Cybersecurity: Threats and Defenses
Understand how today’s most critical cyber threats—from ransomware to APTs—are reshaping the digital battlefield, and learn how to design resilient defense strategies that safeguard your organization at every level.
Course Overview
In a world where digital conflicts mirror traditional ones, organizations face sophisticated threats targeting critical infrastructure, operations, and data. This course focuses on defending against modern attack vectors such as advanced persistent threats (APT), ransomware, and social engineering.
Built around a defense-in-depth framework, the course blends hands-on tactics with long-term planning for secure system architectures. You’ll learn how real-world incidents, business models, and leadership decisions affect organizational readiness and security posture.
Whether you’re a current or aspiring CIO, CISO, CRO, or security professional, this course equips you with the strategic and technical insight needed to enhance enterprise security and excel in a rapidly evolving threat landscape
Why Choose the Cybersecurity: Threats and Defenses Course at Northeastern?
Real-World Threat Focus:
Gain an in-depth understanding of modern attack vectors, including APTs, ransomware, and social engineering.
Defense-in-Depth Strategy:
Explore how layered security frameworks can mitigate risk and enhance system resilience across the organization.
Tactical and Strategic Insight:
Balance hands-on defense techniques with long-term planning for secure and adaptive IT architectures.
Organizational Readiness:
Learn how business structures, executive roles, and incident history influence threat response and security maturity.
Career Advancement:
Ideal for aspiring CIOs, CISOs, CROs, and cybersecurity professionals in a high-demand field.
Meet the Course Creator
Corey Hirsch
Corey Hirsch serves as CISO of Teledyne Technologies. Teledyne is a provider of enabling technologies for industrial growth markets including aerospace and defense, deepwater oil and gas, oceanographic research, air and water quality monitoring, electronic design, factory automation and medical imaging…