Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Build a security baseline and incident-response plan for a fictional small organization.
Cybersecurity Fundamentals develops practical capability through six curriculum modules combining focused lessons, guided activities and assessed deliverables. Build a security baseline and incident-response plan for a fictional small organization. The six-week outline is an estimated learning sequence, not a confirmed cohort timetable; tutors and administrators configure actual dates separately.
Learning outcomes
- Model risks for a fictional organization.
- Design an access-control matrix.
- Harden an isolated lab endpoint.
- Investigate fictional security events.
- Run a tabletop incident exercise.
Who it's for
IT staff and security newcomers
Prerequisites
General computer and internet familiarity
Learning tools
Isolated lab virtual machine and fictional incident data
Estimated learning time
36 hours · 6 curriculum modules
Curriculum
Final project
Build a security baseline and incident-response plan for a fictional small organization.
Completion & certificates
- Complete each published lesson.
- Submit every practical assignment and the final project.
- Satisfy the published assessment criteria in tutor or administrator review.
- Receive administrator completion review before certificate eligibility.
Certificate eligibility requires verified completion and administrator review. No certificate has been issued for this course.
Cohorts & class dates
No cohort dates have been confirmed. The curriculum sequence is not a scheduled class timetable.