In this episode 3 of the 'The Cyber Podcast', we discuss the projects and certifications one must do as a student in college before starting their careers in Cybersecurity.

The following are the links to try out Projects and Certificates as we discussed in the session: -

Projects :-
1) Setting up Virtual Machines(VMs) using VirtualBox:    • How To Setup A Virtual Machine For Fr...  
2) Setting up security hardening policies on a server:    • Windows Active Directory Hardening an...  
3) Network Simulation using Cisco Packet Tracer:    • Cisco Packet Tracer Tutorial -Part 01...  
4) Establishing networking on a set of VMs:    • How to Make Virtual Machines Talk to ...  
5) Setting up ELK Stack and parsing logs to check network visibility:    • How To Setup ELK | Elastic Agents & S...  
6) Setting up SIEM like Splunk:    • Setting Up Splunk  
7) Setting up EDR like Wazuh:    • Installing & Configuring Wazuh  
8) Understanding Packet Capture(Pcap) files on Wireshark:    • Wireshark Tutorial for BEGINNERS // W...  
9) Setting up a simple pfsense Firewall on your VM:    • Setting Up PFSense in VirtualBox!  
10) Setting up vulnerable machines from Vulnhub, and trying to exploit them: https://github.com/vulhub/vulhub
11) Creating a vulnerable port scanning tool:    • Python Hacking - Port & Vulnerability...  

Certifications: -
1) Google Cybersecurity Certificate: https://grow.google/certificates/cybe...
2) (ISC)^2 Certified in Cybersecurity: https://www.isc2.org/certifications/cc
3) CompTIA Security+ Certification: https://www.comptia.org/certification...
4) GRC Mastery by Abed Hamdan(UnixGuy) for GRC: https://grcmastery.com/
5) Splunk Training (FREE): https://www.splunk.com/en_us/training...
6) Blue Team Level 1: https://www.securityblue.team/why-btl1/
7) SOC Core Skills with John Strand (Black Hills Infosec-Antisyphon Training): https://www.antisyphontraining.com/co...
8) DSCI Certified Privacy Professional (DCPP) for Privacy: https://www.dsci.in/content/dsci-cert...