endpoint memory acquisition techniques and tools
- Disk imaging for investigation and legal admissibility
- Timeline analysis and event sequencing
- Identifying persistence mechanisms and artefacts
- Analysing prefetch, shimcache, and jump lists
- Detecting anti-forensics techniques
- Chain of custody documentation for endpoint evidence
- Live response during active compromise
- Reporting findings to legal, executive, and technical teams
Module 17: Compliance and Audit Alignment - Mapping controls to NIST SP 800 53 and 800 171
- Aligning endpoint practices with ISO 27001 Annex A
- GDPR requirements for personal data on endpoints
- HIPAA technical safeguards for medical endpoints
- PCI DSS controls for systems handling card data
- SOC 2 trust principles and endpoint evidence collection
- Preparing for internal and external security audits
- Generating compliance reports from endpoint tools
- Creating evidence packages for auditors
- Continuous compliance monitoring strategies
Module 18: Cloud and Virtual Workload Endpoint Security - Securing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
- Protecting cloud-based development environments
- Instance hardening in AWS EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute
- Workload identity and access management
- Container endpoint security with Kubernetes nodes
- Serverless computing and function-level endpoint concerns
- Temporary compute instances and ephemeral security
- Image scanning and secure base images
- Runtime protection for cloud workloads
- Cloud-native EDR and workload protection platforms (WPP)
Module 19: Secure Development and DevSecOps Integration - Integrating endpoint telemetry into CI/CD pipelines
- Static and dynamic analysis for endpoint-targeted code
- Securing developer workstations and build servers
- Managing credentials and secrets on endpoints
- Container security in local development environments
- Threat modelling for endpoint-resident applications
- Secure coding practices to reduce endpoint attack surface
- Automated security testing in development workflows
- Feedback loops from production endpoint incidents
- Developer training on endpoint security risks
Module 20: Governance, Risk, and Policy Development - Creating an enterprise endpoint security policy
- Defining roles and responsibilities for endpoint management
- Establishing policy enforcement and exception processes
- Measuring policy compliance across the fleet
- Conducting regular policy reviews and updates
- Developing acceptable use policies for endpoints
- Onboarding and offboarding security procedures
- Risk assessment methodologies for new endpoint types
- Documenting architectural decisions and trade-offs
- Reporting endpoint risk posture to the board and audit committees
Module 21: Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement - Key performance indicators for endpoint security
- Mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR)
- Benchmarking against industry peers and standards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for endpoint scenarios
- Red teaming and purple teaming your endpoint controls
- Penetration testing methodologies for endpoint defences
- Architecture review and validation processes
- Feedback loops from incidents and near misses
- Regular control effectiveness assessments
- Updating architecture based on threat intelligence and testing
Module 22: Implementation Roadmap and Project Management - Assessing current endpoint security maturity
- Defining vision and goals for new architecture
- Stakeholder identification and engagement strategy
- Developing a multi-phase rollout plan
- Prioritising initiatives based on risk and impact
- Resource allocation and team responsibilities
- Vendor selection and procurement alignment
- Change management and communication planning
- Pilot deployment and feedback collection
- Scaling deployment across organisational units
Module 23: Integration with Broader Security Ecosystems - SIEM integration for centralised monitoring
- Taxonomy alignment between endpoint and network tools
- Data sharing with threat intelligence platforms
- Incident coordination with SOC teams
- Linking endpoint alerts to case management systems
- Identity integration with IAM and PAM platforms
- Automated policy updates from GRC systems
- Compliance status sharing with audit tools
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM) integration
- Security validation platforms and breach simulation
Module 24: Certificate of Completion and Next Steps - Final knowledge assessment and architecture review
- Submitting completion requirements for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding certification to professional profiles and resumes
- LinkedIn endorsement and job title optimisation
- Continuing education pathways in security architecture
- Advanced certifications to pursue after mastery
- Joining professional communities and forums
- Ongoing access to updated frameworks and tools
- Guidance on leading your first full architecture initiative
- Mapping controls to NIST SP 800 53 and 800 171
- Aligning endpoint practices with ISO 27001 Annex A
- GDPR requirements for personal data on endpoints
- HIPAA technical safeguards for medical endpoints
