Principles of Information Security Management
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1. Security and Risk Management (1 - 2h)

A Strategic Governance and Risk Architecture
Cybersecurity Architecture: Fundamentals of Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (12 min)
Risky Business: Strengthening Cybersecurity with Risk Analysis (12 min)
Controls Categories (12 min)
Zero Trust (7 min)
Cyber Risk Management: Essentials for the Practical CISO (1 hr)
2. Asset Security (0.5 - 1h)

Asset Security
Data Security: Protect your critical data (or else) (6 min)
SSD Data destruction (10 min reading)
Google Data Center Security: 6 Layers Deep (2 min)
Data Governance (10 min)
3. Security Architecture and Engineering (3 - 4 hrs)

Security Architecture and Engineering
Cryptography: Crash Course Computer Science (12 min)
The Adventure of Alice and the Encrypted Message (14 min)
Steganography (3 min)
Virtualization Explained (5 min)
Cybersecurity Architecture: Who Are You? Identity and Access Management (30 min)
Cloud security guidance (30 min - reading)
Full SANS Webcast | Decoding the Shared Responsibility Model (49 min)
Buffer Overflows (3 min)
Stack vs Heap Memory - Simple Explanation ( 5 min)
What are hardware security modules (HSM), why we need them and how they work. (7 min)
How Access Control Systems Work | Point Monitor Corporation (6 min)
4 - Communication and Network Security (2 - 3 hrs)

Network Security basics
Understanding the OSI Model (12 min)
Cybersecurity Architecture: Networks (27 min)
Internet Networks & Network Security | Google Cybersecurity Certificate (1 hr)
How does HTTPS work? What's a CA? What's a self-signed Certificate? (11 min)
Kerberos (3 min)
5 - Identity and Access Management (1- 2hr)

Identity and Access Management (12 min)
Cybersecurity Architecture: Who Are You? Identity and Access Management (31 min)
OAuth terminologies and flows explained (24 min)
6. Security Assessment and Testing

Key Terminology
Building a Cybersecurity Framework (8 min)
NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 (5 min)
SOC 1 vs SOC 2 Audits: What’s the Difference? (5 min)
CertMike Explains SOC Audits (8 min)
7 - Security Operations

The Incident Scene & Evidence Collection
Malware (21 min)
Attack Frameworks (8 min)
How Hackers Steal Passwords: 5 Attack Methods Explained (13 min)
Examples: Data resilience, RAID and storage
8- Software Development Security

Software Development Security
Cybersecurity Architecture: Application Security (16 min)
Container Security Explained (6 min)
Threat Modeling in the Age of AI - Susanna Cox (45 min)

7 - Security Operations

Security Operations operationalises daily defence procedures, including incident response and disaster recovery, to ensure business continuity. This allows the organisation to detect active threats immediately and recover rapidly following a disruptive event.

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