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Information Security

In this course you will explore information security through some introductory material and gain an appreciation of the scope and context around the subject. This includes a brief introduction to cryptography, security management and network and computer security that allows you to begin the journey into the study of information security and develop your appreciation of some key information security concepts. The course concludes with a discussion around a simple model of the information security industry and explores skills, knowledge and roles so that you can determine and analyse potential career opportunities in this developing profession and consider how you may need to develop personally to attain your career goals. After completing the course you will have gained an awareness of key information security principles regarding information, confidentiality, integrity and availability. You will be able to explain some of the key aspects of information risk and security management, in addition, summarise some of the key aspects in computer and network security, including some appreciation of threats, attacks, exploits and vulnerabilities. You will also gain an awareness of some of the skills, knowledge and roles/careers opportunities within the information security industry.

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Rating 4.5★ based on 191 ratings
Length 6 weeks
Starts Jan 31 (118 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From University of London, Royal Holloway, University of London via Coursera
Instructors Professor Peter Komisarczuk, Professor Keith M. Martin, Dr Jorge Blasco Alis
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Language English
Subjects Programming IT & Networking
Tags Computer Science Computer Security And Networks

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I expected something more practical and less theoretical the course explain the differents kinds of behaviour in cyber security.

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great course Provides a basic knowledge of Information Security in general, and also understand each role (such as Digital Forensics, Penetration Testing, etc...) Learn from the best i got basic concepts related to information security and cyber security which will help me further in my studies.

It was corporate oriented, lacking the technical knowledge needed to perform any task related to Information Security in the real world.

I would rate as excellent the performance of Professor Keith M. Martin, it has made it very easy for me to understand the approach to cryptography.Although, I would describe Professor Jorge Blasco's pronunciation as deficient and the performance as boring so that it has been difficult to maintain attention.Best regards Excelente curso, muchas gracias a todos quienes hicieron posible la realización del mismo, fue interesante THIS COURSE REALLY HELPED ME A LOT IN LEARNING ABOUT INTERNET SECURITY I really like this course Useful and rich in valuable information This is a good course for you to explore your knowledge related to information security Útil para tener un visión general introductoria al mundo de la Seguridad de la Información A course that has good fundamentals!

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Excellent course for anyone who is interested to learn the basics of information security and standards.

I highly recommend taking this course for anyone whose interested in basics of Information security!

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excelente, indican los principios de la seguridad informatica I've learned so much...

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Thank you so much It was really awesome course.Very help full.

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Likewise, career options, standards and policies in the industry, related sites in last week are tuely useful.

Also, the last week lectures are full of information which is difficult to remember.

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I liked very much this course because i could learn about basic concepts of the information security.

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Introductory and basic level This course have been very educative and informative, it is a very good course for newbies in the Information security domain.

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Careers

An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile.

INFORMATION SECURITY DEVELOPER_INDENT - IT Security $47k

Information Security Office $71k

Information Security 1 $72k

Head, Information Security $72k

Information Security Analyst 2 3 $81k

Information Security Apprentice $84k

Engineer, Information Security $89k

Security Information Analyst $91k

Information Security Administration $108k

Information Technology/ Security $113k

Information Security - IT Specialist $121k

Information Security Expert $130k

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Rating 4.5★ based on 191 ratings
Length 6 weeks
Starts Jan 31 (118 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From University of London, Royal Holloway, University of London via Coursera
Instructors Professor Peter Komisarczuk, Professor Keith M. Martin, Dr Jorge Blasco Alis
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Programming IT & Networking
Tags Computer Science Computer Security And Networks

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