Monthly Subscription Starting at AED 99 + VAT

Cybersecurity Awareness and Innovation
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 7 hours
  • Course by EIT Digital
  • Offered by

About

It’s not you, it’s me! What’s going on? This course empowers students, professionals and the wider community to deal with cybersecurity attacks and risks focused on identity management and it is an introduction to the upcoming full course focused on cybersecurity awareness. It provides a practical overview of challenging issues like identity credentials management and security, e-mail threats and web impersonation, or web hacking. In addition to this, you will have a practical appreciation of innovation applied to these concepts through an interview with a renowned expert in fraud and cybercrime. The teaching staff consists of Iván Pau, UPM researcher and expert in usable security, and Román Ramírez, hacker and cybersecurity expert. Learning will be carried out by introducing use cases related to cybersecurity incidents, in a way that ensures participants to get really involved in the course. You will easily acquire practical skills and be ready to face real threats in a digital world. This course is part of an online programme developed by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (world-class tech university renowned for the quality of its education programmes and the research undertaken at its centres), Ferrovial (the world's leading private investor in cities and infrastructures, with a workforce of more than 74.000 employees and operations in more than 16 countries) and EIT Digital.

Modules

Digital Identities and Credentials

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
    • 3 Assignment
Show info about module content

3 Assignment

  • Weak password
  • Password management
  • Multifactor Authentication

5 Videos

  • Ana, the identity is Important
  • Introduction to Identity Credentials
  • The problem of Weak Passwords
  • The problem of password management
  • Multifactor Authentication

1 Quiz

  • Identity Credentials

The most dangerous technique: social engineering

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

2 Videos

  • Ana has been hacked!
  • Social Engineering

1 Quiz

  • Social engineering

Phising and impersonation

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

3 Videos

  • Mail Threats
  • Web Impersonation (Through Wifi)
  • Last Trends: Deep Fakes

1 Quiz

  • Mail Impersonation

An introduction to cryptography

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
Show info about module content

1 Assignment

  • Basis of encryption

3 Videos

  • Encryption is not security: an introduction to encryption
  • Hello Public Key encryption!!!
  • Public Key encryption is not security

Cybersecurity and IT Stuff

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

4 Videos

  • Taking control of your computer
  • Desktops
  • Applications
  • Pendrives and other incredible creatures

1 Quiz

  • IT Stuff

Where are you?

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
Show info about module content

1 Assignment

  • Mobility

5 Videos

  • Introduction to Mobility
  • How do you know…???
  • I know everything you do…
  • Wifi Connections
  • Welcome to the Near Future!!!

A walk in the clouds

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

3 Videos

  • Where is my data? Welcome to the cloud.
  • No worries. The data in my cloud is encrypted
  • Synchronization is not a backup

1 Quiz

  • Clouds

What is happening today?

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 PeerReview
Show info about module content

1 Peer Review

  • Brief cybersecurity study

4 Videos

  • Frauds and Cybercrime with César Lorenzana (Guardia Civil España)
  • Human Rights with Celia Fernández (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
  • Big Companies - Juan Cobo (Ferrovial)
  • Banking Services with Jorge García (Grupo Santander)

Entrepreneurship on Cybersecurity

    • 7 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
Show info about module content

1 Assignment

  • Entrepreneurship

7 Videos

  • Introduction to entrepreneurial ecosystems. Enigmedia, a cybersecurity startup.
  • Agile business idea validation: Introduction
  • Business idea validation: idea. Enigmedia startup approach
  • Business idea validation: team. Enigmedia startup approach
  • Business idea validation: resources. Enigmedia startup approach
  • Business idea validation: model. Enigmedia startup approach
  • Final conclusions from Enigmedia cybersecurity startup

Effective communication: your pitch

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

2 Videos

  • Communication: a problem-solution approach
  • Communication: a effective structure

1 Quiz

  • Communication

Auto Summary

"Cybersecurity Awareness and Innovation" is an IT & Computer Science course designed to equip learners with skills to handle cybersecurity threats, focusing on identity management. Taught by experts Iván Pau and Román Ramírez, it covers topics like email threats, web hacking, and more. The course includes practical use cases and an expert interview on fraud and cybercrime. Offered by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and partners, it spans 420 minutes and provides two subscription options: Starter and Professional. Ideal for students, professionals, and anyone interested in cybersecurity.

Iván Martínez
Instructors

Iván Martínez

Iván Pau
Instructors

Iván Pau

Román Ramírez
Instructors

Román Ramírez