Introduction to Cyber Security

Our lives depend on online services. Gain essential cyber security knowledge and skills, to help protect your digital life. This course covers:

• Threat landscape: terminology, cyber security threats, keeping up to date

• Authentication: access control, passwords, two-factor authentication

• Malware: types of malware, attack vectors, preventing infection • Networking and communications: fundamentals, security challenges, standards

• Cryptography: symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, applications • Network security: firewalls, virtual private networks, intrusion detection / prevention

• When your defences fail: cyber security laws, recovering from attacks

• Managing security risks: risk analysis and management