Cybersecurity Essentials

Manchester Libraries

Description

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In partnership with CISCO Netacad we provide self-paced introductory courses which enable you to take your first steps on your path to becoming an IT professional.

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The Cybersecurity Essentials course develops foundational understanding of cybersecurity and how it relates to information and network security. The course introduces students to characteristics of cyber crime, security principles, technologies, and procedures to defend networks. Through interactive, multimedia content, lab activities, and multi-industry case studies, students build technical and professional skills to pursue careers in cybersecurity.
•    Learn procedures to implement data confidentiality, integrity, availability and security controls on networks, servers and applications.
•    Understand security principles and how to develop security policies that comply with cybersecurity laws.
•    Apply skills through practice, using labs and Cisco Packet Tracer activities.

Where can you complete this course?
On a library computer*    no
On your own device using library wi-fi    yes
Over the Internet from home    yes

*This course contains a Lab element which will not run over the Library firewall. The other elements of the course will work properly in the Library. The course will run in full on your own device using library wi-fi, or over the Internet at home.