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Cybersecurity and the X-Factor
Course
en
English
12 h
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 4 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Introduction to the X-Factor
The X-factor within information security is human behavior within and outside your organization. Our introduction includes an overview of information security management and its goals as well as describing the problem created by non-malicious insider behavior.... - Week 2 - Security Education: Training & Awareness
Within this topic we will discuss traditional training efforts. Security education, training and awareness (SETA) programs are designed to reduce the incidence of accidental security breaches. Through the readings you will learn about the design and delivery o... - Week 3 - Reasons Why Traditional Training Efforts Fail
In this module you will understand why traditional training efforts through SETA programs may fail. You will learn about human behavior and how understanding it can help managers better leverage their security efforts. Finally, through the readings you will al... - Week 4 - Threat Intelligence
We will conclude by identifying some novel problems and practices that organizations are experiencing. You will learn about hactivism, cyberinsurance, and ransomware through popular press readings about recent security problems that landed companies on the fro...
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Mr. Andy Green
Lecturer of Information Security and Assurance
Kennesaw State University - Department of Information Systems
Michael Whitman, Ph.D., CISM, CISSP
Professor of Information Security
Information Systems
Dr. Traci Carte
Associate Professor Chair, Information Systems
Information Systems
Dr. Humayun Zafar
Associate Professor of Information Security and Assurance
Information Systems
Herbert J. Mattord, Ph.D., CISM, CISSP, CDP
Associate Professor in Information Security and Assurance
Information Systems
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