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Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Information Technology

Consequences of Inadequate Security

IT305 · Cyber Security — Week 3 of 16

CourseIT305
Week3 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Consequences of Inadequate Security

  1. Direct financial losses
  2. Regulatory fines and legal liabilities
  3. Operational disruption
  4. Long-term reputational damage

What you will be able to do

  • 1.3 Describe the consequences and implications of inadequate cyber security for businesses .

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe the consequences and implications of inadequate cyber security for businesses .

Study materials

Videos

  • Impacts of Cyber Security Breaches · YouTube · MrBrownCS · 7 min · for registered students
  • Impacts of Information Security Breaches · YouTube · MrBrownCS · 7 min · for registered students
  • Information Security - Impacts of Security Breaches · YouTube · Cognautics · 6 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • The cost of cyber crime and hacker motivation (slides) · Reading · Oak, slides · for registered students
  • CyBOK: Law and Regulation Knowledge Area · PDF · Cybok, textbook chapter; 121 pages · for registered students
  • Foundations of Information Systems, 5.1: Information worth protecting · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 158–160 · 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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