Computer Security is concerned with the risks related to computer use and ensures the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of information managed by the computer system, permitting authorized users to carry out legitimate and useful tasks within a secure computing environment.
Paid SANS Computer Security Resources
SEC401: Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
Maximize your training time and turbo-charge your career in security by learning the full SANS Security Essentials curriculum needed to qualify for the GSEC certification. In this course you will learn the language and underlying theory of computer security. At the same time you will learn the essential, up-to-the-minute knowledge and skills required for effective performance if you are given the responsibility for securing systems and/or organizations. This course meets both of the key promises SANS makes to our students: (1) You will gain up-to-the-minute knowledge you can put into practice immediately upon returning to work; and, (2) You will be taught by the best security instructors in the industry. As always, great teaching sets SANS courses apart, and SANS ensures this by choosing instructors who have ranked highest in a nine-year competition among potential security faculty.
SEC301: Introduction to Cyber Security
SANS is the MIT of Information Security and this introduction certification track is the fastest possible way to get up to speed on the terminology and concepts of information security. Understand the threats and risks to information resources and identify generally accepted best practices. Master risk management, security management, access controls, attacks and counter measures, secrecy and privacy, along with auditing concepts. We then move to the basics of computers and networking as we discuss the Internet Protocol, routing, Domain Name Service, and network devices along with a plethora of security considerations. After covering the basics of cryptography, we look at policy as a tool to effect change in their organizations.
Free SANS Computer Security Resources
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