WhatIsSecurity2
Channel: Miles Johnson
Date: 02/10/2019

This video replaces: 201612WhatIsSecurity12 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE7QCekehSA

Security is usually an assurance of a situation or a process. However, the methods and effects of security can vary widely.

Security is not usually the GOAL. Security is part of achieving a goal. It is important to chose a model of security that supports your ultimate goal.

1) Security that is based on emotional assurance.
2) security that is an assurance that things will not change.
3) Security that is an assurance of Control.
4) Security that is the assurance of progress towards tightly focused Goals.

Intro to CyberSecurity Required Links:
https://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_schneier (Bruce Schneier Security Mirage TED talk.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security (The Wikipedia page on Security.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT-TGvYOBpI&t=50m42s (Last 5 minutes of Dan Geer's "Cybersecurity as Realpolitik")

Cintro to CyberSecurity Optional Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Schneier (Dr Schneier is an authority in IT Security. This course quotes him at every opportunity.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Geer (Dan Geer is another authority in IT Security.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Information_Awareness (The Wikipedia page on the US Total Information Awareness program.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_security (The Wikipedia page on Information Security.)