Discuss one of the most important things you will take from this course. You do not have to document your sources for this question. It is an opinion question. Directions:Students are required to pos
I now have an extended knowledge on Information security and the types of threats the information in today’s age have from this course. The weekly discussions prompted me to go through several articles and thereby gathering knowledge on topics that were alien to me. The research I have done is really informative and it is to my advantage as per my employment as well. Social engineering and its threats is the major concept that was an eye opener to me.
Different kinds of risks and the assessments done on the risks and several analysis approaches have been taught in this course. Web 2.0 and its advantages and threats have been clearly understood by me. Every organization throughout the world uses Information Security in day-to-day life, so this course is very much useful to gain information in those aspects.
I have learnt about so many terms that are key to information security such as dumpster diving, social engineering, user technology security, authentication, authorization, malware, malicious code, types of backup strategies and so on. The need for planning for disaster recovery and business continuity is taught in this course. The role of people in security and cryptography is also clearly imparted to me now.
The different standards and protocols needed to be followed for physical security as well as network related security have been well explained. The various kinds of wireless security on mobile and other devices are taught. Intrusion detection systems and types of attacks depending on malicious software have been differentiated and explained in this course.