Resilience, Recovery, and Privacy

This unit develops practical skills for protecting data, systems, and privacy by focusing on backups, recovery, authentication, supply‑chain and insider risks, and regulatory considerations. Students will learn to implement and test backup and restore processes, apply zero‑trust and authentication controls, and prepare incident response and third‑party recovery plans.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze common threats (malware, social engineering, insider threats, and supply‑chain risks) and prioritize mitigation strategies for organizational resilience
• Apply zero‑trust principles and secure authentication measures (password management, MFA, Tor/routers where appropriate) to design an access control plan for a small network or device fleet
• Demonstrate data protection and recovery procedures by selecting appropriate backup types (full, incremental), performing test restores for systems and apps, and documenting recovery workflows
• Evaluate regulatory, compliance, and third‑party risk factors and produce an incident response and notification checklist that includes breach containment, insurer engagement, and recovery from third‑party compromises