Full course description
Given the constant increase of global technology usage, coupled with an escalation of threats to those systems, cybersecurity is a crucial practice for every learner to understand. This course will provide students with a fundamental overview of cybersecurity, including a set of basic skills needed to evaluate, remediate, and defend against risks within a technological environment. Additionally, students will gain the knowledge required to develop security plans for technological frameworks that are used personally and in organizations. This course is designed for students with varying cybersecurity experience and will empower them to acquire and maintain a strong security posture in their personal and professional lives. From those tasked with building new IT infrastructures to those managing marketing teams, this class will teach students how to best leverage cybersecurity for a safer digital community.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Define the foundational cybersecurity concepts for creating and maintaining safer digital communities.
- Assess basic threats and indicators of compromise that pose risks to personal and organizational networks, endpoints, and infrastructures.
- Outline a security program that increases the security posture of a personal or organizational technological framework.
- Differentiate between cyber policies and laws to develop cyber governance strategies.
- Explain basic methodologies and techniques to defend technological frameworks from adversary attacks.
- Describe best practices of online privacy to maintain identity protection.