assignment 7

This course helps me to learn how we can achieve computer security and prevent cyber attacks which are increasing day by day.  The course widely explains the concepts of cybersecurity as well as how we achieve them in daily life on the basic devices like computers, smartphones, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth devices and other basic software. These techniques will help us to prevent cyber attacks and also help us to prevent data from any unauthorized access. First of all, I like to explain the important thing I learned in this course is to understand the role of people in security. How much-advanced technology implemented in an organization overall it is implemented in a human environment, and therefore its security depends on the activities of a human being who are going to use it.  Human beings or user behavior is responsible for most of the security hacks, and therefore they play an important role in cybersecurity.

Further, from the business point of view, the concept of incidence response and risk management are also explained in this course. I fund them very important from a learner’s point of view because these concepts are going to help me in my future. The hackers become very smart with the advancement of technology, and some attacks are so unexpected that the user has no responsibility for it and therefore they have to suffer from both financially and the loss of sensitive information. To manage these unexpected cyber attacks, the concept of incidence response is explained in this course.  In developing an incidence response plan, the organization first need to understand the anatomy of risk, how it can execute and what are the possible ways to handle it. The incident response plan gives an incident response to an unexpected attack and prevents the organization from major losses.

Further, the concept of system hardening and the baseline is also my one of the learnings from this course. The process of hardening means to provide security and to prepare a system for the production environment. Before this course, I do not know about the term hardening in the computer world. Similarly to establish the security of a system is known as baselining and resulting product is known as the baseline.  To achieve the hardening and baseline, it is necessary for the computer user to choose the operating system accurately as it acts as the heart of the computer system. There are various techniques given in this course to achieve the hardening and baseline of the computer system.

Computer forensic concept is also one of my learnings from this course. This concept helps me to learn about the basics of computer forensics and the ethical laws related to computer and network technology. Any unauthorized access to a computer system comes under the violation of laws. Various kinds of computer evidence and how they can use under the law is also explained in this course. The detailed forensic process consists of nine steps, and it also helps to understand how to acquire evidence and use them further. This computer forensics plays an important role in cases when the employee of an organization is fired or terminated due to unethical actions.

Reference

Conklin, W. A., White, G., Cothren, C., Davis, R. L., & Williams, D. (2015). Principles of Computer Security, Fourth Edition (4th ed., Official CompTIA Guide). McGraw-Hill Education. doi:978-0071835978

Directions:

1. It should be a 140-word response to my question. See APA criteria for citing resources.