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The cyber security landscape
In this course we will explore cyber security management and look at the risks facing individuals and organisations.
Imagine if you always believed you were safe and then one day something so drastic happened that it tore down the very walls you built to protect yourself. Andy Whitworth, a plumber in White Haven in the West of England first noticed something was amiss when his bank card was declined at the local food store and then it became more evident at different cash machines on the high street. Andy immediately checked his bank account. The monthly salary from his work as a plumber with Bailend Borough Council had not been credited into his account.
So he found his line manager and demanded: Hello, why have I not been paid, what’s going on? Now that was precisely the question his line manager was dealing with throughout the day.
From Plumbers, Masons ,Builders, Bin Collectors. Nobody not even the council’s top bosses had been paid their wages. Over the next three days the council staff woke up to the fact that they had lost all access to their records. And then came the message they feared, a ransom note demanding a hefty fee in bitcoins in exchange for their files. How could this happen to us? Bailend Borough Council kept asking themselves. Didn’t we do everything in the book to prevent this? that brings us That brings us to the question “How and why are security environments impacted in a rapidly changing digital landscape?” Welcome to your course on digital security risk.
Here you will identify the risks that you face as an individual and as an organisation. Here you’ll gain comprehensive knowledge of digital information and security concepts. Get an understanding of how they are applied using internet and mobile technologies. You will learn about threats, the cyber security landscape in the UK and understand vulnerabilities, including phishing, ransomware, software vulnerabilities and come to grips with what happens when cyber security fails at large organisations that believe they were safe from such attacks. It took months for Bailend Borough Council to recover from their zero-day attack. They lost years of data, while the leadership team struggled to keep morale up after the attack. The attackers remained unknown to this day.
So if you were the head of digital security how would you safeguard your organisation from the next zero-day attack?
Welcome to our course on the cyber security landscape, where we will explore cyber security management and look at the risks facing individuals and organisations. Cyber attacks and threats are among the biggest challenges we face today. With advancement and transformation of our digital world, organisations need to focus on managing risks and reducing the cost of cyber crime.In recent times, however, cyber attacks have become more specialised and criminals are focusing now on using deceptive techniques to target individuals. This growing trend of attack patterns have significant damages to an organisation that not only include financial losses and operational disruptions, but also significant reputational damage.In the light of current regulations (eg the UK’s General Data Protection Regulation), these risks become particularly relevant for organisations that store financial, health or other personal information about an individual. Digital security risk management and strategies are therefore vital in aiding the readiness to detect, prevent, contain and respond to evolving threats in the digital environment.Your journey here begins with the identification of some of the risks that you, as an individual, face and the organisation you work for. We will explore some of the key terminology used – such as phishing, ransomware, zero-day exploits or attacks – and find out what happens when cyber security fails.
This week
In the first week of this short course you will:- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of security concepts and protocols and their application to contemporary internet- and mobile-based solutions and technologies.
- Critically evaluate the role of a security policy for protecting information assets and demonstrate self-direction in designing security policies to defend those assets within the context of global communication and the web.
Meet the team
Your lead educators are Rob Milford, lecturer in leadership at Coventry University, and Dr Anitha Chinnaswamy, senior lecturer in cyber security management at Coventry University.You can follow your lead educators by selecting the link to their FutureLearn profile page and selecting ‘Follow’. That way, you’ll be able to see all the comments that they make.Your task
Consider your home and work environment. What aspects are connected to the internet and what risks can you already identify?
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