Instructions: From your readings of pages 1 – 21 of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, what benefit can organizations gain from using this framework, and how would you use it at your future workplace? Organizations can use the NIST Framework to benefit them in many areas, such as effective cybersecurity goal setting, understanding how they are…
Discussion Board – Going on a Job Hunt
Instructions: Using the article 50 Cybersecurity Titles That Every Job Seeker Should Know About Links to an external site., research two or more of these jobs that are of interest to you. What disciplines do you see represented in these 50 jobs? What skills are required for the two jobs you selected? What was your biggest surprise?…
Write Up on The CIA Triad
Ian Hagmann 9/18/2022 The CIA Triad I have already learned about the CIA Triad in my first cybersecurity class, and hurray I remembered it correctly. Some of the examples seem to kind of stretch the definitions of each part to make them interconnect better. The Triad The CIA Triad has three parts to it and…
Write Up on SCADA Systems
Ian Hagmann 11/6/2022 SCADA’s Role in Critical Infrastructure Critical infrastructure and SCADA systems were not originally made with cybersecurity in mind. SCADA systems have to work properly and securely to mitigate risks associated with critical infrastructure. Vulnerabilities in Critical Infrastructure Critical infrastructure is critical by nature and therefore affects a lot when things don’t work…
Write Up on The Human Factor in Cybersecurity
Ian Hagmann 11/20/2022 Cybersecurity Spending Allocating funds for cybersecurity is very important as no company has unlimited spending for it. Finding a good balance between training and technologies is a broad start to cybersecurity funding. Importance of Cybersecurity Training Humans are the weakest link in cybersecurity. We are the reason why phishing exists, why spam…