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Cybersecurity for Business

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Overview

Learn how to protect your business against cyber attacks with your cybersecurity team, risk management, an incident response plan, and more!

Whether you have a large company or a small startup, you have valuable, sensitive data. As cyber threats mount these days, you need to take steps to protect your company against the next attack.



### Take-Away Skills

Cybersecurity for Business provides you with the fundamental knowledge you need to protect your business against cyber attacks. You'll learn how to build a strong cybersecurity team and culture, recognize account and device security best practices for your organization, explore risk management and staff training best practices, learn to create an incident response plan, and more!

Syllabus

  • Introduction to Cybersecurity for Business: Learn how cybersecurity can protect your business, how the field has evolved, and the three pillars of an effective cybersecurity team.
    • Article: Introduction to Cybersecurity for Business
    • Informational: Introducing Cybersecurity History & Standards
    • Article: The Evolution of Cybersecurity
    • Article: Building an Effective Cybersecurity Team
    • Article: Security Standards, Regulations, & Frameworks
  • Employee Account and Device Security: Learn about some best practices for employee accounts and devices — passwords, permissions, and more! Oh my!
    • Article: Employee and User Account Policies
    • Article: Personal Security Best Practices
    • Article: Personal Security: Hardening Your Device
    • Article: Windows Hardening
    • Article: Linux Hardening
  • Employee Security Awareness Training: What cybersecurity training does your staff need and how often? Learn how to build an effective security culture at your organization.
    • Article: Employee Security Awareness Training
  • Third-Party Risk Management: What risks are acceptable? Which aren't? Learn to mitigate common cybersecurity risks from using third-party products and services.
    • Article: Third-Party Risk Management
  • Preparing for Incidents and Looking Ahead: Prepare for cyber attacks with an incident response playbook, plus check out case studies and exciting future developments in Cybersecurity!
    • Article: Creating an Incident Response Playbook
    • Article: Case Studies: Notable Breaches
    • Article: Trending Topics in Cybersecurity (2020s)

Taught by

Kenny Lin

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4.6 rating at Codecademy based on 104 ratings

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