Digital Security at Work/Home
Module 4: The Digital Security At Work/Home lectures and labs introduce students to “best-practices” concerning their digital lives at work and at home. In this section, we will cover: social media, passwords, safe web surfing, using email, public WiFi, home networking tips, data backup and concerns with cloud storage, mobile devices, security while traveling and defenses against fake news.
Objectives:
- Discussion and understanding concerning a variety of security best-practices for work and at home.
Labs
- Windows System Hardening – Students will explore and configure several security settings used to harden modern Windows systems, to include: properly configuring the host firewall, using antivirus, securing user accounts through proper controls, removing unnecessary applications, and performing a system backup.
Module 5: The Case Studies lectures will cover four highly damaging cyber-attacks against a variety of companies over the last few years. We will discuss the series of errors which came to light, post attack, and each case will culminate in a discussion on possible defenses or controls which should have been in place to better defend each of the companies, and by extension, their customers.
Objectives:
- Discuss how the lack of a good defensive posture aided the attackers.
- Work through each attack scenario and arrive at appropriate security practices to defend the victim companies from future attacks using the same vector(s).
