Description
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.
What is included
Self-paced online course with 6 modules and 18 lessons, lifetime access to the course content, and a Certificate of Completion badge when every lesson is marked complete.
Curriculum
Module One — Program Protection Fundamentals
- What Program Protection Sets Out to Achieve
- Threats a Protection Programme Must Counter
- Policy and Roles Behind the Discipline
Module Two — Critical Program Information Identification
- Defining Critical Program Information
- Running a Criticality Analysis
- Tracing Critical Information Through the Design
Module Three — Anti-Tamper Design Techniques
- What Anti-Tamper Is Meant to Do
- Common Anti-Tamper Approaches
- Balancing Protection Against Cost and Reliability
Module Four — Supply Chain Risk Management
- 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
- Assuring the Software Inside the System
- Assuring the Hardware and Microelectronics
- Bringing Assurance Into Development
Module Six — Protection Planning and Review
- Building the Program Protection Plan
- Measuring Whether Protection Is Working
- Sustaining Protection Across the Lifecycle
One-time purchase. Education and skill-building only; completion does not guarantee a job, promotion, security clearance or clearance eligibility, and no certification, credential or licence is issued.
