Security Literacy

About this Course

The internet is an invaluable resource for information and entertainment, but it doesn’t always protect your privacy and identity. This course offers an overview on how to stay safe and secure when using your browser and beyond. We’ll introduce foundational concepts about how online activity translates to internet traffic. We’ll then explore some common ways that attackers can view and manipulate this traffic for their uses and how to protect against them. And finally, we’ll establish some industry-recommended habits to keep you and your data secure.

What you'll learn

• Security Foundations
• Threat Models
• Common Attacks and Defenses
• Practical Security

Teacher

• Greg Stromire

  Greg Stromire is a software engineer at Tozny working toward making security and privacy effortless for developers.

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