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Goals, Roles, and Actors

April 2024 with James Conrad

Join James Conrad as we learn the different jobs that are necessary in a cybersecurity set-up, and what they have to do to keep the network safe. Then we'll look at the motives of hackers, and how to work together to thwart their ambitions.

Recommended Experience

Awareness of basic cybersecurity threats
Basic understanding of IT infrastructure and Linux systems administration
Familiarity with general security concepts

Related certifications

LPI Security Essentials

Related Job Functions

Linux security specialist
Linux network administrator
IT support specialist

Jonathan Barrios brings over a decade of teaching experience to deliver cutting-edge programming, data analytics, data science, and machine learning skills to CBT Nuggets.

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Skill Outline

1. Course Introduction (5:03)
2. IT Goal: Making Resources Available (6:37)
3. IT Goal: Making Resources Secure (11:17)
4. Four Pillars of Security (8:03)
5. Common Hacker Goals (6:14)

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