Technology and Engineering
Fundamentals of Cybersecurity
This course is designed to introduce the basic concepts of cybersecurity to new or emerging IT professionals. The target audience is professionals with a responsibility to manage IT systems or departments whose cybersecurity experience falls short of the required levels in order to sufficiently protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the systems under their purview.
Course Outline:
- Class 1: Introduction to Cybersecurity
- Class 2: Security Architecture
- Class 3: Security Operations
- Class 4: Vulnerability Assessment
- Class 5: Penetration Testing
- Class 6: Future-proofing your Operation
Career Potential
Examples of this type of professional include:
- A nurse in a retirement community who finds him or herself responsible for supporting the computers at his or her facility.
- An experienced IT professional who has worked level one help desk support, system administration, or software development but lacks the codified knowledge of information security necessary to take his or her career to the next level.
- A CFO who finds him or herself leading the IT department but depends solely on his or her employees to drive the organization’s cybersecurity staff due to lack of experience or knowledge.
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