- PCI DSS controls for systems handling card data
- SOC 2 trust principles and endpoint evidence collection
- Preparing for internal and external security audits
- Generating compliance reports from endpoint tools
- Creating evidence packages for auditors
- Continuous compliance monitoring strategies
Module 18: Cloud and Virtual Workload Endpoint Security - Securing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
- Protecting cloud-based development environments
- Instance hardening in AWS EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute
- Workload identity and access management
- Container endpoint security with Kubernetes nodes
- Serverless computing and function-level endpoint concerns
- Temporary compute instances and ephemeral security
- Image scanning and secure base images
- Runtime protection for cloud workloads
- Cloud-native EDR and workload protection platforms (WPP)
Module 19: Secure Development and DevSecOps Integration - Integrating endpoint telemetry into CI/CD pipelines
- Static and dynamic analysis for endpoint-targeted code
- Securing developer workstations and build servers
- Managing credentials and secrets on endpoints
- Container security in local development environments
- Threat modelling for endpoint-resident applications
- Secure coding practices to reduce endpoint attack surface
- Automated security testing in development workflows
- Feedback loops from production endpoint incidents
- Developer training on endpoint security risks
Module 20: Governance, Risk, and Policy Development - Creating an enterprise endpoint security policy
- Defining roles and responsibilities for endpoint management
- Establishing policy enforcement and exception processes
- Measuring policy compliance across the fleet
- Conducting regular policy reviews and updates
- Developing acceptable use policies for endpoints
- Onboarding and offboarding security procedures
- Risk assessment methodologies for new endpoint types
- Documenting architectural decisions and trade-offs
- Reporting endpoint risk posture to the board and audit committees
Module 21: Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement - Key performance indicators for endpoint security
- Mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR)
- Benchmarking against industry peers and standards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for endpoint scenarios
- Red teaming and purple teaming your endpoint controls
- Penetration testing methodologies for endpoint defences
- Architecture review and validation processes
- Feedback loops from incidents and near misses
- Regular control effectiveness assessments
- Updating architecture based on threat intelligence and testing
Module 22: Implementation Roadmap and Project Management - Assessing current endpoint security maturity
- Defining vision and goals for new architecture
- Stakeholder identification and engagement strategy
- Developing a multi-phase rollout plan
- Prioritising initiatives based on risk and impact
- Resource allocation and team responsibilities
- Vendor selection and procurement alignment
- Change management and communication planning
- Pilot deployment and feedback collection
- Scaling deployment across organisational units
Module 23: Integration with Broader Security Ecosystems - SIEM integration for centralised monitoring
- Taxonomy alignment between endpoint and network tools
- Data sharing with threat intelligence platforms
- Incident coordination with SOC teams
- Linking endpoint alerts to case management systems
- Identity integration with IAM and PAM platforms
- Automated policy updates from GRC systems
- Compliance status sharing with audit tools
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM) integration
- Security validation platforms and breach simulation
Module 24: Certificate of Completion and Next Steps - Final knowledge assessment and architecture review
- Submitting completion requirements for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding certification to professional profiles and resumes
- LinkedIn endorsement and job title optimisation
- Continuing education pathways in security architecture
- Advanced certifications to pursue after mastery
- Joining professional communities and forums
- Ongoing access to updated frameworks and tools
- Guidance on leading your first full architecture initiative
- Integrating endpoint telemetry into CI/CD pipelines
- Static and dynamic analysis for endpoint-targeted code
- Securing developer workstations and build servers
- Managing credentials and secrets on endpoints
- Container security in local development environments
- Threat modelling for endpoint-resident applications
- Secure coding practices to reduce endpoint attack surface
- Automated security testing in development workflows
- Feedback loops from production endpoint incidents
- Developer training on endpoint security risks
Module 20: Governance, Risk, and Policy Development - Creating an enterprise endpoint security policy
- Defining roles and responsibilities for endpoint management
- Establishing policy enforcement and exception processes
- Measuring policy compliance across the fleet
- Conducting regular policy reviews and updates
- Developing acceptable use policies for endpoints
