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SST 115 Digital Systems 9 pages

SST 115 Knowledge Map

Modules 1 to 6 of Digital Systems as a map of knowledge points, each with an explanation and graded practice.

Layers & binaryNumber systemsData representationGates & circuitsBoolean algebraAdders & latches

Two's Complement

Two number wheels (decimal and binary) show why hardware never subtracts.

Karnaugh Map (K-Map)

A 3 input map with a group checker: circle the 1s and read off the simplified expression.

Von Neumann Architecture

A card computer runs a five instruction program: fetch, decode, execute, and why one shared bus becomes the bottleneck.

Fetch-Execute Cycle

PC, MAR, MDR, IR and ACC: each phase as register transfers on the buses, with a loop and a trace table.

Magnetic Disks

A hard drive with its lid off: click a sector and watch seek, rotational latency and transfer add up to the access time.

Magnetic Tape

A tape drive with its cover off: watch the tape wind past every block before it, then stream the block past the head.

ROM Cartridge

A Famicom with its lid off: press an address and watch the CPU read the cartridge, the RAM, the PPU or the controller.

Magic Numbers

A byte viewer: drop any file on it and see the first 64 bytes, with the signature that names the file type.

Gates & Circuits

NOT, AND, OR, XOR, NAND and NOR: three ways to describe a gate, and tracing a circuit to its truth table.

Binary & Hexadecimal

Why computers use binary, n bits represent 2^n things, positional notation and hex conversion.

SST 310 Computer Security I 5 modules

SST 310 Knowledge Map

Modules 1 to 5 of Computer Security I as a map of knowledge points, each with an explanation, graded practice, and a quiz per module.

What security isThreats & attacksLaw & ethicsGovernance & policyRisk management

Module 1 · Introduction

What security is, the C.I.A. triad, six components of an information system, and what a breach costs.

Module 2 · Threats & Attacks

Twelve categories of threats, malware, password attacks, social engineering, ransomware and DoS.

Module 3 · Law & Ethics

Laws, ethics and cultural mores; jurisdiction, due care, privacy laws, SOX, FOIA and PCI DSS.

Module 4 · Governance & Policy

Policy, standard, procedure; ISO 27000, NIST CSF, defense in depth and the perimeter.

Module 5 · Risk Management

Risk identification, likelihood and impact, four treatment strategies, and cost-benefit analysis with SLE and ALE.

Denial of Service

DoS and DDoS: how a flood of requests from many hosts takes one server offline.

Passwords & Access

Password attacks and strength, authentication, and who gets the key.

Toolkit 3 pages

Git

Edit, add, commit and restore, and watch each commit become a node on the chain.

GitHub

Clone, commit, push, pull, a teammate's push, a refused push, and a merge.

GitHub Desktop

The Desktop window and the Git command behind each button.

Command Line

The shell commands used throughout the course, with what each one prints.

Practice & Quizzes

Graded practice per knowledge point and a quiz per module.

Your Progress

Everything you have completed so far, with a reset if you want to start over.