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Sep 13, 2024
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2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog
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CNT 105 - Cybersecurity Principles
Description: Foundation knowledge and essentials skills in all security domains in the cyber world - information security, systems security, network security, mobile security, physical security, ethics and laws, related technologies, defense and mitigation techniques used in protecting businesses.
Credits: 3
Lecture: 2
Lab: 2
Course Content:
- Characteristics of cybersecurity world
- The McCumber Cube
- Malware and malicious code
- Protecting secrets using cryptography
- Ensuring integrity
- High availability
- Defending systems and devices
- Cybersecurity domains
Learning Outcomes:
- Investigate the cybersecurity world, criminals, and professionals. (1)
- Explain the principles of confidentiality, integrity, and availability as they relate to data states and cybersecurity countermeasures. (2)
- Differentiate the types of malware and malicious code. (3)
- Outline technologies, products, and procedures used to protect confidentiality. (4)
- Describe the processes used to ensure integrity including digital signatures and certificates. (5)
- Explain the concepts of high availability and the technologies, products, and procedures used to provide high availability. (6)
- Discuss how technologies, processes, and procedures protect systems. (7)
- Explore ethics and cybersecurity laws. (8)
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