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Duration

14 hours

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

Credential

Certificate

Information Security: Context and Introduction
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Highlights

  • 41% got a tangible career benefit from this course
  • Transcripts available in English, Vietnamese, Arabic
  • Earn a certificate upon successful completion
  • Learn from expert professors of University of London
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Information Security: Context and Introduction
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What are the course deliverables?
  • After completing the course you will have gained an awareness of key information security principles regarding information, confidentiality, integrity and availability. You will be able to explain some of the key aspects of information risk and security management, in addition, summarise some of the key aspects in computer and network security, including some appreciation of threats, attacks, exploits and vulnerabilities. You will also gain an awareness of some of the skills, knowledge and roles/careers opportunities within the information security industry.
More about this course
  • In this course you will explore information security through some introductory material and gain an appreciation of the scope and context around the subject. This includes a brief introduction to cryptography, security management and network and computer security that allows you to begin the journey into the study of information security and develop your appreciation of some key information security concepts. The course concludes with a discussion around a simple model of the information security industry and explores skills, knowledge and roles so that you can determine and analyse potential career opportunities in this developing profession and consider how you may need to develop personally to attain your career goals.

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Curriculum

Week 1: Introduction to Information Security

What is Information Security?

The CIA Triad: Confidentiality Integrity and Availability

A brief Introduction to the RMIAS model

An introduction to knowledge areas in Information Security

Week 2: Introduction to Cryptography

Introduction

This video reviews the physical world security services that we need to replicate in cyberspace

This video introduces the core information security services and tools provided by cryptography

This video explains some core cryptographic concepts and introduces two different types of cryptography

This video discusses potential points of weakness in any system using cryptography

This video discusses how different types of cryptography are used in `real-world' applications

This video explains why control of cryptography presents society with a dilemma

Summary

Week 3: Network and Computer Security

Introduction

Computer Networks and Information

Network Security Protocols

Threats

Network Security Systems

Kinds of data

Authentication and Authorisation

Access Control

System Vulnerabilities

System Security Tools

Week 4: Security Management

Why Security Management?

The ISO27000 Family

Security Policies

Security Controls

The Risk Management Process

Risk Assessment

Regulations and legal frameworks

Incident Management

Week 5: The Cyber Security Industry and Careers

Building the information security industry model

The Producers

The Consumers

The enforcers and the adversaries

Introduction: roles and careers

Exploring roles and careers using the Inspired Careers website

Introducing SFIA

Professional bodies in the context of Information Security

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