This course examines the security of information in computer and communications networks within infrastructure sectors critical to national security. These include the sectors of banking, securities and commodities markets, industrial supply chain, electrical/smart grid, energy production, transportation systems, communications, water supply, and health.
Learning Objectives
- Risk management of information in critical infrastructure environments through an analysis & synthesis of assets, threats, vulnerabilities, impacts, and countermeasures.
- Key role of Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems in the flow of resources such as electricity, water, and fuel.
Framework Connections
Specialty Areas
- Cyber Defense Infrastructure Support
Feedback
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