• Online, Instructor-Led
  • Online, Self-Paced

This course will enable students to identify the most common risks involved in using conventional, mobile, and cloud technologies, as well as how to protect themselves and their organizations from cyber threats.

Learning Objectives

Students will learn to identify many of the common risks involved in using conventional end-user technology, as well as ways to use it safely, to protect themselves from those risks. Students will learn to identify the need for security, secure devices like desktops, laptops, smartphones, and more, and to use the Internet securely.

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Systems Analysis
  • Cyber Defense Analysis
  • Cyber Defense Infrastructure Support
  • Incident Response
  • Vulnerability Assessment and Management

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

If you would like to provide feedback for this course, please e-mail the NICCS SO at NICCS@hq.dhs.gov.