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Cyber Deterrence and Resilience

Starweaver via Coursera

Overview

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Cyber Deterrence and Resilience is a practical cyber resilience training course that equips learners with the strategic and technical skills to deter attackers, withstand modern cyber threats, and recover quickly from security incidents. Designed for cybersecurity professionals, IT administrators, SOC analysts, and risk managers, this intermediate-level course explains what cyber deterrence and cyber resilience are, then demonstrates how cyber security deterrence, cyber security resilience, incident response, and continuity planning work together to strengthen organizational security. Through real-world case studies, hands-on labs, and industry frameworks such as NIST CSF and ISO standards, learners explore cyber defense strategies, resilience engineering, cyber deception techniques, and recovery planning for critical infrastructure and enterprise systems. The course also introduces defense-in-depth, threat intelligence, honeypots, business continuity and business resilience planning, and further reflects upon how to measure cyber resilience in modern digital environments. By the end of the course, learners will be able to design and evaluate a cyber deterrence strategy, implement cyber resilience frameworks, develop incident recovery plans, and apply proactive, defensive cybersecurity practices that reduce cyber risk and improve organizational readiness against evolving cyber threats.

Syllabus

  • Foundations of Cyber Deterrence
    • This module introduces the concept of deterrence, its origins, and its unique challenges in cyberspace. Learners will examine different types of deterrence strategies and the complexities of applying them in the digital domain.
  • Cyber Resilience Frameworks
    • This module introduces cyber resilience as a critical complement to deterrence. Learners will study key frameworks, principles, and implementation strategies to build stronger systems.
  • Defense and Deterrence in Practice
    • This module takes deterrence from theory to practice, teaching learners how to implement layered defenses, deception techniques, and threat intelligence as part of a deterrence strategy.
  • Building Cyber Resilience for the Future
    • This module emphasizes resilience as a long-term strategy, covering incident response, recovery planning, business continuity, and emerging trends that will shape resilience strategies.

Taught by

Gilbert George and Starweaver

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