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Udacity

Fundamentals of Defending Systems

via Udacity

Overview

In this course, you will begin your exploration into the role of a security analyst. You will learn about the core principles and philosophies that drive work in the security field. Then, you will discover physical, logical, and administrative controls, their industry-recognized frameworks, and how to apply them to secure a network, system, or application. Lastly, you will apply security concepts to create defensible, resilient network architecture.

Syllabus

  • Introduction to the Analyst Role
    • This lesson is an introduction to the Security Analyst role and how that role fits into an organization.
  • Core Frameworks and Principles
    • This lesson provides the underlying philosophy and objectives for your work as an Analyst. Through real examples, you'll explore a variety of attack vectors and threat modeling strategies.
  • Controls
    • This lesson is a broad survey of the families of security controls and provides opportunities to work with some of the technical mechanisms used to prevent security challenges.
  • Defensible Network Architecture
    • This lesson focuses on improving your organization's posture by applying control concepts to design infrastructure that is more resistant to intrusion.
  • Project - Planning for Security Controls
    • For your final project, you will assume the role of an Information Security Analyst for an industrial manufacturing company located in the Midwest Unites States.

Taught by

Richard Phung

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