DADA_Intro.md

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author: 'Dan Goldsmith'
title: 'A152CEM:'
subtitle: "Introduction to Cyber Security"
email: 'aa9863@coventry.ac.uk'

---

# Introduction
## Welcome

> Welcome to the Module

## Module Name

 - Officially its "Introduction to Cyber Security"
 - May also be known as
    - "Cyber Security for Everyone"
    - "Defence against the Dark Arts"
 
## Course Team
  - Dan Goldsmith  (aa9863@coventry.ac.uk)
  - James Shuttleworth (csx239@coventry.ac.uk)
  - Adam Barns 
  
## About Dan

  - Computer Scientist and Ethical Hacker
  - Favourite topics are the "Red Team"
     - Breaking things
	 - Reverse Engineering
	 - Malware and Exploit Development.

## About James
 - Not a hacker in the modern sense of the word. Prefer's the term
   "spicy computer scientist."
 - Absolutely a hacker in the old sense of the word.  Someone who
   likes to make computers do interesting things.


# How will you be taught?
## No Lectures 
 - Except for this one....
 - Co-Delivery approach.
    - Course materials delivered via Coventry University Online
    - Use Aula for "Community Driven Learning"
  
## Pre Reading for Labs
  - So this means you need to do some pre-reading (or watching videos)
  - Work through the online materials, before the Lab session
  - Will bring this all together in the Lab sessions
  
## Aula

  - Collaborative learning platform
  - Each week there will be topics to discuss 
  - Use the feed to create posts (using #tags), and comment on others.

## Lab Activities

 - Review of the Week
 - Group Discussion of topics for that week
 - Presentations?


# What will we be doing?
## What is Security?
  - What are the Threats?
  - Who are the Threats?
  - How much does this cost?

## Social Engineering 
  
  - Are you Naked online?
    - Social Engineering
    - OS-Int
    - Phishing
  
## Cryptography

 - Securing Data
 - Securing Communications
 - Passwords
 
## The Legal Bit

  - GDPR
  - Ethics
  - Law around Hacking
  - Business Factors
  
## H4ck th3 Pl4n3t!!!

 - Real world Web Application Hacking
 
## Malware

 - Worms
 - Viruses
 - Antivirus / Malware

# Assessment:
## Report

 - One Coursework Element
 - Due at the end of the Module  (8th April 2021)
 - Report on Cyber Security threats to a fictional Organisation