Course Overview

Course Title: Cyber Security Foundations
Credit Points: 12
Nominal Hours:
Course Coordinator: Mohamed Farrag
Course Coordinator Phone:
Course Coordinator Email: mohamed.farrag@rmit.edu.au
Course Summary

Cyber security is a practice of protecting the integrity of network systems, applications, data, and digital assets from cyber-attacks that tend to access, alter, or destroy important information from an organisation or individual.
In this modern era of technological advancement, cybersecurity is more important than ever. Implementing an effective cybersecurity practice becomes more challenging due to more devices that are needed to protect from the sophisticated attacks that a cyber-criminal can perform.
In this course you will gain foundational knowledge in cyber security best practices and concepts including:
  • cyber security concepts
  • cyber security frameworks
  • cyber threat landscape and vulnerabilities
  • risk management and mitigation strategies
  • cyber security hygiene best practices
  • security technologies (endpoint, firewall, IDS/IPS)
  • business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery plan (DRP)
  • incident response (IR)
  • infosec teams
  • security architecture and design
  • legal and ethical consideration

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