Cybersecurity Fundamentals | Session 6 | Data Protection & Incident Response

Master the core cybersecurity skills that actually protect data in the real world — from encryption choices to the exact incident response steps teams use under pressure.
If you’ve ever wondered what counts as a data breach, how attackers exploit weak controls, or how to contain damage fast, this session walks you through it clearly and end-to-end.
In this lesson, you’ll learn what data protection means in practice, how encryption works (symmetric vs asymmetric), and why authentication and authorization are different (and both essential). You’ll also see how cryptographic hashing supports secure password management and data integrity. The second half focuses on incident response using the NIST Incident Response Lifecycle, including the four phases, severity ratings with the stoplight method, and practical breach containment strategies. You’ll even get an incident report template and a sample ransomware incident report to model your documentation.
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