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CYS345 Cybersecurity Defense in Depth

• Department Cybersecurity
• Level Upper
• Format Online
• Credits 3

Description

The course examines the world of cybersecurity risks and defenses that possess significant threats to governments and businesses. This course will provide knowledge, skills, and techniques to identify and address the many cybersecurity threats facing our world today. This course will provide a framework for current and future cybersecurity threats by first examining the history of cybersecurity. The course will then apply lessons learned in the past to current cybersecurity risks and defenses. Additionally, the course will attempt to predict future cybersecurity concerns and the necessary preparations needed to defend against them. Lastly, this course will examine how IT (Information Technology) security threats are constantly evolving and provide insight into cybersecurity defenses from a business and government perspective using real-world scenarios to demonstrate actual cybersecurity threats and the strategies used to defend against those threats. The course aligns with and will assist students in preparing for two industry certification programs: TestOut Security Pro and CompTIA Security+.

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Prerequisites

This course does not require any prerequisites.

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