BTEC HND in Computing - U10 - Cyber Security

About This Course

This unit has been designed to develop your knowledge and understanding in relation to cyber threats and vulnerabilities, cyber defense techniques and incident response. You will explore fundamental principles as well as leading-edge concepts, terminologies, models, and hardening methods. On successful completion of the unit, you will have explored the nature of cybercrime and cyber threat actors, assess the types of malicious activity and potential targets, the role everyone has for maintaining cyber resilience, and investigated strategic responses to cyber security threats.

By the end of this unit, you will be able to:

1. Explore the nature of cybercrime and cyber threat actors.

2. Investigate cyber security threats and hazards.

3. Examine the effectiveness of information assurance concepts applied to ICT infrastructure.

4. Investigate incident response methods to cyber security threats.