The Cyber Security Landscape
Understand cyber security today: explore threats and the key functions of cyber security within a commercial organisation.
Who is the course for?
This course is for anyone looking to increase their knowledge of cyber security and protect themselves against cyber attacks.
Please note that the individuals detailed in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below, are current staff members and may be subject to change.
What topics will you cover?
Current and emerging security implications
Networks and security, loss of the traditional LAN and LAN perimeter
Consumerisation of corporate technology through apps, tablets and smartphones
Client-side threats, web-server security, web-applications security
Operating system security
Concepts, problems and issues related to modern technologies
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…
Demonstrate a systematic understanding of relevant knowledge about organisations, their external context and how they are managed
Demonstrate an understanding of the changing cyber threat landscape and the developments in cyberspace
Apply knowledge to a range of situations including IT security, finance, accounting, and organisational behaviour, taking account of the inter-relationships of these topics and their interactions with the business and the industry and external environment
Demonstrate an understanding of appropriate techniques sufficient to allow detailed investigation into relevant cybersecurity management issues
