Intro to Information Security: A Course Overview

5+ Hours of Video Instruction - Introduction to Information Security LiveLessons provides technical professionals with a relatively brief, high-level overview of information security concepts, including the fundamental steps needed to secure a system, the types of threats and vulnerabilities they may encounter, and what steps can and should be taken to mitigate those threats and vulnerabilities.

Description
Information security directly impacts virtually every type of business. While related issues appear in the media more and more, it’s typically in a fragmented fashion that really doesn’t help give the people tasked with protecting organizational data and other assets a “big picture” view of what the real threats and vulnerabilities are, or what steps should be taken to mitigate them. In this video training, Scott offers a relatively brief, coherent high-level overview of the various types of threats and what steps can and should be taken in response.

Skill Level
* Beginner
* Intermediate

What You Will Learn
* A fundamental understanding of information security threats and vulnerabilities
* The basic steps taken to protect a network
* Mistakes people make and how to counter them
* A fundamental understanding of the non-technical aspects of securing a network
* The basics of reacting to a security incident

Who Should Take This Course
* Technical professionals with non-security backgrounds who have been assigned security responsibilities.
* Any professionals, executives, etc. with fundamental technical knowledge who wish to get a basic, high-level overview of security issues in a relatively brief format

Course Requirements
* Basic understanding of computers, mobile devices, and related technological concepts
* Familiarity with basic networking and server technology