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A self-paced course on protecting the technology inside a defence acquisition programme from theft, exploitation and reverse engineering. Six modules cover program protection fundamentals, identifying critical program information, anti-tamper design techniques, supply chain risk management, software and hardware assurance, and building a protection plan that survives review.

Written for systems engineers, programme staff and security specialists on defence and aerospace programmes who must keep sensitive capability out of an adversary’s hands. It explains public policy and engineering practice factually and delivers no certification of its own. Tech Skills Library is independent and issues no certification, credential or licence.

Modules

Module One — Program Protection Fundamentals

Lessons

• What Program Protection Sets Out to Achieve Free Preview
• Threats a Protection Programme Must Counter
• Policy and Roles Behind the Discipline

Module Two — Critical Program Information Identification

Lessons

• Defining Critical Program Information
• Running a Criticality Analysis
• Tracing Critical Information Through the Design

Module Three — Anti-Tamper Design Techniques

Lessons

• What Anti-Tamper Is Meant to Do
• Common Anti-Tamper Approaches
• Balancing Protection Against Cost and Reliability

Module Four — Supply Chain Risk Management

Lessons

• Why the Supply Chain Is a Protection Problem
• Assessing and Prioritising Supplier Risk
• Applying Controls Across the Supply Chain

Module Five — Software and Hardware Assurance

Lessons

• Assuring the Software Inside the System
• Assuring the Hardware and Microelectronics
• Bringing Assurance Into Development

Module Six — Protection Planning and Review

Lessons

• Building the Program Protection Plan
• Measuring Whether Protection Is Working
• Sustaining Protection Across the Lifecycle