Cybersecurity Foundations Certificate Program – Based on Cybersecurity For Dummies, thir program provides people who do not work as cybersecurity professionals with a foundation that can teach them what they need to know about cybersecurity and explain why they need to know it. This program offers you practical, clear, and straightforward advice that you can easily translate into actions that can help keep you and your children, parents, and small businesses cybersecure.
Like the book, this program is divided into several parts. Modules- 1, 2, and 3 provide an overview of cybersecurity and give tips on protecting yourself and your loved ones from both external threats and from making dangerous (and potentially disastrous) mistakes. Topics such as how to secure your online accounts, how to select and protect passwords, and how to safely work remotely fall into these parts of the book.
Module 4 offers tips on securing small businesses, which may be especially pertinent for small business owners and employees. Part 4 then also discusses some of the unique security needs that face firms as they grow larger and touches on cybersecurity-in-government related matters.
Module 5 shows you how to identify security breaches.
Module 6 covers the process of backing up, something that you should do proactively before the need to recover arises, as well as how to recover from security breaches.
Module 7 looks toward the future — both for those interested in potentially pursuing a cybersecurity-related career (or who have children or other relatives or friends considering doing so) as well as those interested in how emerging technologies are likely to impact their own personal cybersecurity.
Module 8 gives several lists of ten items that you may want to keep as tip sheets.
Please keep in mind that while internalizing all the information in this book, and putting it into practice, will likely dramatically improve your cybersecurity posture, reading this book will no more make you an expert in cybersecurity than reading a book on the workings of the human heart will quickly transform you into a competent cardiologist.
