Detecting and Mitigating Cyber Threats and Attacks

It seems anymore that you can't listen to the news without hearing of a data breach. You may have heard it said before that there are 2 types of companies out there, the ones who have been breached and those who will be breached. Defending against attackers who want to compromise assets can seem like an arduous task, but learning how attacks work and more importantly how to defend against those attacks can be very fulfilling. This specialization is designed to introduce you to practical computer security by teaching you the fundamentals of how you use security in the business world. This cours

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Created by: Greg Williams

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Computer attacks and data breaches are inevitable. It seems like every day a data breach occurs and the victims of the data breach suffer. Their information is stolen or posted online. The company's or businesses who had the breach go on, learn a little from the attack, and just give credit monitoring out as if nothing happened. What if you could help prevent a data breach in your organization? This is the third course in the Practical Computer Security specialization. This course looks at detection and mitigation of threats and attack vectors and discusses how to use tools and principles to protect information. By the end of the course you should be able to make suggestions on what type of detection and mitigation strategy is right for your systems or business given the known threats and attack vectors. You should be able to discuss what features you want in a firewall, or how cash registers or sensitive data systems should be secured. The project at the end of the course will allow you to apply what you have learned to argue what type of detection and mitigation strategies should have been employed by companies and businesses that have suffered a data breach.

Time: 9h

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Greg Williams

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Greg has taught the past 5 years in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs focusing primarily on cyber security. His full time position is within the Office of Information Technology as the Director of Operations, overseeing all network, infrastructure, and telecommunication functions for the university. He has previously been the Information Security Officer and HIPAA Security Officer for university.

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By Jeff B on 31-Dec-18

Peer-reviewed assignment was identical to a previous course.

By Rui C on 4-Nov-19

Nice course! Good communication, interesting content and i liked the course organization. Student ratings detract the grade because some feedback were just copy paste answers.The submission of the papers was confusing. The documentation was referenced in .txt however it was needed in text fields.I suggest as improvements a greater control of the requirements of the reviews.

By Basil J on 24-May-19

Awesome and great course for those who had interest in cyber security analysis. Recommended.

By Paolo F Z on 8-Mar-18

I liked this course. I wish there would have been more information, but overall it was useful.

By Bryan C on 28-Mar-18

Like the others in this series, I feel like ovrerall they are good. It could move a little faster for my tastes as there seems to be some drawing out of information a bit to ensure you maintain your subscription longer but the content is good and the instruction clear. Much better than the NYU equivilent series on Coursera.

By Lianne V on 22-Jan-18

There was more reading of articles than actually learning.

By Sait Y on 26-Sep-19

perfect course

By Michel T on 9-Sep-19

Very informative and instructive course!

By MUHAMMAD B on 21-May-19

It was a great effort of all great teacher and university

By Rammohan R on 15-Aug-19

I gained substantial knowledge by taking this course on detecting and mitigating Cyber threats and attacks.

By Rovshan S on 24-Jul-19

I think every computer or mobile users have to complete this course.

By Jafed E on 6-Jul-19

I enjoy the lectures. The professor has a good speaking and teaching style which keeps me interested. Lots of concrete math examples which make it easier to understand. Very good slides which are well formulated and easy to understand