Welcome and Course Outline

Welcome to the University of Nebraska at Omaha Cybersecurity Course for Farmers and Food Producers! In this course, you will learn about cybersecurity risks and threats that are impacting the food and agriculture sector in the United States. The course will cover a variety of topics that will hopefully help increase your cybersecurity awareness in relation to farm operations.

The course is divided into ten parts called modules, where you will learn about a wide range of cybersecurity topics including:

Module 1: Introduction to Cybersecurity

Module 2: Computer Networks and the Internet

Module 3: Social Engineering and Other Attacks

Module 4: Malware and Ransomware

Module 5: Computer Security Software

Module 6: Mobile Device and Wireless Security

Module 7: Cyber Warfare

Module 8: Responding to Incidents and Problems

Module 9: Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act

Module 10: Countermeasures

Instructions

Within each module you will have videos to watch, materials to read, and a knowledge check quiz to help you assess the content you learned in the module. After you have completed the knowledge check quiz, you will move onto the next module.

If at anytime you would like to stop the course and come back later, please click on the module above where you would like to continue.

                                                      **If you need any help, please feel to contact me: Dr. George Grispos, Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity, University of Nebraska at Omaha, [[email protected]](<mailto:[email protected]>)** 

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                                                                                                          This research is generously sponsored by the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) Award Number: [2335812](<https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2335812&HistoricalAwards=false>)

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