Overview

Indicative content includes:

• Types of actors within the security field.
• The '3As' of security.
• Types and methods of attack and defence.
• Network segmentation and firewalling
• The Layered Protection Model
• Encryption, and the guarantees it can provide.
• Data Protection and Social Engineering.

Learning Outcomes

• Analyse common vulnerabilities in computers, networks and systems.

• Apply relevant security theory to design a system for security.

• Explain the key principles behind encryption and apply them to enhance security.

• Identify common threat vectors and the layered responses to them.