National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology

Gorakhpur
(Under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India)
MMMUT Campus, Deoria Road, Gorakhpur-273010
http://www.nielit.gov.in/gorakhpur/

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Cyber Security using Python

Cyber Security using Python 4 Weeks / 60 Hrs. (3 Hrs. per day)

Batch Size: 20 (Limited Seats)
4 Weeks Online Course
Medium of Instruction: Bilingual (English & Hindi)

Objective This course is designed with the aim to gain the knowledge of Python
Programming and its applications in cyber security. Students will gain
hands-on experience in writing Python scripts to automate security
tools, conduct ethical hacking tasks, and simulate cyber defence
mechanisms.

Graduation*(in Any Stream), Diploma*, NIELIT O/ A Level* having

basic knowledge of programming (*pursuing candidate may also Eligibility
apply)

Course Fees Rs. 1800/- incl. GST & all other charges.

✓ Candidate must have latest computer/laptop with at least 4 GB RAM.

✓ Internet connection with good speed (preferably 2 Mbps or higher) Prerequisite
✓ Candidate must have basic knowledge of Programming & Networks.

Certificate will be provided to the participants, based on minimum 75%

attendance and on performance (minimum 50% marks) in the online test,
Certificate conducted by NIELIT Gorakhpur, at the end of the course.

Step-1: Read the course structure & course requirements carefully.

Step-2: Visit the Registration portal and click on apply button.
Step-3: Create your login credentials and fill up all the details, see the
preview and submit the form.
Step-4: Login with your credentials to verify the mobile number, email How to Apply?
ID and then upload the documents, Lock the profile and Pay the Fees
online, using ATM-Debit Card / Credit Card / Internet Banking / UPI etc.

Instructor Led Online Training E-Learning Contents Hands on Lab

Salient Features
Self-Assessment Real World Demo
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Gorakhpur
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MMMUT Campus, Deoria Road, Gorakhpur-273010
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Course Content

Day Topic Day Topic Day Topic

Cyber Security, First Python
Day Day Day
Python in Cyber Security,
#01 Importance, Common #02 #03 Script,
Threats, CIA Triad, Installing Python, VS Code Installing Cyber
Ethical Hacking, Legal Setup, Virtual Environment, Security
& Ethical Aspects Jupyter Notebook Installation Libraries with
pip
Day Variables, Data Day Day File Handling, Directory
Types, Functions, Exception Traversal, OS
#04 #05 #06
Handling, Working with
Input/Output, Commands, Log Parsing,
Conditions, Modules, math, random, sys OS Libraries
Loops
Basic Networking
Day Concepts, IP Day Networking Tools (ping, Day TCP and UDP Sockets,
#07 Addressing, #08 traceroute, etc.), Protocol #09 Server & Client Programs,
Layers (TCP/IP model), IP Scanning, Simple Chat
Subnetting & CIDR, App
Routing vs Switching, ipaddress, socket, netifaces
NAT, DHCP, DNS
Day Packet Structure & Day Hashing & Encryption (MD5, Day HTTP Basics, Sending
#10 Sniffing, Real-time #11 SHA-256, AES, RSA), Password #12 Requests, HTML Parsing,
Capture, Parsing & Security, cryptography libs Form & Login
Export, scapy tools Automation, requests,
BeautifulSoup, selenium
Dictionary Attacks,
Day WHOIS Lookups, DNS Day TCP Port Scanning, UDP Scan Day
Login Form
#13 Records, IP Geolocation, #14 Basics, Banner Grabbing, #15
Subdomain Integration with Nmap, socket, Automation, SSH/FTP
Enumeration, whois, nmap, masscan Login Scripts,
dnspython, ipwhois, paramiko, ftplib,
shodan selenium
Day Capturing Keystrokes, Day Monitoring Logs/Packets, Day Secure Coding, Malware
#16 Saving Logs, Demo & #17 Pattern Detection, Alert #18 Analysis, Input
Prevention Awareness, Mechanisms, scapy, os, re, Validation, XSS & SQLi
pynput, keyboard time Demos, flask, sqlite3

Day Social Media OSINT, Day

#19 Tweet/Reddit Data, No- #20 Final Project Implementation,
API Scraping,
Debugging, Presentation and
Sentiment & Hashtag
Demonstration
Analysis, Visualization
Tools

COURSE COORDINATOR
Abhinav Mishra
Joint Director (T)
NIELIT Gorakhpur
Email: abhinav@nielit.gov.in
Mobile Number: 8317093868
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Gorakhpur
(Under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India)
MMMUT Campus, Deoria Road, Gorakhpur-273010
http://www.nielit.gov.in/gorakhpur/

Course Details

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1 Introduction to Cyber Security and Python

• What is Cyber Security
• Importance of Cyber Security in the Digital Age
• Common Threats in Cyber Security
o Malware
o Phishing
o Ransomware
o Denial-of-Service (DoS)
o Man-in-the-Middle (MitM)
• CIA Triad – Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
• Ethical Hacking Overview
• Legal and Ethical Aspects
• Role of Python in Cyber Security
o Automation
o Scripting for Attacks and Defense
o Real-World Use Cases
o Examples of Capabilities (e.g., file handling, system interaction, network scanning)

