Information Security Online Training

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UPDATED: December 21, 2018

Intermediate

This InfoSec training course explains data security best practices and threats. After finishing this Information Security training, you'll know how to mitigate vulnerabilities in web-based systems, mobile systems, and embedded devices; apply cryptography; and learn how security operations work. You’ll also gain an understanding of asset security while learning about privacy protection, asset retention, data security controls.

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What you'll learn

Maintaining network and data security through industry best practices
Mitigating vulnerabilities in web-based systems
Reducing security exposures in mobile systems
Integrating embedded devices without risking security vulnerabilities
Applying cryptography to provide optimum data security
Developing and designing networks with security in mind
Ensuring user privacy while retaining data
Following standard reporting and oversight procedures

FAQs

What will you learn in this information security training?

In this course, you'll learn what makes information security so important and how to do it right. Learn just how big the world of information security is and how much goes into keeping servers, data centers, and data secure. This course covers it all – physical controls to cybersecurity best practices.

Who should take this information security course?

In a perfect world, anyone and everyone who touches a computer, server or network would take this course on keeping information safe and secure. That might not be entirely realistic, but the fact of the matter is that anyone who makes choices about network security should take this course.

Is this training in information security associated with any certifications?

Yes, this information security course was developed to help learners prepare for the certifying exam for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from (ISC)2. The CISSP is an IT industry certification designed to prove that a cybersecurity professional can design, implement and manage a whole cybersecurity program.

What certification should you consider after taking this course in information security?

Since this course is designed to help cybersecurity professionals pass the CISSP, that's the certification you should most seriously consider after taking this course. (ISC)2's Certified Information Systems Security Professional is a broad certification that can define the career of people in many positions of cybersecurity.

Why should you take this information security training?

You should take this information security training because there are so many ways to compromise a network that it'll make your head spin. Learn all the questions you didn't even realize you should be asking about your network security and how to make sure the answers are the right ones.

Who is this for?

This Information Security training is professional-level security training, meaning it's for experienced IT professionals or entry-level security professionals. This data security skills course is designed for IT professionals with three to five years of experience, and new or aspiring security professionals.

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Study plan

Download the free Information Security Online Training study plan to complete this course in about 9 hours.

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