Introduction to Computer Security

University of London via Coursera

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Syllabus

Introduction to Computer Systems and Security

In Week 1, we introduce computer systems and the need for security and services provided.

Computer Architecture and Operating Systems

Week 2 continues our introduction to computer systems and security and allows us to explore computer systems and security further.

Operating systems control, authentication, authorisation and accounting

Week 3 provides an introduction to computer authentication, authorisation and accounting, which are key computer systems security functions.

Computer systems and networking

In week 4 we introduce networking, network protocols, some of the network features in the operating system and review computer system security.

Overview

The purpose of this short four-week course is to introduce the topic of computer system security. We initially look at a short basic introduction to computer system core components and functions and then extend this to consider a variety of topics from hardware to applications. Throughout we provide pointers to openly available materials for background and further reading to explore the topics. We refer to the Cyber Security Body of Knowledge (CyBOK) as a reference for cyber security knowledge,

Skills

Reviews

Covers all fundamentals very well in the time given; however, should expand on cloud & software defined networks in future