Module 2 - Cyber Security Fundamentals

Lesson Description 

This lesson provides a strong foundation on the fundamentals of cybersecurity, taking you through cyber risks, how to protect against them, and how cybercriminals can use their target's digital footprint to find exploits. 

Learning Objectives 

The objectives of this lesson are to provide you with and understanding of: 

• Security Information Event Management (SIEM) processes and architecture, SIEM features, user activity monitoring, real-time event correlation, log retention, file integrity monitoring, security auditing & automation auditing, what to audit, implementation guidelines, what to collect, Windows Event Log, UNIX Syslog, logging at an application level, audit trail analysis, approaches to data analysis 
• Cyber exploits, understanding malware, cross-site scripting, SQL Injection, DDOS, input validation, buffer-overflow, targeted attacks and advanced persistent threats (APT) 
• Uses of encryption technology, symmetric/asymmetric key encryption, public and private keys, weaknesses, decryption, hashing, digital signatures, PKI, certificates authorities, data at rest and in transit, SSL 
• Internet foundations, domain name system, whois (Inc. worked example), Traceroute, Internet analysis, search engines, Tools for finding information on people and companies, username searchers, email lookups, disposable emails, passwords, internet communities and culture, deep web directories and leaking websites 

Intended Audience 

This lesson is ideal for members of cybersecurity management teams, IT managers, security and systems managers, information asset owners and employees with legal compliance responsibilities. It acts as a foundation for more advanced managerial or technical qualifications. 

Prerequisites  

There are no specific pre-requisites to study this lesson, however, a basic knowledge of IT, an understanding of the general principles of information technology security, and awareness of the issues involved with security control activity would be advantageous. 

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