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Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Information Technology

Business Importance of Cyber Security

IT305 · Cyber Security — Week 2 of 16

CourseIT305
Week2 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Business Importance of Cyber Security

  1. Safeguarding intellectual property
  2. Protecting customer personal data
  3. Regulatory compliance requirements
  4. Ensuring business continuity
  5. Protecting Personal Data and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  6. Regulatory Compliance - CompTIA Network+ N10-009 - 4.1
  7. Protecting Intellectual Property | A-Level & IB Business
  8. The cost of cyber crime and hacker motivation

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Explain the importance of cyber security for businesses.

Activity

Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the importance of cyber security for businesses.

Study materials

Videos

  • Protecting Personal Data and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) · YouTube · BODi Business · 10 min · for registered students
  • Regulatory Compliance - CompTIA Network+ N10-009 - 4.1 · YouTube · Professor Messer · 4 min · for registered students
  • Protecting Intellectual Property | A-Level & IB Business · YouTube · tutor2u · 3 min · for registered students
  • The cost of cyber crime and hacker motivation · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 4 (GCSE level) · for registered students

Further resources

  • Introduction to Business 2e, 13.5: Protecting Computers and Information · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 455–459 · for registered students
  • Foundations of Information Systems, 5.1: Information worth protecting · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 158–160 · for registered students
  • NCSC: What to do when cyber attacks disrupt your organisation · PDF · NCSC, guidance; 33 pages · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Fundamentals of Cyber Security
  • Week 2: Business Importance of Cyber Security
  • Week 3: Consequences of Inadequate Security
  • Week 4: Threat Actors and Motivations
  • Week 5: Vulnerable Industry Sectors
  • Week 6: Deconstructing Threats, Exploits, Vulnerabilities, and Risks
  • Week 7: Cyber Threat Intelligence Concepts
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Network Security Architecture
  • Week 10: Technical Countermeasures and Security by Design
  • Week 11: Continuous Network Improvement and Incident Response
  • Week 12: Applying Cyber Security in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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