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Overview
Cyber Security Foundations - Start Building Your Career in Cyber Defense at FutureLearn will familiarize you with cyber security essentials to help protect your organization.
You’ll learn why cyber security is important, studying real-life examples of malware attacks. You’ll also explore key defenses, such as ransomware protection and how to guard against social engineering attacks. This will be strengthened by best practices, such as password policy and mobile data security policy.
The last half of this ExpertTrack focuses on identity and access management. This will help you control access to sensitive information, to support data security and cyber resilience.
Key skills you will learn
- Data protection
- Virus recovery
- Identity and access management
- Cyber security
- Data security
- Malware protection
- Ransomware protection
- Virus protection
- Building cyber resilience
- IT security
- IT management
Programme Structure
Courses include
- Cyber Security Foundations: Why Cyber Security is Important
- Cyber Security Foundations: Common Malware Attacks and Defense Strategies
- Cyber Security Foundations: Identity and Access Management
Audience
This cyber security ExpertTrack is aimed at IT professionals who want to protect their organization from cyber attacks. If you want to understand why cyber security is important, and how to build cyber resilience, this ExpertTrack is for you.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 4 months
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Cyber Security View 44 other Short Courses in Cyber Security in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- This ExpertTrack is designed for IT professionals who want to deepen their knowledge and understanding of cyber security . It would also suit those with oversight of IT teams or responsibility for data security.
- Learners will benefit from having some professional experience within IT, but are not expected to be cyber security specialists. This ExpertTrack is designed as an introduction to cyber security.
- There are no formal entry requirements.
Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents39 USD / module≈ 39 USD / module -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents39 USD / module≈ 39 USD / module
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