Introduction to Cybersecurity

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In this lesson, you will be given an overview of the course.

In this lesson, you will learn the security trend and how to develop a career in cybersecurity.

In this lesson, you will learn some cybersecurity laws and some basics about security governance, compliance, and regulations.

In this lesson, you will learn the hacking lifecycle and the basics of vulnerability, threat, and attack.

In this lesson, you will learn some basic methods to keep your computer and network safe.

In this lesson, you will practice applying cybersecurity to many situations.

Course introduction to Introduction to Defending and Securing Systems

In this lesson you will learn about best practices in defending computer systems.

In this lesson you will learn how to secure networks.

In this lesson, you'll learn how to effectively monitor and use logs to detect malicious activity.

In this lesson, you will learn the basics of cryptography and how to use tools to encrypt files.

Meet your instructor, discuss what you'll learn in this course, major stakeholders and a brief history, and a peek at the final project!

This lesson will cover threats and vulnerabilities, attack types, threat motivations, threats to organizations, and threat responses.

In this lesson, we'll be discussing attack methods, scanning for vulnerabilities, and penetration testing.

We're going to cover how to conduct vulnerability research, test and apply results, and how to prioritize and strategize the results in this lesson.

Finally, we're going to cover incidents and recovery, events and incidents, the response lifecycle, and roles and response plans.

In this lesson, we’ll be outlining the basic course structure and discussing the prerequisites that you should possess before taking the course.

During this lesson, we will lay the groundwork for the rest of the course by developing a definition for Security GRC and briefly introducing how GRC roles function today.

This lesson focuses on the role of security governance. This is what puts the “G” in GRC.

In this lesson we’ll learn how risk management has evolved over time into today’s security risk management practice and explore some of the tools risk managers use.

Compliance deals with a relatively structured approach to ensuring organizations meet their obligations to security standards through their security controls and practices.

The lesson focuses on ensuring that audits go smoothly by developing an understanding of audit management fundamentals and how GRC professionals should plan for and remediate audit results.

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