Welcome to our course focusing on current cyber threats this module will raise key points regarding
who our enemy really is and will help you discover weaknesses in your computer system protection.
How do you typically behave security wise.
What are the behavior patterns of system administrators and users.
What does the consumerization of I.T. mean.
What is apt.
A term with military origins coined as a response to a shift in the computer system security landscape.
Let's get started.
The first module will focus on the concepts of cyber war the consumerization of I.T. and apt.
The key aspects that have driven change as far as system security is concerned.
Why is this loosely technical subject so important.
It's because computer systems follow their own rules and our ability to work with them is not innate
and has to be learned.
As you know the systems we know today have all been developed in the past 20 or 30 years.
Most of us have not been able to use them while growing up.
This is an ability which has to be taught and learned and it just so happens that we haven't yet had
a good teacher what's the result of this fallback.
We're all perfectly aware of the rules that have to be followed to be safe and secure outside home or
at work.
We follow them intuitively and at the same time.
When it comes to virtual security or computer systems security we draw a blank regarding the same set
of rules.
Your goal is to discover and teach yourself and the users of your system's crucial aspects of computer
security awareness.
This is all the more important as unlike in real life breaking computer security rules won't cause an
immediate reaction.
If you run a red light you will surely be noticed.
This behavior is dangerous to both you and others.
So action will come instantly.
But if you do something equally silly in a virtual environment in a computer system the reaction will
either be invisible or at least be delayed.
It's harder to notice the cause and effect relationship between let's say visiting a suspicious website
and your computer is starting to work slower this relationship is real though and will be the subject
of this course.
There's also another aspect that explains why less technical modules are vital for this training.
It's because users the majority of people who work with computers like students employes and so on.
Use computers as a tool to accomplish simple goals.
It's never a goal in itself to become a computer expert.
In other words getting to know computer systems mechanisms is only seen as important when it can be
applied to everyday life at work or for entertainment security awareness is rarely a factor here.
And this means that even the younger users who grew up with computers and computer networks still have
the same rules to catch up on.
They still have to learn security rules
Unfortunately aside from us the good guys.
There are other people in the virtual environment or the ecosystem as well.
There are people who are there for their own gain and their agenda can be counter-productive with our
own this business or the cyber crime scene is growing rapidly.
Of course cyber criminals have been with us ever since computers were developed.
We'll take a look at that later recently from the past five to eight years there's been quite a significant
change in how these cyber criminals operate.
Simply put.
To be truly secure in all environments whether it's the real or virtual world you have to first know
it's basic security rules.
As of now you're not fully aware of them and you need to increase your knowledge.
There are however other people out there that are extremely savvy with computer security
people who have tons of experience or have studied for years or simply make good use of the knowledge
found on the Internet.
They can attempt to exploit for their own purposes our ignorance and carelessness and the fact that
we're breaking basic security rules and the problem is they're often successful in these attempts.