2 Setting up Python Environment

• Installing Python (latest version recommended: Python 3.10+)
• Installing and Customizing Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
o Python Extension
o Code Runner
o Terminal access
o Folder/project management
o Git integration (for version control)
• Installing Python via Windows Store / python.org
• Creating Virtual Environment (using venv)
• Installing Jupyter Notebook (via pip)
• Writing and Running First Python Script
• Installing Key Python Libraries Using pip
• Common libraries to install for Cyber Security:
- requests – Web interaction
- beautifulsoup4 – Web scraping
- scapy – Packet manipulation/sniffing
- nmap / python-nmap – Network scanning
- paramiko – SSH automation
- pwntools – Exploit development
- dnspython – DNS queries
- flask – Web app (e.g., phishing simulation)
- mitmproxy – Interception proxy for HTTP/HTTPS
- cryptography – Hashing and encryption
- argparse – Command-line interfaces
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Python Programming Essentials
3 • Variables, Data Types, Input/Output
• Conditions, Loops, Functions
• Exception Handling
• Working with Modules
• Python Libraries: math, random, sys

4 File Handling and OS Interaction

• Reading/Writing Files
• Directory Traversal
• OS-level Commands Execution
• Log File Parsing
• Python Libraries: os, shutil, pathlib, subprocess

5 Network Primer
• Basic Networking Concepts
• IP Addressing (IPv4 vs IPv6)
• Subnetting & CIDR
• Routing vs Switching
• NAT, DHCP, DNS
• Networking Tools:
- ping, traceroute, ipconfig, ifconfig, netstat, nslookup, dig
• Understanding Protocol Layers (TCP/IP model)
• Python Libraries: ipaddress, socket, subprocess, netifaces

Networking with Python

6 • Sockets (TCP, UDP)
• Server & Client Programs
• IP Scanning
Python Libraries: socket, ipaddress

Packet Sniffing & Wireshark-like Implementation

7 • Understanding Packets (Ethernet, IP, TCP/UDP, HTTP)
• Real-time Packet Capture
• Packet Parsing
• Displaying Headers like Wireshark
• Exporting to .pcap or readable formats
• Python Libraries: scapy, socket, dpkt (optional advanced parsing)

Cryptography & Hashing

8 • Hashing (MD5, SHA-256)
• Symmetric Encryption (AES)
• Asymmetric Encryption (RSA)
• Password Hashing & Salting
• Python Libraries: hashlib, cryptography, pycryptodome, bcrypt

Web Scraping & Automation

9 • HTTP Basics
• Sending Requests
• Parsing HTML
• Auto-filling Forms / Login Automation
• Python Libraries: requests, BeautifulSoup, selenium
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Gorakhpur
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MMMUT Campus, Deoria Road, Gorakhpur-273010
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OSINT & Reconnaissance
10 • WHOIS Lookups
• DNS Records
• IP Geolocation
• Subdomain Enumeration
• Python Libraries: whois, dnspython, ipwhois, shodan (optional)

Port Scanning & Vulnerability Detection

11 • TCP Port Scanning
• UDP Scan Basics
• Banner Grabbing
• Integration with Nmap
• Python Libraries: socket, nmap (with python-nmap), masscan (via subprocess)

Brute Force & Credential Testing

12 • Dictionary Attacks
• Login Form Automation
• SSH/FTP Login Scripts
• Python Libraries: paramiko (for SSH), ftplib, selenium

Keylogging (Awareness Only)

13 • Capturing Keystrokes
• Saving Logs
• Demo & Prevention Awareness
• Python Libraries: pynput, keyboard
Intrusion Detection Basics
14 • Monitoring Logs/Packets
• Pattern Detection (Rule-based)
• Alert Mechanisms
• Python Libraries: scapy, os, re, time

Secure Coding & Malware Awareness

15 • Secure Input Handling
• Avoiding Common Attacks
• Static Malware Analysis
• File Integrity Verification
• Python Libraries: hashlib, os, re

Web Application Security

16 • XSS and SQL Injection Demos
• Securing Forms
• Preventing Code Injection
• Python Libraries: flask (for demo apps), html (escaping), sqlite3
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Gorakhpur
(Under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India)
MMMUT Campus, Deoria Road, Gorakhpur-273010
http://www.nielit.gov.in/gorakhpur/
17 Social Media Analysis for OSINT
• Social Media in Cyber Threats
• Collecting Tweets using tweepy
• Reddit Data via praw
• No-API Scraping using snscrape
• Sentiment Analysis
• Hashtag Alerting
• Visualization
• Python Libraries: tweepy, praw, snscrape, TextBlob, nltk, vaderSentiment, matplotlib,
seaborn, wordcloud

18 Project Development
• Planning & Designing
• Testing & Documentation
• Presentation Preparation
Project ideas:
• Packet Sniffer / Wireshark Clone
• Port Scanner
• Twitter T v hreat Monitor
• IDS System
• Simple Vulnerability Scanner