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IBM

Cybersecurity Compliance Framework & System Administration

IBM via Coursera

Overview

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This course gives you the background needed to understand the key cybersecurity compliance and industry standards. This knowledge will be important for you to learn no matter what cybersecurity role you would like to acquire or have within an organization.

You will learn the basic commands for user and server administration as it relates to security. You will need this skill to be able to understand vulnerabilities within your organizations operating systems.

You will learn the concepts of endpoint security and patch management. Both of these topics are important to keep systems current to avoid cybersecurity incidents against an organization.

Finally you will learn in depth skills around cryptography and encryption to understand how these concepts affect software within a company.

This course is intended for anyone who wants to gain a basic understanding of Security Frameworks, Compliance, endpoint management, encryption or cryptography or as the third course in a series of courses to gain the skill as a Jr Cybersecurity analyst.

Syllabus

  • Compliance Frameworks and Industry Standards
    • In this module you will learn the importance of understanding compliance frameworks and industry standards as it relates to Cybersecurity. You will learn about and investigate additional resources from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the American Institute of CPAs and the Center for Internet Security. You will learn different industry standards for Healthcare and the Payment Card industries.
  • Client System Administration, Endpoint Protection and Patching
    • In this module you will learn about client system administration, endpoint protection and patching. You will learn the differences between endpoint protection; endpoint protection and detection; and unified endpoint management. You will learn what patching is and the patching process most organizations execute to secure their environments from threats.
  • Server and User Administration
    • In this module you will learn about user management for Windows and Linux. You will also learn about security vulnerabilities for both operating systems and key components that you should be aware of as you develop skill in the Cybersecurity industry.
  • Cryptography and Compliance Pitfalls
    • In this module you will learn about cryptography and encryption through the eyes of a penetration tester. You will learn about common pitfalls organizations face with cryptography especially when developing products. You will learn the different digital states of data including Data at Rest, Data in Use and Data in Transit. You will learn about hashing and how it relates to encryption.
  • Linux and Encryption: Final Project

Taught by

IBM Security Learning Services

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4.7 rating at Coursera based on 3142 ratings

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    Tim Kaminski @ttffkk
    I am still missing some relevant Facts. It had 4 sections, 2 mostly talking about the legal foundations of compliance and 2 about System Administration. I had better courses on System Administration in Uni before. Audio was 3/10 cause all videos were recordings of speakers from live events on Zoom.

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