Security is one of the key issues facing governmental, business and academic organizations today. The combined threats from hacking, international cyber terrorism and lax security pose a real risk to business and government alike. This one-day course will help employees at all levels of an organization to understand the importance of data security, recognize security risks and the measures taken to counter them, and apply best practices to their own activities.

Prerequisites

This course is designed to assist with the implementation of a corporate security awareness program, and is also suitable for students who want to prepare to take more advanced security training courses. Students should have knowledge and experience of using a personal computer and a basic understanding of networking and Internet technologies. This course does not prepare students for Security+ Certification.

Course outline

Security fundamentals

• What is information security?
• Corporate security policy
• Data security risks and measures
• Theft and physical damage
• Backing store
• Power cuts
• Security on a network
• User accounts
• Encryption
• Hacking
• Application/software vulnerabilities
• Social engineering