Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Learn defensive security: risk, identity and access, phishing, networks, encryption, secure web principles, monitoring, incident response and recovery — in safe, authorised labs.
- Planned 30 days
- About 2 h per day
- 6 planned modules
This course is in development and not yet available for purchase. The planned curriculum below is a draft and may change before launch.
Overview
A defensive, ethics-first introduction to cybersecurity. You learn the CIA triad, threats, vulnerabilities and risk, identity and access management, passwords and multi-factor authentication, phishing recognition, operating-system and network fundamentals, encryption concepts, secure web principles and common web risks, secure coding concepts, logging and monitoring, incident response, backup and recovery, vulnerability management, privacy, documentation, and the legal and ethical boundaries of security work. All practical work uses intentionally vulnerable training environments or systems you own or are authorised to test.
What you will be able to do
- Assess risk using threats, vulnerabilities and impact
- Apply identity, password and multi-factor authentication best practice
- Recognise phishing and common attack patterns
- Explain network, encryption and secure web fundamentals
- Plan logging, monitoring, incident response and recovery
- Work within legal and ethical boundaries
Before you start
- Comfortable using a computer and the internet
Planned curriculum
A draft outline of the modules being written. Lessons are not available yet, and the outline may change after expert review.
Availability
This course is not on sale yet. It becomes available only after its lessons, assessments and resources pass Yumeora's review. When published, it is planned to be included in Yumeora All-Access.