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Assets, Threats, and Vulnerabilities

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Develop an attacker mindset and learn tactics to stay ahead of security breaches. Explore assets, threats, and vulnerabilities, understanding how organizations protect valuable information and mitigate risk with security controls. This is the fifth course in the Google Cybersecurity Certificate, a series designed to prepare you for an entry-level cybersecurity role.

Syllabus

  • Introduction to asset security
    • Introduction to Course 5
    • Course 5 overview
    • Da'Queshia: My path to cybersecurity
    • Welcome to module 1
    • The what, why, and how of asset security
    • Understand risks, threats, and vulnerabilities
    • Tri: Life in asset security
    • Security starts with asset classification
    • Common classification requirements
    • Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Introduction to assets
    • Practice Quiz: Activity: Classify the assets connected to a home network
    • Activity Exemplar: Classify the assets connected to a home network
    • Assets in a digital world
    • The emergence of cloud security
    • Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Digital and physical assets
    • Elements of a security plan
    • The NIST Cybersecurity Framework
    • Security guidelines in action
    • Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Risk and asset security
    • Practice Quiz: Activity: Score risks based on their likelihood and severity
    • Activity Exemplar: Score risks based on their likelihood and severity
    • Wrap-up
    • Glossary terms from module 1
    • Graded Quiz: Module 1 challenge
  • Protect organizational assets
    • Welcome to module 2
    • Security controls
    • Principle of least privilege
    • The data lifecycle
    • Information privacy: Regulations and compliance
    • Heather: The importance of protecting PII
    • Practice Quiz: Activity: Determine appropriate data handling practices
    • Activity Exemplar: Determine appropriate data handling practices
    • Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Safeguard information
    • Fundamentals of cryptography
    • Public key infrastructure
    • Symmetric and asymmetric encryption
    • Resources for completing labs
    • Lab tips and troubleshooting steps
    • Activity: Decrypt an encrypted message
    • Exemplar: Decrypt an encrypted message
    • Exemplar: Decrypt an encrypted a message
    • Non-repudiation and hashing
    • The evolution of hash functions
    • Activity: Create hash values
    • Exemplar: Create hash values
    • Exemplar: Create hash values
    • Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Encryption methods
    • Access controls and authentication systems
    • The rise of SSO and MFA
    • The mechanisms of authorization
    • Why we audit user activity
    • Tim: Finding purpose in protecting assets
    • Identity and access management
    • Practice Quiz: Activity: Improve authentication, authorization, and accounting for a small business
    • Activity Exemplar: Improve authentication and authorization for a small business
    • Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Authentication, authorization, and accounting
    • Wrap-up
    • Glossary terms from module 2
    • Graded Quiz: Module 2 challenge
  • Vulnerabilities in systems
    • Welcome to module 3
    • Vulnerability management
    • Vulnerabilities of CI/CD
    • Defense in depth strategy
    • Common vulnerabilities and exposures
    • The OWASP Top 10
    • Open source intelligence
    • Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Flaws in the system
    • Vulnerability assessments
    • Approaches to vulnerability scanning
    • The importance of updates
    • Omad: My learning journey into cybersecurity
    • Penetration testing
    • Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Identify system vulnerabilities
    • Practice Quiz: Portfolio Activity: Analyze a vulnerable system for a small business
    • Portfolio Activity Exemplar: Analyze a vulnerable system for a small business
    • Protect all entry points
    • Approach cybersecurity with an attacker mindset
    • Types of threat actors
    • Niru: Adopt an attacker mindset
    • Pathways through defenses
    • Practice Quiz: Self-reflection: Approach cybersecurity with an attacker mindset
    • Fortify against brute force cyber attacks
    • Practice Quiz: Activity: Identify the attack vectors of a USB drive
    • Activity Exemplar: Identify the attack vectors of a USB drive
    • Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Cyber attacker mindset
    • Wrap-up
    • Glossary terms from module 3
    • Graded Quiz: Module 3 challenge
  • Threats to asset security
    • Welcome to module 4
    • The criminal art of persuasion
    • Social engineering tactics
    • Phishing for information
    • Types of phishing
    • Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Social engineering
    • Practice Quiz: Activity: Filter malicious emails
    • Malicious software
    • An introduction to malware
    • The rise of cryptojacking
    • Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Malware
    • Cross-site scripting (XSS)
    • Exploitable gaps in databases
    • Prevent injection attacks
    • Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Web-based exploits
    • A proactive approach to security
    • Chantelle: The value of diversity in cybersecurity
    • PASTA: The Process for Attack Simulation and Threat Analysis
    • Traits of an effective threat model
    • Practice Quiz: Activity: Apply the PASTA threat model framework
    • Activity Exemplar: Apply the PASTA threat model framework
    • Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Threat modeling
    • Wrap-up
    • Glossary terms from module 4
    • Graded Quiz: Module 4 challenge
    • Course wrap-up
    • Course 5 glossary
    • Get started on the next course
    • Course 5 resources and citations

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