In today’s highly connected world, having an understanding of cybersecurity concepts is increasingly important. Business professionals interested in understanding the risk cybersecurity threats pose to their business, look no further! The Google Cybersecurity Action Team: Cybersecurity Essentials course provides an introduction to cybersecurity terminology, principles, and concepts. Throughout the course, you will cover six security domains, and business continuity and disaster response planning topics. The course includes a series of instructor-led demonstrations to provide real-life examples of cybersecurity tasks in action.
Office of the CISO Institute: Cybersecurity Essentials
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Office of the CISO Institute: Cybersecurity Essentials
Instructor: Office of the CISO Institute
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No prior experience required
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9 hours to complete
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What you'll learn
Understand core cybersecurity terms, acronyms, concepts, and controls to be able to communicate about cybersecurity with confidence
Evaluate cybersecurity scenarios for better decision making
Analyze threats and risks within an organization’s landscape
Recognize various cybersecurity technologies, including: firewalls, encryption, intrusion detection systems, antivirus/anti-malware, and many more
Skills you'll gain
- Law, Regulation, and Compliance
- Security Controls
- Disaster Recovery
- Governance Risk Management and Compliance
- Business Continuity Planning
- Cyber Governance
- Vulnerability Assessments
- Information Assurance
- Contingency Planning
- Threat Management
- Continuous Monitoring
- Cybersecurity
- Security Management
- Risk Management
- Endpoint Security
- Cyber Security Policies
- Business Continuity
- Network Security
- Cyber Attacks
- Cloud Security
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There are 6 modules in this course
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JM
Reviewed on Feb 9, 2025
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR THOSE LOOKING TO REFRESH THEIR KNOWLEDGE OR LOOKING FOR EXPOSURE TO THE TECHNICAL JARGONS
PI
Reviewed on May 26, 2025
It'z a great course to know what you have to do in cyber security and what it is and to decide whether cybersecurity is for you
SD
Reviewed on Nov 17, 2024
Very well tailored training covering multiple topics and details. The labs were a good handson to work on.
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