Fundamentals of Cybersecurity Concordia University of Edmonton

Overview

What you will learn

By taking the Fundamentals of Cybersecurity course offered by Concordia University of Edmonton, you will learn to:

• Identify career opportunities and salary ranges related to a career in cybersecurity or assurance
• Detect common cyber attacks that exploit system (software) and human vulnerabilities
• Identify practical tips to protect you from cyber attacks (system and human vulnerabilities)
• Identify some tools and techniques associated with cybersecurity “defence in depth”
• Recognize the financial and/or reputational consequences of major security breaches
• Identify strategies to protect against and respond to ransomware and denial of service attacks
• Detect actors and motivations for cyber attacks
• Identify the consequences of cyber attacks for organizations
• Define threat, vulnerability, impact, risk, and control within the IT context
• Recognize the importance of incident response and disaster recovery for organizations
• Recognize best practices for safely storing, retaining, and destroying sensitive data
• Recognize some important laws, regulations, and legal principles that affect IT security