This course provides the concepts and practical application of cybersecurity techniques essential for protecting organizations. Recognize common physical threats and identify effective strategies to increase security and protect hardware assets. Gain knowledge to prioritize, classify, and understand the impact and risk tolerance in context of identified vulnerabilities. Learn the best practices for effective incident response. apply industry-standard hardening techniques to strengthen core operating system components. Explore best practices in application and web security and the methods for defending against common attacks. This course concludes by summarizing the principles of security governance, compliance, risk management, audits, and assessments necessary to implement comprehensive security awareness
- Identify common physical threats and evaluate strategies to increase site security
- Analyze how vulnerability analysis supports prioritization, classification, exposure considerations, organizational impact, and risk tolerance in cybersecurity strategy
- Apply industry-standard hardening techniques to strengthen operating systems, file servers, Linux hosts, and wireless environments
- Explain best practices in application and web security, including secure development and defense against attacks
- Evaluate and implement effective incident response and mitigation strategies
- Interpret security governance, compliance, risk management, audits, and assessments to promote security awareness
INFO 205 with a 2.0 grade or better.