This course is part of the Introduction to Cybersecurity & Risk Management Specialization

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Introduction to Cybersecurity & Risk Management SpecializationUniversity of California, Irvine

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In this course, you will learn about risk assessment techniques and how to implement a number of strategies that will ensure the protection of assets. You will learn about the relationship between assets, vulnerabilities, threats, and risks. You will also engage with a number of current case studies in the industry that illustrate the material. You will leave the course with skills relating to threat modeling and business continuity planning that have direct applications at your current job or in your future career.

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Qasim Ijaz

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University of California, Irvine

Since 1965, the University of California, Irvine has combined the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location. UCI’s unyielding commitment to rigorous academics, cutting-edge research, and leadership and character development makes the campus a driving force for innovation and discovery that serves our local, national and global communities in many ways.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

3 hours to complete

Risk Assessment

3 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 19 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Risk Management

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 12 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

Week3

Week 3

3 hours to complete

Threat Modeling

Welcome to Module 3! This week, we discuss the art of threat modeling. Being able to threat model is an important skill for security professionals, as well as other professions within the computing realm. Threat modeling can help with early identification of security issues, make the organization more efficient, and offer a better understanding of how prone the organization and its assets are to attacks.

3 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 18 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

Week4

Week 4

3 hours to complete

Business Continuity Planning

Welcome to the fourth and final module of Introduction to Risk Management! Information systems play critical role in today's business, hence it's important to have a continuity plan for information systems, as well as your other business functions. A business continuity plan enables business and its IT infrastructure to withstand any likely disruptions. Whether you're working towards a CISSP certification or a role in risk management, it is very important to understand the role business continuity plays in continuation of critical business operations.

3 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 20 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

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TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRODUCTION TO RISK MANAGEMENT

by RVDec 10, 2022

Course was very informative and gives very good idea what Risk Management is all about, and how to go about with implementation of it.

by TCMay 26, 2021

it is very good introduction to Risk with some case study to do.

by EOFeb 2, 2023

great online study with challenging assignments at the end of each week activities

by GTSep 30, 2021

I have never thought about cybersecurity and how it works. This is very interesting to learn something I never knew.

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About the Introduction to Cybersecurity & Risk Management Specialization

In this case-based Specialization, you will be introduced to the field of cybersecurity through the world of security governance and risk management.

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