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Certified Security Analyst Training Preview

Name: Certified Security Analyst Training Preview
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Korshub's take

A grounding in the core pillars of information security

This preview course introduces the foundational concepts behind information security analysis — the discipline organizations rely on both to recover from breaches and to build the controls that prevent them in the first place.

Who it's for

Complete beginners who want a conceptual entry point into security analysis before going deeper into the field.

Key takeaways

The six pillars of information security: confidentiality, integrity, authentication, authorization, availability, and non-repudiation
The main threats security analysis defends against — theft, fraud and forgery, unauthorized access, interception or modification of data, and data loss
The key assets an organization needs to protect: its network infrastructure, personal data, system availability, and credentials

Korshub's take: this is vocabulary and framework building, not hands-on tooling — a solid first stop for understanding how security professionals categorize risk before learning specific defensive techniques.

About this course

This course is designed for anyone who wants an understanding of information security analysis. More than ever, information security analysts are needed to rescue business when they have been breached as well as put in the controls and countermeasures to prevent cyber-attacks.

Learn the pillars of information security and need for security analysis.

This course will go over the following information security concepts:

Security and Information Technology Security - Defending information from unauthorized access use, Disclosure, Disruption, Modification, Perusal, Inspection, Recording or destruction.
Pillars of Information Security –
- Confidentiality - a state of secrecy or keeping secrets
- Integrity - protecting information from being modified by unauthorized parties.
- Authentication - It's the process of determining whether someone or something is, in fact, who or what it is or they are declared to be.
- Authorization - Authorization is the process of giving someone permission to do or have something.
- Availability - ensuring that authorized parties are able to access the information when needed.
- Non-Repudiation - ensure that a transferred message has been sent and received by the parties claiming to have sent and received the message.
Security Analysis and the need for Security Analysis
- Concerning Elements – Theft, Fraud/Forgery, Unauthorized Information Access, Interception / Modification of Data, Data Loss.
- Major assets to protect – Your assets, your network infrastructure, your personal data, availability of your networks, your credentials.