Prepare for a cyber security career in the future

For anyone considering or developing their career in cyber security, it’s crucial to be prepared for the future of network security and defence.

This two-week course will call on everything you’ve learnt in the previous items within this cyber security ExpertTrack as you look at network security posture.

Investigate emerging cyber security issues like hacking and AI

This course explores future issues in security including network risk and technological considerations. You’ll have the opportunity to look at artificial intelligence, state hacking, quantum technologies, satellites, reliance on technology and the Internet of Things.

Discover quantum technologies and practical approaches

You’ll consider collaborative working and data sharing, cyber threat intelligence, and the human factor. Every theory relates to a practical way that you can better create a secure network in a professional setting.

Explore the desired network security posture

Having awareness of security posture means considering several technical, operational, business, and global factors, including known vulnerabilities, security infrastructure and network and computing security architecture.

This course covers the complexities of managing the relationship between the desired network security posture and the true network security posture.

You’ll have the chance to examine this from the perspectives of testing, monitoring and audit, including advanced protection methods.

Syllabus

Week 1
Future Risk and Technological Considerations
- Welcome
  Welcome to a new week of Network Defence Management.
- Future risk and technological considerations
  In this activity, we will look at risk appetite and review some of the technological innovations and trends driving cyber security challenges and solutions.
- A summary of the week
  A review of the week and your chance to reflect on your learning.
Week 2
Quantum Technologies and Practical Approaches
- Welcome back
  Welcome back to the final week of Network Defence Management.
- Quantum technologies and practical approaches
  In this final activity, we examine quantum technologies, the concept of collaborative working and data sharing, reviewing internal approaches to defence, along with the ongoing weakness of the human factor.
- A summary of the week
  A review of the week and your chance to reflect on your learning.
- Further reading
  Reading lists for all five short courses.

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What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Demonstrate awareness of the future needs of network defence management
Assess the future needs of network defence management
Demonstrate an understanding of network defence management alignment to risk appetite
Critically assess network defence management horizons

Who is the course for?

This course is for anyone looking to build their understanding of cyber security and network defence management.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

Established
1992
Location
Coventry

About this ExpertTrack

Develop the essential cyber security knowledge and skills you need to prevent, detect and recover from network security incidents.

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