Detecting and Mitigating Cyber Threats and Attacks (Coursera)

By the end of the course you should be able to make suggestions on what type of detection and mitigation strategy is right for your systems or business given the known threats and attack vectors. You should be able to discuss what features you want in a firewall, or how cash registers or sensitive data systems should be secured. The project at the end of the course will allow you to apply what you have learned to argue what type of detection and mitigation strategies should have been employed by companies and businesses that have suffered a data breach.

Course 3 of 4 in the Cybersecurity for Business Specialization

Syllabus

WEEK 1

Introduction and Firewalls

Welcome! This week we'll explore firewalls as they are usually the first line of defense against a threat or attack.

WEEK 2

Intrusion Detection and Prevention

This module will cover intrusion detection and prevention, which is one of the most essential concepts in looking at how threats and attacks are detected and mitigated.

WEEK 3

Detection and Prevention tools

This module covers intrusion detection and prevention tools used for both networks and systems. There will be demos of the tools so that you can understand how they might protect your network or systems better.

WEEK 4

Attacks are Inevitable - Case Study

This module will focus on attacks and how detection and response makes the world of difference when responding to an attack.

WEEK 5

Understanding detection and mitigation

This module is the course project. You will review data breaches and understand how they were detected and mitigated.