Cybersecurity Essentials

Catalog description

This course is an in-depth study of the theories and practices for prevention of cyber attacks. Countermeasures discussed include education, encryption, virtual private networks, policies, practices, access controls, secure systems development, software assurance, verification and validation, firewall architectures, anti-virus, patching practices, personnel security practices, and physical security practices. Topics also include incident response, forensic investigations, business continuity plans, disaster recovery plans, and critical infrastructure protection.