Basics of Cybersecurity Strategy Certificate
Our Basics of Cybersecurity Strategy Certificate program offers a comprehensive learning journey designed to equip participants with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the complex realm of cybersecurity. By enrolling in this program, candidates can expect to gain: Robust Information Systems Defense: Delve into physical and logical cybersecurity strategies for safeguarding data centers and IT infrastructures. Learn to build countermeasures against fundamental vulnerabilities and risks. Develop the skills to ensure business continuity and provide stakeholders with confidence. Topics covered include infrastructure security management, disaster recovery, and approaches to daily business security challenges from an IT perspective. Legal and Policy Expertise in Cybersecurity: Focus on the legal and policy dimensions of cybersecurity.
Explore national and international cybersecurity laws, policies, and their implications for corporations. Understand the legal landscape surrounding cybercrime, espionage, and cyber warfare. Develop insights into privacy, intellectual property, and critical infrastructure protection. Grasp the complex interplay between evolving cybersecurity threats and legal considerations. Networks and Cloud Security Mastery: Acquire proficiency in securing cloud service providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Learn about security policies, intrusion detection systems, firewalls, and operating system security. Gain insights into hacker techniques and log auditing processes, preparing you to safeguard networks and cloud environments effectively. Understand the intricacies of securing diverse network information systems. Combatting Cyber Attacks with Strategic Countermeasures: Focus on contemporary cybersecurity threats and countermeasures. Apply risk frameworks to make informed decisions on investing in security controls. Gain expertise in perimeter defense strategies, including intrusion detection and firewalls. Explore a wide array of measures, from policies and procedures to risk management and financial decision-making. Topics include risk analysis, audits, compliance, and network security techniques.
Enrolling in the Basics of Cybersecurity Strategy Certificate program equips candidates with a comprehensive skillset in defending information systems, understanding legal complexities, securing networks and cloud environments, and devising effective countermeasures against cyber threats. This preparation equips them to address the evolving challenges of cybersecurity and contribute effectively to safeguarding digital landscapes.
MODULE 1: INFORMATIONS SYSTEMS SECURITY
This module will cover physical and logical cybersecurity for data centers and IT infrastructures. In this module, students will learn to build countermeasures to defend against the most fundamental and common types of vulnerabilities, risks and attacks that your company could face, so you can ensure business continuity and provide your stakeholders with peace of mind. Topics will include infrastructure security management, physical and logical security threats and policy requirements, disaster recovery, business continuity plans, change management scenarios, and approaching daily business security issues from an IT perspective.
MODULE 2: CYBERSECURITY LAW & POLICY
This module will help students be exposed to the national and international policy and legal considerations related to cybersecurity and cyberspace, including laws related to cybercrime, espionage, and war. Students will discuss how current laws affect corporations and the state of cybersecurity in various countries. Topics will include privacy, intellectual property, cybercrime, homeland security (i.e., critical infrastructure protection) cyber warfare, and the organizations involved in the formulation of such laws and policies. It will also include legal, business, and policy challenges stemming from rapidly evolving cybersecurity threats.
MODULE 3: NETWORKS & CLOUD SECURITY
This module will introduce students to the language of cloud security and various networks’ similarities and differences. It will also provide an overview of Information Technology (IT) Security and introduce the components necessary to secure network information systems. Topics will include cloud service providers like Amazon WebServices, Azure, Google Cloud, and more. In addition, it will cover security policies, Intrusion Detection Systems(IDS), firewalls, operating system security and network security basics. Students will be introduced to current hacker techniques and log auditing processes.
MODULE 4: CYBER ATTACKS & COUNTER MEASURES
This module focuses on the contemporary cybersecurity threat facing organizations. Students apply various risk frameworks to provide structure to the decision-making needed to invest in resources for security controls and counter measures. It provides a thorough guide to perimeter defense fundamentals, including intrusion detection and firewalls. Strategies such as policies, procedures, training, strategic alliances, technologies, methodologies, risk management and financial decision-making will be discussed. Topics will include qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, audits, metrics, vulnerability assessment, capital budgeting, return on security investment, legal and regulatory compliance, and security best practices. As well as, network address translation (NAT), packet filtering and analysis, proxy servers, virtual private networks (VPN), and network traffic signatures.