Cybersecurity: A Systems Approach

  • Overview
  • Course Content
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Overview

Cybersecurity: A Systems Approach

Course Description

As many business sectors become increasingly information centric and network reliant, cybersecurity is becoming a critical pillar of the enterprise. Cybersecurity: A Systems Approach explores information security vulnerabilities and how to approach cybersecurity resilience as a complex system. Examine effective frameworks for assessing and managing information security within an enterprise architecture, approaching challenges from a top-down systems engineering approach. Practice newly learned techniques through workshop exercises that explore topics such as identifying vulnerabilities, defining threats, assessing risk, and designing a security plan.

Course Content

INFORMATION SECURITY PRINCIPLES

  • Confidentiality, integrity, availability
  • Identification, authentication, authorization, and audit
  • Identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING APPROACH

  • Requirements analysis
  • System analysis control
  • Functional analysis
  • Design synthesis

VULNERABILITIES, THREATS, AND EXPLOITATIONS

  • Attack surface
  • Threat actors and threat vectors
  • Stages of attack
  • Modern malware
  • Insider threat

PROTECTIONS AND DEFENSES

  • Secure software design
  • Defensive technologies
  • Business continuity planning
  • Cryptography
  • Penetration testing

RISK REDUCTION

  • Risk management frameworks
  • Systems engineering approach to design secure systems
Requirements & Materials

Materials

  • Downloadable course content will be available in the Canvas LMS

Session Details

  • Special Discounts: Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) employees are eligible to receive a discount.  If you are a GTRI employee, please go to the Organizational Development website and look for the coupon code under GT Professional Development. Review coupon instructions for more information.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for managers, engineers, and other technical professionals with growing responsibility for cybersecurity design, administration, management, or network administration. It also applies to professionals in government or data-rich industries, such as energy, finance, healthcare and defense, whose roles are highly impacted by the security of data, as well as professionals moving into cybersecurity roles.

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What You Will Learn

  • Information security principles
  • Systems engineering approach
  • Vulnerabilities, threats, and exploitations
  • Protections and defenses
  • Cryptography
  • Risk reduction
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How You Will Benefit

  • Develop foundational knowledge of the principles of information security and the nature of cyber defense.
  • Understand how systems engineering processes are effectively applied to securing complex, connected systems.
  • Develop a linkage between enterprise architecture and business processes.
  • Learn techniques for evaluating threats and risk so that you can make proactive decisions to reduce the impact of security breaches.
  • Develop and practice your skills for assessing risk/threats, designing a security plan and providing a path for business continuity in the event of a security incident.
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The course schedule was well-structured with a mix of lectures, class discussions, and hands-on exercises led by knowledgeable and engaging instructors.

- Abe Kani
President

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