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Foundations of Cybersecurity
About the Course
In the Foundations of Cybersecurity course, students will develop essential knowledge and explore concepts related to the function and operations of cybersecurity. This includes examining cyberattacks and threats, and how enacting security policies can minimize risk to a computer system.
SAMPLE LESSON
Assessing Cybersecurity Risk
Each lesson includes media-rich presentations, a pre-made lesson plan, assessments and engaging real-world projects and activities. To get an idea of what iCEV offers, explore the sample lesson and resources below.
Lesson Resources:
Lessons Available in This Course
- Introduction to Cybersecurity
- Risks of Sharing Information
- Basic Cybersecurity Concepts: Security & Incident Response
- Preventing System Compromise: System Protection & Awareness
- Principles of Network Operations: Network Addressing & Devices
- Digital Forensics Basics
- Cyber Vulnerabilities Threats & Attacks
- Threats to Computer Applications
- Digital Citizenship
- Social Engineering
- Malware
- Cyber Issues: Infected Computers & Breaches
- Principles of Network Operations: Ports, Protocols & Monitoring
- Cryptography Basics
- Network Vulnerabilities
- Assessing Cybersecurity Risk
- Cybersecurity Ethics & Laws
- Basic Cybersecurity Concepts: Risk Management
- Preventing System Compromise: System Administration & Services
- Cyber Issues: Ransomware
- System Administration Practices
- Cyber Issues: Passwords & Two-Factor Authentication
- Internet of Things Defined
- Cyberterrorism & Counterterrorism
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