Cybersecurity
Overview
This course provides an overview of vulnerabilities as well as potential mitigations associated with digital threats. Other key topics include:
- Broad-based security practices as it pertains to information technology
- Overview of standards and their place in the Cybersecurity world
- Hardware and software issues and best practices
- Concepts of access control
- Potential terrorist use and abuse of cyber space
- Information systems security guidelines and their implementation
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional program
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition protection and protocols
The student can expect to leave this course with broad-based knowledge about Cybersecurity threats, methods to prepare for and address cyber attacks, and a number of potential programs geared to both protection and remediation.