Description
Total length of the course: 2-4 hours
This course provides an introduction to the origin and meaning of cybersecurity and associated concepts, demonstrating how it incorporates multiple disciplines and research areas. It addresses the human aspects of cybersecurity, including the user context as well as human aspects of attacker-defender dynamics. Finally, it focuses on common cybersecurity controls, showing how they can help to quickly raise cybersecurity levels in local community organizations, but with some significant limitations, before exploring the growing topic of cyber harms and risk management.
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An introduction to cybersecurity
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What is cybersecurity and why does it matter?
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Cybersecurity spans multiple subjects and disciplines
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How ransomware works
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Countering ransomware
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Psychology and cybersecurity
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Law and cybersecurity
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The human aspects of cybersecurity
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The three roles of people in cybersecurity
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Users and predictability
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Why does social engineering work?
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Insecure system design
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System design – best practices
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Defender challenges
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Cybersecurity controls
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What is cybersecurity risk management
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Types and levels of cybersecurity control
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UK Cyber Essentials
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US NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
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CIS Critical Security Controls v8
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Are cybersecurity controls effective?
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What is cyber harm and why does it matter?
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Risk management revisited
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Assessing cyber risk
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Different kinds of cyber harm
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Cyber harm models in practice
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