LII:Information Security: Introduction to Information Security
Title: Information Security: Introduction to Information Security
Author for citation: Aspen Olmsted and Justin Cappos
License for content: Unknown
Publication date: 2021
This is a New York University course that is released on the edX platform. The five-week course is designed as "a self-paced course that provides an introduction to information security and cybersecurity." The course is free to take, with a Verified Certificate of completion available for $166. (Note that the free Audit track expires January 3, 2022.) The course requires on average eight to 10 hours a week of effort.
The edX course description:
"This is a self-paced course that provides an introduction to information security and cybersecurity. Among the topics covered are Security Design Principles, Threat Modeling, and Security Policy. Students gain a broad overview of Information Security and Privacy (ISP) through high-level ISP concepts. We discuss both traditional design principles and principles that were developed to design secure systems. We'll talk about several examples of insecure design and techniques to improve the design. We take an in-depth dive into creating models to measure potential threats. We also talk about risk and ways of managing and measuring the risk to assets. We conclude by taking an in-depth look at different security policy models, including the Bell-La Padula (BLP) Model, the Biba Integrity Model, Lipner's Model, and Clark-Wilson Integrity Model. Next, we consider the practical aspects of the implementation of the policy models."
NOTE: "This is the 1st course in the intermediate, undergraduate-level offering that makes up the larger Cybersecurity Fundamentals MicroBachelors Program."
About the authors
The instructors for this course are Aspen Olmsted and Justin Cappos. See each professor's profile for full details.
General layout and contents of the course
The course is split into four modules and a final exam. The titles of each module are:
- Week 1 - Introduction to Information Security
- Week 2 - Security Design Principles
- Week 3 - Threat Modeling
- Week 4 - Security Policy
- Week 5 - Final Exam
The course
: The course can be found on the edX site, under the Computer Science category. Access to the class started earlier in the fall. Note the free audit track closes January 3, 2022.
