Become an IT Security Specialist

Learn the core concepts needed to secure your organization's network as an IT security specialist. In this learning path, you'll cover all the foundations of IT security: from practical skills for securing hardware and network data to the basics of cryptography and cybercrime investigation and response.

Learn the principles of IT security and cybersecurity.
Develop practical skills for securing networks.
Investigate cybercrimes and know the basics of computer forensics.

Syllabus

Courses under this program:
Course 1: IT Security Foundations: Core Concepts
-Learn the core concepts of operating system and network-level security to avoid threats and eliminate system vulnerabilities.

Course 2: Cybersecurity Foundations
-Set a rock-solid foundation for your network, users, and data by learning the basics of cybersecurity. Explore key frameworks, threats, and strategies for responding to incidents.

Course 3: IT Security Foundations: Operating System Security
-Whether you’re using Windows, macOS, or Linux, learn how to secure your operating system against attacks.

Course 4: IT Security Foundations: Network Security
-Learn how to secure an organization's network and keep your interconnected systems and data safe.

Course 5: TLS for Beginners: Securing Network Communications
-Build your proficiency in planning and managing PKI certificates for use in TLS communications.

Course 6: Cybersecurity with Cloud Computing
-Discover how to use cybersecurity to mitigate your cloud computing risk. Learn how to secure cloud services such as Amazon Web Services, Google Apps, and Azure.

Course 7: Cybersecurity Foundations: Computer Forensics
-Learn how to acquire and analyze data from computers or storage devices with computer forensics.

Course 8: Vulnerability Management in Cybersecurity: The Basics
-Learn the basics of vulnerability management. Discover why vulnerabilities exist as well as how to manage them from start to finish.

Course 9: Learning Threat Modeling for Security Professionals
-Threat modeling helps security professionals understand what can go wrong—and what to do about it. Learn to use the four-question and STRIDE frameworks for threat modeling.

Course 10: Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity
-Learn how you can use AI—with appropriate preparation and guardrails—to address complex problems in cybersecurity.

Course 11: Ethics in Cybersecurity
-Learn about the ethics of working in cybersecurity and how to have challenging conversations about those ethics.

Course 12: Soft Skills for Information Security Professionals
-Information security isn’t all ones and zeros. Learn how to communicate security concepts and proposals in terms that will resonate with audiences of all technical abilities.

Taught by

Lisa Bock, Malcolm Shore, Lisa Bock, Lisa Bock, Dan Lachance, Malcolm Shore, Jungwoo Ryoo, Lora Vaughn, Adam Shostack, Sam Sehgal, Sam Sehgal and Jerod Brennen