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CYB/110 Week 1 Assessment Ellen Williams 3/25/2024 Coming into this program, I was uncertain about my skills and abilities to complete this degree. I know I will need to study hard and take a few extra courses to build my confidence in the world of cybersecurity. Even though I have grown up with the internet and technology continuously evolving, I am not as tech-savvy as I would like. I have grown up with computers, so I am confident in navigating through the basic skills but for most of my education, I learned about Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Looking at the modules helped me to bring back some knowledge of computers I had learned growing up. I was confident about managing user accounts during the lab. I remember learning how to set passwords, rename accounts, and add users from high school and college. From there it was easy to learn how to lock out guests and restrict access as well. I will say that it was easy to follow the directions during the lab and being provided with pictures helped tremendously. I mostly was insecure about not knowing about some of the operating systems. I did not know what jump lists or BitLocker were until I was shown how to disable them during the lab. To help my confidence in continuing this course, I made sure to look up and google anything that I was uncertain about. I want to learn as much as I can about this field. Learning how to enable firewalls and encryption on my computer is helping me realize how easy it is to set up simple security measures for the future. I will always make sure that my computer will have a password for access and will automatically ask for one anytime it goes to sleep. Making sure that I can limit access to my information will be key to protecting my assets. Managing any accounts that have access to my computer and keeping any files hidden or non-shareable will also help with security. I know many other security measures can be implemented to keep information safe. I plan on taking some outside courses from study.org or Sophia.com so that I can learn more about computer technology outside of cybersecurity. A
few of the classes offered will help me to learn more about operating systems, Linux, SQL, and different programming languages. I will hopefully start an internship in my last year at Phoenix so that I may gain some hands- on experience outside the classroom. I was also introduced to someone currently in the field and will be using her as a resource on what to expect after graduation or any outside certification programs that will continue to educate me. In my future career, I see myself using most of the skills I learned in the lab. Putting passwords to my account, managing accounts, and making sure my files are not sharable will be useful. I will be able to control who can see any sensitive files. Encryption and firewalls will be highly recommended to keep any files protected from malicious actors. I will continue to update and patch systems to eliminate as many vulnerabilities as possible. These basic implementations will help to combat many malicious actors trying to gain access to sensitive information. Learning these skills this week will help me to continue to build my knowledge in cybersecurity, but I still have a long way to go. With technology advancing I will also have to continue to learn even after graduation.
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