Course: TIA.M.SRI18.1 Securitatea rețelelor informatice | ELSE

    • Cybersecurity Essentials

      All about defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from malicious attacks.

    • A CISCO-based course on cybersecutiry essentials

      Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks. These cyberattacks are usually aimed at accessing, changing, or destroying sensitive information; extorting money from users; or interrupting normal business processes.
      Implementing effective cybersecurity measures is particularly challenging today because there are more devices than people, and attackers are becoming more innovative.

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    • Chapter 8: Becoming a Cybersecurity Specialist

    • Welcome to The Five Nines Concept

          The advancement of technology provided a number of devices used in society on a daily basis that interconnects the world. This increased connectivity, though, results in increased risk of theft, fraud, and abuse throughout the technology infrastructure. This chapter categorizes the information technology infrastructure into seven domains. Each domain requires the proper security controls to meet the requirements of the CIA triad.
           The chapter discusses the laws that affect technology and cybersecurity requirements. Many of these laws focus on different types of data found in various industries and contain privacy and information security concepts. Several agencies within the U.S. government regulate an organization’s compliance with these types of laws. The cybersecurity specialist needs to understand how the law and the organization’s interests help to guide ethical decisions. Cyber ethics looks at the effect of the use of computers and technology on individuals and society.
           Organizations employ cybersecurity specialists in many different positions, such as penetration testers, security analysts, and other network security professionals. Cybersecurity specialists help protect personal data and the ability to use network based services. The chapter discusses the pathway to becoming a cybersecurity specialist. Finally, this chapter discusses several tools available to cybersecurity specialists.