Auth for Beginners
RCCE students will learn authentication security including credential storage, password policies, multi-factor authentication, session management, and authentication protocol security. RCCE students will learn to evaluate authentication implementations for security weaknesses, test for credential brute-forcing vulnerabilities, assess password storage mechanisms for proper hashing and salting, verify multi-factor authentication implementation, identify session fixation and session hijacking vulnerabilities, implement secure authentication designs using modern standards, configure account lockout and adaptive authentication, and build authentication security into application development processes. Designed for students with no prior experience in this area, this course builds knowledge from the ground up with clear explanations, guided demonstrations, and progressive skill-building. Starting from foundational concepts, RCCE students will learn core concepts through practical examples that connect theory to real-world security operations. By completion, students will have the foundational knowledge and hands-on confidence needed to contribute in professional cybersecurity roles.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing Auth for Beginners
- Execute hands-on tasks for authentication security fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for why authentication matters
- Execute hands-on tasks for data protection
- Execute hands-on tasks for regulatory compliance — covering Guards sensitive data, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS.
- Execute hands-on tasks for operational security — covering User confidence in platform.
- Execute hands-on tasks for physical keys
- Execute hands-on tasks for phone unlock
- Execute hands-on tasks for the authentication flow
- Execute hands-on tasks for user request
- Execute hands-on tasks for credential check
- Execute hands-on tasks for session created
- Execute hands-on tasks for credential types — the three factors
| Module 01 | Authentication Security Fundamentals |
| Module 02 | Why Authentication Matters |
| Module 03 | Data Protection |
| Module 04 | Regulatory Compliance |
| Module 05 | Operational Security |
| Module 06 | Physical Keys |
| Module 07 | Phone Unlock |
| Module 08 | The Authentication Flow |
| Module 09 | User Request |
| Module 10 | Credential Check |
| Module 11 | Session Created |
| Module 12 | Credential Types — The Three Factors |
| Module 13 | Something You |
| Module 14 | Something You Are |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice auth for beginners by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Execute hands-on tasks for authentication security fundamentals
- Lab 2: Execute hands-on tasks for why authentication matters
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for data protection
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for regulatory compliance
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for operational security
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Auth for Beginners, verifiable through the Rocheston certification portal.
- Full access to all course materials and slide decks
- Hands-on lab access on Rocheston Rose X OS environment
- Access to Rocheston CyberNotes
- Access to Rocheston Zelfire — EDR/XDR SIEM platform
- Access to Rocheston Raven — online cyber range exercise platform
- Access to Rocheston Vulnerability Vines AI