Introduction to Cybersecurity

Harvard Extension School

CSCI E-159

Section 1

CRN 26630

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The course is an introduction to cybersecurity for technical and non-technical audiences alike. Students learn how to secure their accounts, data, systems, and software against today's threats and how to recognize and evaluate tomorrow's as well, both at home and at work. Students learn how to preserve their own privacy. Students learn to view cybersecurity not in absolute terms but relative, a function of risks and rewards (for an adversary) and costs and benefits (for them), and to recognize cybersecurity as a trade-off with usability itself. The course presents both high-level and low-level examples of threats, providing students with all they need to know technically to understand both. Assignments are inspired by real-world events.

Instructor Info

David J. Malan, PhD

Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, Harvard University


Meeting Info

1/27 to 5/17

Participation Option: Online Asynchronous

In online asynchronous courses, you are not required to attend class at a particular time. Instead you can complete the course work on your own schedule each week.

Deadlines

Last day to register: January 23, 2025

Additional Time Commitments

Required sections to be arranged.

All Sections of this Course

CRN Section # Participation Option(s) Instructor Section Status Meets Term Dates
16996 1 Online Asynchronous David Malan Open Sep 3 to Dec 21
35695 1 Online Asynchronous David Malan Field not found in response. Jun 24 to Aug 9
26630 1 Online Asynchronous David Malan Open Jan 27 to May 17