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Data breaches occur nearly every day. From very large retailers, down to your fantasy football website, and anywhere in between, they have been compromised in some way. How did the attackers get in? What did they do with the data they compromised? What should I be concerned with in my own business or my systems? This course is the second course in the Practical Computer Security. It will discuss types of threats and attack vectors commonly seen in today’s environment. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but threats are all over the place! This course isn’t designed to insight fear that there is no hope for keeping systems and business secure, but rather educate you on how attacks are carried out so that you have a better sense of what to look out for in your business or with your systems.
Welcome! This week we'll explore users and user based attacks. User based attacks are common because it may be easier to compromise a human rather than a computer.
Data breaches occur daily. Sometimes they are announced right away, other times they are found out months after the compromise. This week will focus on the course project.
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1 video1 peer review
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1 video•Total 8 minutes
Discovering Data Breaches!•8 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
How data breaches are found out•120 minutes
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Reviewed on Mar 26, 2018
Enjoyed the course. The more of these I take the better they seem to get. Could move a little faster. These are significantly better than the NYU offering.
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The course is highly recommended for people who wants to have a career in Cyber Security. Greg is an encyclopedia and has wealth of knowledge on the subject matter.
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Reviewed on Jul 21, 2020
I learned a lot in this course thanks to you Greg, you explained all topics very effectively and easy to understandable thanks to many examples you presented .KEEP TEACHING ALL THE BEST TO YOU TOO
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