🚀 Cybersecurity for Beginners

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🚀 Cybersecurity for Beginners – na curriculum

For dis time wey AI technology dey grow fast, e dey very important to sabi how to protect IT systems. Dis course go teach you basic cyber security ideas wey go help you start to learn security. E no dey focus on any vendor and e dey divide into small lessons wey go take like 30-60 mins to finish. Each lesson get small quiz and links wey go help you read more if you wan sabi di topic well well.

Wetin dis course go teach 📚

🔐 Basic cyber security ideas like CIA triad, di difference between risks, threats, etc.
🛡️ Sabi wetin security control mean and di different types wey e get.
🌐 Sabi wetin zero trust mean and why e dey important for modern cyber security.
🔑 Sabi di key ideas and themes for identity, networking, security operations, infrastructure and data security.
🔧 Show example of tools wey dem dey use to do security controls.

Wetin dis course no go teach 🙅‍♂️

🚫 How to use specific security tools.
🚫 How to "hack" or do red teaming/offensive security.
🚫 Learn about specific compliance standards.

When you don finish dis course, you fit move go some of our Microsoft Learn modules. We dey recommend make you continue your learning with Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals.

If you wan go further, you fit try di Exam SC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals exam.

💁 If you get any feedback or suggestion about dis course or any content wey we no add, we go like hear from you!

Modules Overview 📝

Module number	Module name	Concepts wey dem dey teach	Learning objectives
1.1	Basic security concepts	The CIA triad	Learn about confidentiality, availability and integrity. Also authenticity and also nonrepudiation and privacy.
1.2	Basic security concepts	Common cyber security threats	Learn about di common cyber security threats wey dey affect people and organizations.
1.3	Basic security concepts	Understanding risk management	Learn about how to check and understand risk – impact/likelihood and how to put controls.
1.4	Basic security concepts	Security practices and documentation	Learn di difference between policies, procedures, standards and regulations/laws.
1.5	Basic security concepts	Zero trust	Learn wetin zero trust mean and how e dey affect architecture? Wetin be defense in depth?
1.6	Basic security concepts	The shared responsibility model	Wetin be di shared responsibility model and how e dey affect cyber security?
1.7	End of module quiz
2.1	Identity & access management fundamentals	IAM key concepts	Learn about di principle of least privilege, segregation of duties, how IAM dey support zero trust.
2.2	Identity & access management fundamentals	IAM zero trust architecture	Learn about how identity na di new perimeter for modern IT environments and di threats wey e dey stop.
2.3	Identity & access management fundamentals	IAM capabilities	Learn about IAM capabilities and controls to protect identities
2.4	End of module quiz
3.1	Network security fundamentals	Networking key concepts	Learn about networking ideas (IP addressing, port numbers, encryption, etc.)
3.2	Network security fundamentals	Networking zero trust architecture	Learn about how networking dey contribute to an E2E ZT architecture and di threats wey e dey stop.
3.3	Network security fundamentals	Network security capabilities	Learn about network security tools – firewalls, WAF, DDoS protection, etc.
3.4	End of module quiz
4.1	Security operations fundamentals	SecOps key concepts	Learn about why security operations dey important and how e dey different from normal IT ops teams.
4.2	Security operations fundamentals	SecOps zero trust architecture	Learn about how SecOps dey contribute to an E2E ZT architecture and di threats wey e dey stop.
4.3	Security operations fundamentals	SecOps capabilities	Learn about SecOps tools – SIEM, XDR, etc.
4.4	End of module quiz
5.1	Di basics of application security	AppSec key concepts	Learn about AppSec concepts like secure by design, input validation, and di rest.
5.2	Di basics of application security	AppSec capabilities	Learn about AppSec tools: pipeline security tools, code scanning, secret scanning, and di rest.
5.3	End of module quiz
6.1	Di basics of infrastructure security	Infrastructure security key concepts	Learn about how to make systems strong, patching, security hygiene, container security.
6.2	Di basics of infrastructure security	Infrastructure security capabilities	Learn about tools wey fit help with infrastructure security like CSPM, container security, and di rest.
6.3	End of module quiz
7.1	Di basics of data security	Data security key concepts	Learn about data classification and retention and why e dey important for organization.
7.2	Di basics of data security	Data security capabilities	Learn about data security tools – DLP, inside risk management, data governance, and di rest.
7.3	End of module quiz
8.1	Di basics of AI security	AI security key concepts	Learn about di difference and similarity between traditional security and AI security.
8.2	Di basics of AI security	AI security capabilities	Learn about AI security tools and di controls wey fit secure AI.
8.3	Di basics of AI security	Responsible AI	Learn about wetin responsible AI mean and di specific harm wey security professionals suppose sabi.
8.4	End of module quiz

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