This is the first course in the Cybersecurity Foundations Certificate. The Cybersecurity Foundations certificate will introduce you to the core concepts and practices of the field of cybersecurity. The goal of this first course is to provide a foundation in cybersecurity by exploring critical topics in the field such as:
- The security mindset
- Identity and access management
- Cryptography, password cracking, and steganography
- Network attacks, securing a network, and intrusion detection
- Application security
- Using Linux
- Cloud security
- Privacy on the internet– ethical, legal, and technical issues
There will be lectures, hands-on labs, homework assignments, and tests.
Although this course can be taken as a stand-alone offering, it is also designed to integrate with (and be a companion to) the program Data Structures and Algorithms (12 credits, fall quarter). This class can be completed completed completely online, but on-campus class meetings are an option for interested students.
This is the first of four courses that comprise the Cybersecurity Foundations Certificate at Evergreen. Courses must be taken in sequential order.
4 - Introduction to Cybersecurity
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It is recommended that students have prior programming experience, especially Python, and some knowledge of basic Linux commands.
Students can complete the 16-credit Computer Science Foundations that takes place over Fall and Winter quarters to satisfy these prerequisites or use outside programming experience. Please contact certificates@evergreen.edu with any questions about these prerequisites.
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This offering is connected to the Cybersecurity Foundations Certificate at Evergreen. For more information visit: https://www.evergreen.edu/academics/professional-continuing-education/cybersecurity-foundations
Computer Science, IT
Students can earn up to 4 upper division credits if they successfully complete the course.