CYBER RISK AND CYBER DEFENCE
The course is designed to give experienced telecoms and computer network professionals additional specialist cybersecurity skills, allowing them to focus on how end to end network protection is optimised. For executives without a background in networking, who are tasked with protecting their company against cyber-attacks, the course provides an appreciation of network vulnerabilities used by hackers, and the techniques used to thwart them. Internet users will gain valuable insights on how to keep themselves protected and to prevent exposure to vulnerable network.
Features include: Describe the strengths and weaknesses of defence mechanisms which are deployed by end users, network administrators, and network operators to overcome security threats.
Appreciate the evolution of the technology involved in cybersecurity, including concepts such as encryption, firewalls, layering, redundancy, identity and authentication. Appreciate the increasing importance of cybersecurity in internet based products, particularly arising from the growth in cloud computing. Develop a war gaming approach to testing the security of networks
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