About this course: The world runs on computers. Your watch, your TV, your car. You might be familiar on how to operate each of these. Your home computer you are even more familiar with operating it. But what does it take to really take computer systems to the next level? - The enterprise level. In this course we discuss what makes home computing systems different from enterprise computing systems. This course will also help you prepare and design your own home lab to explore enterprise operating systems. This course is for anyone who is exploring what it might take to have a job as a system administrator or for those who are already specialized in one area of system management and would like to move to another. This course may also be for those who are looking to understand how computer security plays an important role in system management. At the end of the course, you will also be able to illustrate how different enterprise technologies play role in computing at an enterprise level. You will also be able to discuss the three pillars of the CIA triad and how they apply to enterprise systems. While there is no technical and software component installs necessary for the completion of this course, supplemental how-to guides will be provided if you wish to follow along on the technical portion presented during the course.
Created by: University of Colorado System
Taught by: Greg Williams, Lecturer
Department of Computer Science
| Basic Info | Course 1 of 4 in the Computer Security and Systems Management Specialization |
| Level | Beginner |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
It's not that different from my home computer is it? Why home computing doesn't map to enterprise computing
Welcome and Introduction to Enterprise System Management and Security
7 videos, 4 readings
- Reading: Welcome!
- Reading: About this course
- Reading: Resources for building your own test environment
- Discussion Prompt: Why are you interested in this course?
- Video: Introduction
- Video: About the Instructor
- Video: Don't I just trust what Apple, Microsoft, and the other guys tell me?
- Video: What is Personal Computing?
- Video: What is Enterprise Computing?
- Video: What Roles are there in System Management?
- Video: What is Going to Prepare Me for Practical System Management?
- Reading: Lecture Slides
Graded: Personal and Enterprise Computing
WEEK 2
Doesn't everything work on wireless? An introduction to enterprise networking
This module discusses network and why we need to learn network as part of system management overall.
2 videos, 5 readings, 1 practice quiz
- Video: Why Do We Need to Learn Networking?
- Reading: Addressing
- Reading: Subnetting
- Reading: Network Addressing and Subnetting Explained from Cisco
- Video: OSI Model
- Reading: OSI Model Breakdown links
- Reading: Lecture Slides
- Practice Quiz: Addressing and Sub-netting Practice
- Discussion Prompt: Everyday networking
Graded: Networking
WEEK 3
What is virtualization
This module covers the fundamentals of virtualization and how we use virtualization in the enterprise to perform work.
4 videos, 2 readings
- Video: What is Virtualization?
- Video: Types of Virtualization
- Video: When to use and not use virtualization
- Video: Your Computer vs. an Enterprise System
- Reading: Lecture Slides
- Discussion Prompt: Virtual Everything!
- Reading: Overview of Virtualization from VMware
Graded: Virtualization
WEEK 4
Isn't my computer already protected? Good system management starts with knowing security
4 videos, 4 readings
- Video: Why information security in the first place?
- Reading: FIPS 199
- Video: What is a secure computer?
- Video: Risk in System Management
- Video: Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability
- Reading: TED Talk
- Reading: Lecture Slides
- Discussion Prompt: This week in security news...
- Reading: Confidentiality and data breaches
Graded: Information Security
WEEK 5
Course Project - BYOD
This is the project for the course.
1 reading
- Reading: Suggested BYOD articles
Graded: An assessment of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
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Ratings and Reviews
Great course.
I encountered an issue in one of the questions of one of the quizzes. Sometimes, there seems to be an unclear line of thought in the explanations. I liked the tour of the facility in the beginning, I geeked out when I saw the equipment. I would have given this a 4.7 out of 5 (please fix this star rating system, Coursera).
The course material is good. References are given nicely. Properly phased out over five weeks.
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Really nice.