Course Description
Short Course | 18 hours | 1.8 CEUs | $1,795
Cyber Foundations provides a comprehensive introduction to the essential knowledge and skills required to understand and participate in modern cybersecurity. The course covers security principles, threats, vulnerabilities, operating system and network security basics, application security fundamentals, identity and access management, governance and risk, cryptography, and operational security practices. Students will also learn perimeter security concepts including firewalls, intrusion detection, host hardening, VPNs, and network defense design. The course concludes with introductions to emerging cybersecurity areas such as Cloud Security, Zero Trust, AI for Cybersecurity, and the potential impacts of quantum computing on cryptography.
SEC150 is the first course in the Cybersecurity Professional Certificate. To complete the certificate students will also enroll in SEC250. Click on each course link for more details and to add to cart.
Course Outline
- Security Concerns and Terminology
- Security Risk Management
- Security infrastructure, Threats and Vulnerabilities
- Application Security
- Data Security
- Identity and Access Management
- Operational Security
- Perimeter Fundamentals
- Extending the Perimeter
- Perimeter Design
- Perimeter Assessment
- Cloud Security
- Zero Trust
- AI fo Cybersecurity
- Quantum Computing
Learner Outcomes
- Define key cybersecurity terminology and foundational concepts.
- Identify common cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and attack methods.
- Understand how operating systems, networks, devices, and applications are secured.
- Explain perimeter security technologies, including firewalls, IDS, VPNs, and network defense design principles.
- Apply fundamentals of identity, authentication, and access management.
- Describe the purpose of security policies, governance, risk management, and compliance.
- Understand the basics of encryption, digital signatures, and PKI.
- Explain core operational security processes including vulnerability management, patching, auditing, monitoring, incident response, and forensics.
- Recognize introductory concepts related to Cloud Security, Zero Trust, AI for Cybersecurity, and quantum impacts.
Prerequisites
- Basic computer literacy (Windows, macOS, or Linux)
- General familiarity with IT concepts helpful but not required
- No prior cybersecurity experience is necessary
Duration
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