Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Part 1

Catalog description

This course teaches the knowledge needed to begin a career in the rapidly expanding and changing field of Information Technology Cyber Security. After completion of this course , students will be able to identify the differences between cyber-based threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities. Differentiate between the differing types of malware and compare and contrast the various types of social engineering, application/service , and cryptographic attacks. This class will also teach students the technologies and tools associated with cyber security and use appropriate software tools to assess the security posture of an organization. Finally, this course will teach the different ar chitecture and design concepts for network security, hardware/firmware security and operating system security.