About this MicroBachelors
This program will teach you core cybersecurity competencies including information security, network security and penetration testing. This exposure will allow the student to better understand the different opportunities available for employment in the cybersecurity sector. Demand for cybersecurity is exploding in both the United States and worldwide. The courses will utilize both python scripting and tool usage to give the students hands-on experience penetrating and defending systems. In addition to the applied cybersecurity labs, students will also gain an understanding of the complexity in defending business systems both today and in the future. Students looking for careers in information technology, risk management, cyber defense, cyber threats, cybercrime, digital forensics, incident response, IT Security, computer networking, cybersecurity risks, information assurance, intrusion detection, risk assessment, security analysis, and vulnerability management can all benefit from the material in the courses.
This program covers much of the material that is assessed on the
. Upon program completion, verified track learners will receive a 36% discount code for the CompTIA Security+ exam.
What you'll learn
- Apply a security mindset while remaining ethical.
- Implement security design principles.
- Explain the core concepts of access control.
- Implement reference monitors.
- Apply security policies that are commonly used in modern operating systems.
- Analyze the security of a basic secure system.
- Explain virtualization and the impact on security and efficiency.
- 8. Think and work like an ethical penetration tester, implementing a repeatable and mature methodology that is tailored for each assessment.
- With a given target, successfully identify vulnerabilities, score their risk, and explain mitigations.
- Responsibly disclose findings in a professional report that can be used to recreate the exploit, explain the impact to the target, and prioritize each finding.
- Enumerate target hosts, domains, exposures, and attack surface.
- Identify flaws and vulnerabilities in applications, websites, networks, systems, protocols, and configurations using both manual techniques and assistive tools.
- Reverse engineer compiled applications to discover exploitable weaknesses.
- Write new exploits to test various types of vulnerabilities on clients, against servers, and to escalate privileges.
- Demonstrate the fundamentals of secure network design.
- Understand the issues involved with providing secure networks.
- Analyze underlying cryptography required for secure communications, authorization and authorization.
- Enumerate the issues involved with providing secure networks.
| From | New York University via edX |
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| Hours | 408 |
| Instructors | Aspen Olmsted, Justin Cappos |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Programming |
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Courses in this MicroBachelors
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Information Security - Introduction to Information Security This is the 1st course in the intermediate, undergraduate-level offering that makes up the larger Cybersecurity Fundamentals MicroBachelors Program. We recommend taking them in... edX | New York University |
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Information Security - Authentication and Access Control This is the 2nd course in the intermediate, undergraduate-level offering that makes up the larger Cybersecurity Fundamentals MicroBachelors Program. We recommend taking them in... edX | New York University |
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Information Security - Advanced topics This is the 3rd course in the intermediate, undergraduate-level offering that makes up the larger Cybersecurity Fundamentals MicroBachelors Program. We recommend taking them in... edX | New York University |
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Network Security - Introduction to Network Security This is the 4th course in the intermediate, undergraduate-level offering that makes up the larger Cybersecurity Fundamentals MicroBachelors Program. We recommend taking them in... edX | New York University |
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This is the 5th course in the intermediate, undergraduate-level offering that makes up the larger Cybersecurity Fundamentals MicroBachelors Program. We recommend taking them in... edX | New York University |
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Network Security - Advanced Topics This is the 6th course in the intermediate, undergraduate-level offering that makes up the larger Cybersecurity Fundamentals MicroBachelors Program. We recommend taking them in... edX | New York University |
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Penetration Testing - Discovering Vulnerabilities This is the 7th course in the intermediate, undergraduate-level offering that makes up the larger Cybersecurity Fundamentals MicroBachelors Program. We recommend taking them in... edX | New York University |
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Penetration Testing - Exploitation This is the 8th course in the intermediate, undergraduate-level offering that makes up the larger Cybersecurity Fundamentals MicroBachelors Program. We recommend taking them in... edX | New York University |
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Penetration Testing - Post Exploitation This is the 8th course in the intermediate, undergraduate-level offering that makes up the larger Cybersecurity Fundamentals MicroBachelors Program. We recommend taking them in... edX | New York University |
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| From | New York University via edX |
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| Hours | 408 |
| Instructors | Aspen Olmsted, Justin Cappos |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Programming |
Careers
An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).
Organizer - State Issues $40k
Issues Management & Policy Analysis Coordinator - External Relations $57k
Issues Management Specialist $61k
Special Writer, Diversity issues $63k
Active/Involved Member $65k
Issues Management Coordinator $66k
Health Scientist (Policy and Issues Management) $78k
Communications/ Issues Management $88k
Marketing Manager-Quality and Regulatory Issues $95k
Senior Issues Management $102k
Issues Management Manager $102k
Counsel, Alaska Issues $179k
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