Defensive Cybersecurity

Description

This unit introduces students to the principles and practices of defensive cybersecurity, which aims to protect networks and systems from cyberattacks. Students will learn how to identify and analyse threats and vulnerabilities, how to design and implement mitigation strategies and countermeasures, and evaluate and compare their effectiveness in different application contexts. Students will also gain hands-on experience with various tools and techniques for anomaly detection, intrusion prevention, forensic analysis, and system hardening.