- Onboarding and offboarding security procedures
- Risk assessment methodologies for new endpoint types
- Documenting architectural decisions and trade-offs
- Reporting endpoint risk posture to the board and audit committees
Module 21: Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement - Key performance indicators for endpoint security
- Mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR)
- Benchmarking against industry peers and standards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for endpoint scenarios
- Red teaming and purple teaming your endpoint controls
- Penetration testing methodologies for endpoint defences
- Architecture review and validation processes
- Feedback loops from incidents and near misses
- Regular control effectiveness assessments
- Updating architecture based on threat intelligence and testing
Module 22: Implementation Roadmap and Project Management - Assessing current endpoint security maturity
- Defining vision and goals for new architecture
- Stakeholder identification and engagement strategy
- Developing a multi-phase rollout plan
- Prioritising initiatives based on risk and impact
- Resource allocation and team responsibilities
- Vendor selection and procurement alignment
- Change management and communication planning
- Pilot deployment and feedback collection
- Scaling deployment across organisational units
Module 23: Integration with Broader Security Ecosystems - SIEM integration for centralised monitoring
- Taxonomy alignment between endpoint and network tools
- Data sharing with threat intelligence platforms
- Incident coordination with SOC teams
- Linking endpoint alerts to case management systems
- Identity integration with IAM and PAM platforms
- Automated policy updates from GRC systems
- Compliance status sharing with audit tools
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM) integration
- Security validation platforms and breach simulation
Module 24: Certificate of Completion and Next Steps - Final knowledge assessment and architecture review
- Submitting completion requirements for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding certification to professional profiles and resumes
- LinkedIn endorsement and job title optimisation
- Continuing education pathways in security architecture
- Advanced certifications to pursue after mastery
- Joining professional communities and forums
- Ongoing access to updated frameworks and tools
- Guidance on leading your first full architecture initiative
- Key performance indicators for endpoint security
- Mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR)
- Benchmarking against industry peers and standards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for endpoint scenarios
- Red teaming and purple teaming your endpoint controls
- Penetration testing methodologies for endpoint defences
- Architecture review and validation processes
- Feedback loops from incidents and near misses
- Regular control effectiveness assessments
- Updating architecture based on threat intelligence and testing
Module 22: Implementation Roadmap and Project Management - Assessing current endpoint security maturity
- Defining vision and goals for new architecture
- Stakeholder identification and engagement strategy
- Developing a multi-phase rollout plan
- Prioritising initiatives based on risk and impact
- Resource allocation and team responsibilities
- Vendor selection and procurement alignment
- Change management and communication planning
- Pilot deployment and feedback collection
- Scaling deployment across organisational units
Module 23: Integration with Broader Security Ecosystems - SIEM integration for centralised monitoring
- Taxonomy alignment between endpoint and network tools
- Data sharing with threat intelligence platforms
- Incident coordination with SOC teams
- Linking endpoint alerts to case management systems
- Identity integration with IAM and PAM platforms
- Automated policy updates from GRC systems
- Compliance status sharing with audit tools
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM) integration
- Security validation platforms and breach simulation
Module 24: Certificate of Completion and Next Steps - Final knowledge assessment and architecture review
- Submitting completion requirements for certification
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding certification to professional profiles and resumes
- LinkedIn endorsement and job title optimisation
- Continuing education pathways in security architecture
- Advanced certifications to pursue after mastery
- Joining professional communities and forums
- Ongoing access to updated frameworks and tools
- Guidance on leading your first full architecture initiative
- SIEM integration for centralised monitoring
- Taxonomy alignment between endpoint and network tools
- Data sharing with threat intelligence platforms
- Incident coordination with SOC teams
- Linking endpoint alerts to case management systems
- Identity integration with IAM and PAM platforms
- Automated policy updates from GRC systems
- Compliance status sharing with audit tools
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM) integration
- Security validation platforms and breach simulation