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Module 1: Data and Privacy

In this module, you’ll explore cybersecurity, including its key elements and the threats it addresses. You’ll learn about data privacy, including the different types of sensitive data and the consequences that organizations face when data breaches occur. Then, you’ll discover how organizations evaluate data security using the CIA triad, an industry-standard information security model. You’ll also learn about data security controls used to combat cybersecurity threats. You’ll explore two of these controls in depth, encryption and backups, and you’ll even practice developing a data backup plan.