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Managing Cybersecurity Threats and Vulnerabilities
Learn how to be cyber smart to fight everyday threats and vulnerabilitiesPreview the first lesson free — get full access to all 19 lessons.
Intermediate Provider : Martha Percival-Dangleben 7 chapters · 19 Lessons · 1h 8m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese
Course Description
As we continue to become a digital society and connect everyday devices to the internet, cyberattacks will continue to increase. Bad actors are contriving new ways to catch us off guard, and their attacks work too often. The goal of these attacks varies, but the outcomes are always the same: invasion of privacy and theft of personal, sensitive, and confidential information. If you or your business have not dealt with a security breach yet, statistics show that you probably will at some point in the future. Whether at home or at work, protecting our devices against cyberattacks means that we take an active role in securing our information. We are all responsible for cybersecurity.
This course on Managing Cybersecurity Threats and Vulnerabilities discusses common cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities that impact individuals and organizations. You will learn about specific cybersecurity threats, such as social engineering, malware, ransomware, and other common attacks, to understand ways to protect against these attacks.
What You'll Learn
- Identify and understand common cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities affecting individuals and organizations
- Recognize cybersecurity threats including social engineering, malware, ransomware, and password attacks
- Apply best practices to protect devices and information against cyberattacks
- Distinguish proactive security from reactive security and understand the types of threat intelligence
- Understand vulnerability management, vulnerability assessment, and common software vulnerabilities
- Recognize the impact of cyberattacks on individuals and organizations
Key Takeaways
- As society becomes more digital and connects everyday devices to the internet, cyberattacks continue to increase.
- Cyberattacks vary in goal but commonly result in invasion of privacy and theft of personal, sensitive, and confidential information.
- Everyone is responsible for cybersecurity, and protecting devices at home or work requires taking an active role in securing information.
- The course covers specific threats such as social engineering, malware, ransomware, password attacks, packet sniffing, denial of service, IP spoofing, and man-in-the-middle attacks.
- Proactive security and threat intelligence offer benefits compared with a purely reactive security approach.
Frequently Asked Questions
What cybersecurity threats does this course cover?
The course discusses common cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities including social engineering, malware, password attacks, ransomware and adversarial artificial intelligence, packet sniffing, evil twin attacks, misconfiguration attacks, denial of service, IP spoofing, and man-in-the-middle attacks.
Who is this course for?
The course is relevant to anyone responsible for securing information, whether at home or at work, since it states that we are all responsible for cybersecurity and addresses threats that impact both individuals and organizations.
What will I be able to do after completing this course?
You will be able to identify and understand cybersecurity threats, understand best practices to protect against them, and recognize the impact of cyberattacks on individuals and organizations.
Does the course cover vulnerability management?
Yes. It includes lessons on common software vulnerabilities, vulnerability management, and vulnerability assessment tools, as well as proactive versus reactive security and types of threat intelligence.
What skills does this course help develop?
The course supports skills in cyber security management, cybersecurity compliance, information security management, security management, threat management, and vulnerability management.
