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This course provides learners with a baseline understanding of common cyber security threats, vulnerabilities, and risks. An overview of how basic cyber attacks are constructed and applied to real systems is also included. Examples include simple Unix kernel hacks, Internet worms, and Trojan horses in software utilities. Network attacks such as distributed denial of service (DDOS) and botnet- attacks are also described and illustrated using real examples from the past couple of decades. Familiar analytic models are outlined such as the confidentiality/integrity/availability (CIA) security threat framework, and examples are used to illustrate how these different types of threats can degrade real assets. The course also includes an introduction to basic cyber security risk analysis, with an overview of how threat-asset matrices can be used to prioritize risk decisions. Threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks are examined and mapped in the context of system security engineering methodologies....

Top reviews

PH

Jun 28, 2020

Ed is a very engaging instructor and tries to make the content applicable and understandable. I would recommend this course for anyone who is looking for an introduction to the world of cybersecurity!

HI

Mar 4, 2020

I'm so glad I could complete this course as I look forward to continuing other courses on Cyber attacks. Its been helpful as it gave me the background knowledge as to what is needed in Cyber Security.

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Dec 18, 2017

Great practice classes

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Aug 8, 2023

it having cool stuff

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May 13, 2020

A good introduction.

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Dec 9, 2020

A very good course

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By Graham H

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Jul 30, 2022

Dear Professor Ed,

Thank you for this class. I have some thoughts about it:

Shoehorning "Fraud" into the CIA model is not useful. Fraud is simply a breach of confidentiality and sometimes availability. It's not a separate category, and framing it as one muddies the waters.

At least 2 of the required reading links in this course have expired. I haven't found any tools that will accept a list of URLs and notify you if any of them begin to 404, but it would be trivial to write such a piece of code to run as a service somewhere. Then you'll know if students aren't able to access the resources of your class anymore. Of course, the other option would be for you or NYU to self-host the PDFs required in this course instead of relying on 3rd party sites.

Overall, I thought this was a good introdution to cybersecurity. I wish it had covered more material but it has certainly piqued my interest and I will be taking other courses in this specialization. Thank you Professor Ed!

Sincerely,

Graham Home