Master cybersecurity principles, threat analysis, risk mitigation, and security frameworks essential for protecting digital systems and organizational assets.
This critical-level content area covers essential cybersecurity concepts and practices. Security knowledge is fundamental for all digital professionals and system architects.
What confidential information organisations hold and why privacy and confidentiality matter, and organisational impacts of failure.
Technical threats botnets, DoS or DDoS, malware types, insecure APIs, man in the middle, insecure Wi Fi. Technical vulnerabilities weak controls and outdated components. Human threats error, malicious insiders, social engineering. Physical vulnerabilities and controls.
Security settings, anti malware, intrusion detection, encryption hashing symmetric asymmetric, access control and policies, staff vetting and training, updates, air gaps, API certification, VPN, multi factor authentication, password managers, scanning, penetration testing, firewall rules, network segregation and monitoring.
CIA triad and the IAAA model identification, authentication, authorisation, accountability with techniques and trade offs.
Identify vulnerabilities and evaluate organizational impacts
Understand attack vectors and threat landscapes
Implement technical and administrative safeguards
CIA triad and IAAA model integration
Security knowledge is assessed through risk analysis scenarios, threat mitigation planning, and security framework implementation exercises.
Begin with security risk assessment and progress through threat analysis, mitigation strategies, and security frameworks. These skills are critical for protecting digital systems and data.