Cybersecurity
Digital Forensics Introduction
Investigate security incidents. Learn evidence collection, analysis, and reporting to trace and understand digital attacks.
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Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Understand how attacks really happen and apply practical defences that protect your own devices, accounts and data and those of a small organisation.
About this course
Protect systems and data. Learn core security concepts, common threats, and defenses every professional and business needs to know.
What you will learn
- Explain confidentiality, integrity and availability and use them to prioritise what to protect
- Identify common threat actors, attack surfaces and attack vectors facing individuals and small organisations
- Recognise malware, phishing, password attacks and insider threats and respond to each correctly
- Set up multi-factor authentication, password managers and encryption for data at rest and in transit
- Plan patching, hardening and 3-2-1 backups with tested restores
- Assess and harden a home or small office network and document findings in a professional report
Curriculum
Module 1Security Foundations4 lessons
- 1The CIA Triad: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability Free preview
- 2Threat Actors and Their Motives
- 3Attack Surfaces and Vectors
- 4Security Terminology Decoded
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 2Common Threats4 lessons
- 5Malware Families Explained
- 6Phishing and Social Engineering
- 7Password Attacks
- 8Insider Threats
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 3Core Defences4 lessons
- 9Authentication and MFA
- 10Encryption Basics
- 11Patching and Hardening
- 12Backups and Recovery
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 4Security in Practice4 lessons
- 13Personal Security Hygiene
- 14Reporting and Responding to Incidents
- 15Security Careers Map
- 16Course Project: Harden a Home Network
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
PFinal project: Assess and Harden a Home or Small Office Network
Who this course is for
- Professionals and business owners who want to protect their organisation's data and money
- IT support staff and career changers building a foundation for a security role
- Anyone who wants to secure their own devices, accounts and mobile money properly
Requirements
- A computer (Windows, macOS or Linux) with internet access and permission to change its settings
- Access to the admin page of a home or office router you own or are allowed to configure
- Basic computer skills; no prior security or programming knowledge is needed
What is included
Written lessons
16 lessons, each with a practical exercise and key points to remember.
Module quizzes
A short quiz at the end of each module. Pass mark 70%, and you can retake it.
Final project
Assess and Harden a Home or Small Office Network. A practical brief with steps and a way to check your own work.
Certificate
A certificate of completion from EMFAD Courses with a unique code anyone can verify.
How the certificate works
Complete every lesson and pass every module quiz with 70% or more. Your certificate then appears in your learner area, ready to print or save as PDF. It shows your name, the course title, the completion date and a unique code. It is a certificate of completion from EMFAD Courses, not an accredited qualification.
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