Cybersecurity Compliance and System Administration

This course is a part of IBM Cybersecurity Fundamentals, a 4-course Professional Certificate series from edX.

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In this course you will hear from IBM Cybersecurity specialists who will share their expertise from supporting some of the world’s largest organizations.

Various compliance and industry standards will be discussed including standards from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Center of Internet (CIS) controls and International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Global considerations will be addressed around the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Data protection regulations concerning personal data including phone number, credit card information and other sensitive data for healthcare and credit cards are reviewed.

You will learn the basic commands for user and server administration as it relates to information security. You will need this skill to be able to understand vulnerabilities within your organizations operating systems.

You will learn the concepts of endpoint security and patch management. Both of these topics are important to keep systems current to avoid cybersecurity risks against an organization.

Finally you will learn in depth skills around cryptography and encryption to understand how these concepts affect software within a company.

What you'll learn

• Describe the challenges organizations face which require compliance and regulation.
• Describe the key privacy and data protection requirements for GDPR.
• Define the three rules established as standards for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
• Describe the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
• Describe the differences between basic, foundational and organizational Center for Internet Security (CIS) controls.
• Describe the basics of endpoint protection and response.
• Understand why patching is important to avoid cybersecurity threats.
• Describe the principle of least privileges.
• Describe Windows and Linux security management considerations.
• Define cryptography and encryption.
• Define common pitfalls of cryptography.