Introduction to Cybersecurity

This course provides an overview of the field of cybersecurity. It covers core cybersecurity topics including computer system architectures, critical infrastructures, cyber threats and vulnerabilities, cryptography, information assurance, network security, and risk assessment and management. Students are expected to become familiar with fundamental security concepts, technologies, and practices. This course provides a foundation for further study in cybersecurity.

The course objectives are:

• Identify and prioritize information assets;
• Identify and prioritize threats to information assets;
• Define an information security strategy and architecture;
• Plan for and respond to intruders in an information system;
• Describe legal and public relations implications of security and privacy issues; and
• Present a disaster recovery plan for recovery of information assets after an incident.

Course Material

I wrote a paper on the Equifax Breach linked below: 

 

I also wrote a paper on Information Systems Security, and the importance of such a technology: