Module 1: Introduction to Cybersecurity through an Interdisciplinary Lens

Learning Objectives

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Define cybersecurity 
• Describe how cybersecurity affects our daily lives.
• Identify disciplines that affect and are effected by cybersecurity principles and design.
• Set up an ePortfolio.
• Describe why cybersecurity is an interdisciplinary societal issue
• Describe associated disciplines related to cybersecurity
• Identify various pathways to careers in cybersecurity

Lecture Videos

• Course Introduction
• Introduction to the ePortfolio
• Overview of Free ePortfolio Platforms
• What is Cybersecurity? (Part1)
• What is Cybersecurity? (Part2)
• The Student’s Role in Cybersecurity
• Digital Safety

Handouts

• Module1-intro1: What is Cybersecurity
• Module1-intro2: Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity

Readings

• Introduction to Cyberthreats
• Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
• Craigen, Diakun-Thibault, and Purse (2014). Defining Cybersecurity
• Bourgeois. Information Systems for Business & Beyond – Chapter 6
• Explore the following websites, including some of the reports listed:
  • National Science Foundation, Cybersecurity: Tech, Tools and Training to Safeguard the Future
  • NIST Applied Cybersecurity Division

Video Resources

• Cybersecurity Is An All-Hands Effort
• An Introduction to Cybersecurity Careers
• What is Your Password?
• How do You Start Your Career in Cybersecurity?
• Pathways to Careers in Cybersecurity
• Social Network Safety

Assignments

• True or False Questions (Answer Key)
• Multiple Choice Questions (Answer Key)