Lesson 1
Introduction to Analyzing Threats
In this lesson, you'll be introduced to what you'll be learning about in this course!
Analyzing Security Threats
Course
In this course, you’ll start by exploring the current threat landscape and identifying both threats and threat actors that organizations face. You will learn about the OWASP Top 10 and that they pose a critical threat to organizations. Then, you’ll learn all of the ways to mitigate threats, including the OWASP Top 10. Lastly, you’ll learn what threat modeling is and build your own threat models.
In this course, you’ll start by exploring the current threat landscape and identifying both threats and threat actors that organizations face. You will learn about the OWASP Top 10 and that they pose a critical threat to organizations. Then, you’ll learn all of the ways to mitigate threats, including the OWASP Top 10. Lastly, you’ll learn what threat modeling is and build your own threat models.
Intermediate
4 weeks
Real-world Projects
Completion Certificate
Last Updated May 12, 2023
Skills you'll learn:
Threat modeling • Threat actors • Internal threat mitigation • Cybersecurity fluency
Prerequisites:
Cybersecurity fluency • IT architecture diagramming • Command line interface basics
Course Lessons
Lesson 2
Identifying Security Threats
In this lesson, you will learn about internal threats, external threats, and the OWASP Top 10.
Lesson 3
Mitigating Threats
In this lesson, you will learn different mitigation strategies and the threats they mitigate.
Lesson 4
Threat Modeling
In this lesson, you will use your new skills to create Threat Models for different threat scenarios.
Lesson 5 • Project
Project: Insecure Juice Shop
In this lesson, you will work with a large company to assess threats and suggest mitigations.
Taught By The Best
Milind Adari
SECURITY ENGINEER
Milind Adari is a Security Engineer at The Associated Press and an Adjunct Instructor at Columbia University. He is responsible for protecting journalists all around the world from malicious threat actors and state-sponsored attacks, all the while educating students and professionals in cybersecurity.
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