Cyber Security

Cyber security is the information technology field associated with the security of computer systems and information. It encompasses threats to computer hardware, software and data including theft, hacking, viruses and more.

The computer security field has grown immensely as more devices become internet-enabled and more services move online.

The course is beneficial to get knowledge of security mechanisms, standards, and state-of-the-art capabilities; they will also be able to design new systems and infrastructure-level security solutions.

Course Content:

• Module 01 - Introduction
• Module 02 - Principle of least privilege, access control, and operating systems security
• Module 03 - Dealing with legacy code: sandboxing and isolation
• Module 04 - Exploitation techniques and fuzzing
• Module 05 - Overview of cryptography
• Module 06 - Basic web security model
• Module 07 - HTTPS: goals and pitfalls
• Module 08 - Web application security
• Module 09 - Session management and user authentication
• Module 10 - Content Security Policies (CSP), Web workers, and extensions
• Module 11 -Network security
• Module 12 - Security issues in Internet protocols: TCP, DNS, and routing
• Module 13 - Network defense tools: Firewalls, VPNs, Intrusion Detection, and filters
• Module 14 - Unwanted traffic: denial of service attacks