Science, Maths & Technology
Information security
Information security underpins the commercial viability and profitability of enterprises of all sizes and the effectiveness of public sector organisations. This free course begins by explaining why information security and its management are important for any modern organisation and to every individual. You need to be familiar with an organisation, such as your employer, to study this course.
Science, Maths & Technology
Blackhat, dark night: Could hackers really cause a power outage?
Although the nuclear meltdown depicted in Blackhat is fiction, Mike Richards warns there are other ways those with bad intentions could switch our lights off...
Science, Maths & Technology
Why should we be interested in information security?
Cory Doctorow explains that, as the world is made out of computers, every part of life is at risk if people don't understand the information security dimension.