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Fundamentals of Computer Security

Offered By: Santa Monica College via California Community Colleges System

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Computer Security Courses Cybersecurity Courses Network Security Courses Risk Assessment Courses Malware Courses Viruses Courses Worms Courses Security Policies Courses Threat Modeling Courses

Course Description

Overview

In this introductory course students will learn how to defend and protect critical computer assets from various security threats including computer worms and viruses. This course will describe fundamental techniques and principles for modeling and analyzing security. Students will learn how to express security requirements, translate requirements into policies, implement mechanisms that enforce policy, and ensure that these policies are effective. Current industry best practices for safeguarding computer resources will be discussed. Various case studies will outline the typical way that security failures get exploited by attackers and how these attacks can be discovered, understood, and countered.

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