About this course: Data breaches occur nearly every day. From very large retailers, down to your fantasy football website, and anywhere in between, they have been compromised in some way. How did the attackers get in? What did they do with the data they compromised? What should I be concerned with in my own business or my systems? This course is the second course in the Practical Computer Security. It will discuss types of threats and attack vectors commonly seen in today’s environment. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but threats are all over the place! This course isn’t designed to insight fear that there is no hope for keeping systems and business secure, but rather educate you on how attacks are carried out so that you have a better sense of what to look out for in your business or with your systems.
Who is this class for: This course is for everyone who wants to understand how computer attacks are carried out and what to watch out for if you have information that you need to protect. This course is for those individuals that are looking to be able to discuss computer security with their colleagues and superiors and offer suggestions on what to look out for. The project at the end of the course will also allow you to investigate data breaches and be able to determine where attacks came from and how they were carried out. This course will help you identify and classify attack vectors and how to protect yourself, your business, and your systems from attacks.
Taught by: Greg Williams, Lecturer
Department of Computer Science
| Basic Info | Course 2 of 4 in the Cybersecurity for Business Specialization |
| Level | Beginner |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
- Video: Introduction
- Reading: About this course
- Video: About the Instructor
- Reading: Digital Identity - Required Reading
- Video: Phishing
- Video: Social Engineering
- Video: Authentication based attacks
- Reading: Lecture Slides
- Discussion Prompt: What do you want out of this course?
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz - Week 1
- Reading: Viruses and Worms
- Video: Network based attacks
- Video: Denial of Service attacks
- Reading: DDoS Attacks
- Video: Wireless based attacks
- Reading: Mobile Based Attacks
- Reading: Lecture Slides
- Discussion Prompt: Attacks
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz - Week 2
- Video: What is "The Cloud"?
- Video: Why do we need to be concerned with “The Cloud”
- Video: SaaS
- Video: Database Security
- Reading: Real Cloud Based Attacks
- Reading: Cloud Security Alliance
- Reading: Lecture Slides
- Discussion Prompt: The Cloud
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz - Week 3
- Video: Misconfiguration
- Video: Operating Systems
- Video: Software: Buffer Overflows
- Video: Software: Web Based Applications
- Reading: Software: Injection
- Reading: Shadow Brokers
- Reading: Lecture Slides
- Discussion Prompt: Vulnerabilities
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz - Week 4
- Video: Discovering Data Breaches!
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