Introduction to Cybersecurity

This is the first course in the Cybersecurity Foundations Certificate. The Cybersecurity Foundations certificate will introduce you to the core concepts and practices of the field of cybersecurity. The goal of this first course is to provide a foundation in cybersecurity by exploring critical topics in the field such as:

• The security mindset
• identity and access management
• Cryptography, password cracking, and steganography
• Network attacks, securing a network, and intrusion detection
• Application security
• Using Linux
• Cloud security
• Privacy on the Internet: Ethical, legal and technical issues

It is recommended that before beginning this certificate program, students should have prior programming experience, especially Python, and some knowledge of basic Linux commands.

Although this course can be taken as a stand-alone offering, it is also designed to integrate with (and be a companion to) the program Data Structures and Algorithms (12 credits, fall quarter). This class can be completed completed completely online, but on campus class meetings are an option for interested students. 

There will be lectures, hands-on labs, homework assignments, and tests. If you have questions, you can send email to Richard at weissr@evergreen.edu. This is the first of four courses that must be taken in sequential order which comprise the Cybersecurity Foundations Certificate at Evergreen. For more information visit: https://www.evergreen.edu/certificates/cybersecurity-foundations.