Modern computer systems are almost universally connected, which creates wider attack surfaces well beyond code to users, hardware, and more. Securing systems is thus a fundamental skill for modern software engineers.

This course is a comprehensive introduction to cyber security best practices. You’ll start with an overview of common threats and vulnerabilities, as well as high-level concepts like privilege, integrity, logging, and mediation. With these concepts in mind, you’ll then learn common protection mechanisms and defense strategies from endpoint protection to firewalls, gateways, and proxy servers. Next, you’ll learn monitoring and detection techniques, alerts, and event management. Finally, when you detect a threat, you’ll know how to respond with support tickets, data preservation, and change management.

By the end of this course, you’ll have a better understanding of modern cyber security practices and a clear roadmap to implementing these as a developer.

Cyber Security Best Practices for Developers

## Overview

A **host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS)** is a software agent that runs on the device and provides alerts if threats are detected. HIDS monitors many properties on the device, including:

- Software processes that are running.

- Objects loaded into memory.

- Network activity.

- Changes made to the underlying operating system, such as
Windows registry settings or system file changes.



# Overview

A **host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS)** is a software agent that runs on the device and provides alerts if threats are detected. HIDS monitors many properties on the device, including:

- Software processes that are running.

- Objects loaded into memory.

- Network activity.

- Changes made to the underlying operating system, such as
Windows registry settings or system file changes.



Learn about the host-based intrusion detection system's (HIDS) role in detecting security threats in an organization.

Introduction

Basics of Security

Detect

Protect

Respond

Conclusion

Host-based Intrusion Detection System

Overview