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Introduction to Cybersecurity
The objective of this course is to raise cybersecurity awareness and to prepare participants with the technical knowledge and skills needed to protect and defend computer systems and networks.
Pre-requisites
Basic understanding of IT systems is recommended, but not mandatory.
What you'll learn
Today, we are all living in a digital world. All the work we do today, whether in personal live or at the workplace, is moving towards the world of the internet, media, cloud and most importantly data. As we dive deeper, it also makes us more vulnerable to the threats and other such attacks possible in the digital world.
Cybercrimes has cost the world a lot of money according to research and organizations predicted that damages would skyrocket in the coming years. Hence cybersecurity has become a vital part of the digital world. Cybersecurity is all about preventing the misuse of data through theft, fraud and other means. Cybersecurity is defined as the protection of systems, networks and data in the cyberspace and is critical issue for businesses of all sizes.
The objective of this course is to raise cybersecurity awareness and to prepare participants with the technical knowledge and skills needed to protect and defend computer systems and networks. The course also helps to develop the capability of the participants to plan, implement and monitor cybersecurity mechanisms to help and ensure the protection of information technology assets.
Key Takeaways
At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:
Understand the importance and impact of cybersecurity
Evaluate cybersecurity frameworks
Identify threats and vulnerabilities
Design secure network architectures
Understand and apply threat management concepts
Explain data protection techniques
Who can attend?
This course is suitable as an introductory course for IT professionals, security analysts who want to understand the fundamentals and best practices in cybersecurity.
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Course Outline
This module covers the importance of cybersecurity and the impact that organizations can face
when they are not cybersecure. It covers the various types of cyberthreats and the measures that
an organization should take to protect themselves against these threats.
● Introduction to Cybersecurity
– What is Cybersecurity and why is Cybersecurity important?
– Elements of Cybersecurity
– Impact of Cybersecurity – Cultural, Official and Solution Impact
● Cyber Criminals and types of attacks
– Motivation
– Active attacks, Phishing and Pharming
– Viruses, Worms and Trojans
● Information Assurance and Cyber Assurance
– Confidentiality, Integrity, Authenticity and Availability
– Mission Assurance
This module talks about an important aspect of cybersecurity – risk. Participants will learn how to
identify and mitigate common types of risks they can encounter such as malware, identify theft
and others.
● Threat Management
– Identifying and Assessing Threats and Risks
– Cyber Threat Patterns
● Threat Protection Techniques
● Combating Threats
– Cyber Investigation and Technological Measures
– International Legislation Initiatives
– Strategies to control risk
● Information Security Policy, Standards and Frameworks
● Chain of Custody
● Workshop – Risk and Threat Management
Network security is highly important in order to protect the integrity of the network and the data
that flows through it. Often, most of the cyber attacks happen at the network layer. In this module,
the participants will understand the common types of cyber attacks that a network can face along
with some of the protection measures that can be taken.
● Common network vulnerabilities
● Introduction to firewalls and firewall architectures
● Intrusion Detection & Prevention Systems (IDPS) and its types
● Techniques to administer a secure network
● Workshop – Secure Network Architecture Designing
The importance of data protection increases as the amount of data created and stored continues
to grow at unprecedented rates. A large part of a data protection strategy is ensuring that data
can be restored quickly after any corruption or loss. Protecting data from compromise and
ensuring data privacy are other key components of data protection. This module will give the
participants an insight into the risks involved with data and the protection techniques.
● Introduction
– Need for Data Protection
– Common Techniques for Prevention of Attacks
● Data Security
– Data Security, Integrity and Backups
● Standard Security Measures
– Physical Security, Software Safeguards
– Biometric and Encryption Systems
– Digital Signature and Certificates
● Software Privacy
– Soft-Lifting and Hard Disk Loading
– Software Protection
– Downloading and Software Counterfeiting
● Legal Practices
– Copyrights
– Legal and Ethical Issues
– Software Registration and Access Rights
● Workshop – Architecting Data Protection Policies & Systems
Cybersecurity has become an important aspect everywhere and its requirement is increasing as
the technology grows. This module provides a quick insight into what are the upcoming trends in
cybersecurity and will allow the participants to get a knowhow of the future requirements in the
industry.
● Cloud Security
● Mobile Security
● AI/ML Security
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Gap Analysis and Auditing
The course introduces participants to the industry standards of cybersecurity practices as well as methodologies to identify vulnerable gaps in the organization.
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