This course is designed for novice learners wanting to understand the basics of security infrastructure management. To allow for a self-paced learning experience, this course is video-free. Assignments contain short explanations with images. You'll benefit from instant feedback from a variety of assessment items along the way, gently progressing from quick understanding checks (multiple choice, fill in the blank, and un-scrambling blocks of text) to small, approachable summative assessments that take minutes instead of hours.

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This course is part of the Tools for Security Specialists Specialization.

What you'll learn

- Learners will discover how to construct a proper security system, the role monitoring plays, and how to codify this through policy.

- Learners will discover how to protect networks and physical locations.

- Learners will discover how to protect information at the application and data level.

Syllabus

Introduction to Security Infrastructure Management

Welcome to Week 1 of the Security Infrastructure Management course. These assignments cover the concepts of defense in depth, monitoring & response, and policy management. The module ends with graded summative assessments.

Network & Physical Security

Welcome to Week 2 of the Security Infrastructure Management course. These assignments cover the concepts of network defense, endpoint protection, and physical security controls. The module ends with graded summative assessments.

Data & Application Security

Welcome to Week 3 of the Security Infrastructure Management course. These assignments cover the concepts of the different types of data, the CIA triad, and application management. The module ends with graded summative assessments.

Tools for Security Specialists Specialization

Security

Security Systems

Security Infrastructure Management

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