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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Introduction to Cybersecurity Tools & Cyberattacks by IBM

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About the Course

According to a recent IBM report, cyberattacks have surged 71%! This alarming statistic highlights a huge demand for cybersecurity
professionals. This IBM course will introduce you to fundamental cybersecurity concepts, threats, and preventive measures to start your
cybersecurity journey. In this course, you’ll explore the evolution of cybersecurity and discover the critical thinking model. You’ll also cover
threat actors, malware, ransomware, and defenses against social engineering. Additionally, you’ll learn about internet security threats and
security controls. You’ll explore the fundamentals of identity and access management (IAM), authentication, and access contr...
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Top reviews

RV

Dec 24, 2020

If you want to learn cybersecurity and you have no idea about that. Then this is the best course which covers all the basic topics and provide you a best knowledge about cybersecurity and their tools.

JJ

Jun 18, 2021

I Thanks Coursera ,IBM and its team to provide us such a grade knowledge to help the world for protecting, analyzing ,recovering from the cyber attacks and otheronce again thanks Coursera and IBM Team

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By Rayisa

Mar 20, 2021

This course is a good start for beginners. But I wont say, it was the best as personally I felt there is alot more to cover for beginners. This was more like a introductory course and very theoretical and no hands on practices were given. Audio quality must improve too. But It was good learning.

By Arias, J

Aug 18, 2020

Great information, the subtitles are a little off and the audio is somewhat hard to hear. I had to re-watch some of the videos in order to fully understand what was being said.

But other than that, it was really good information. A good foundation into CyberSecurity. I cannot wait to learn more!

By Ric V

Apr 24, 2022

The course content is quite good although is outdated, the text, the audio and the videos are all from 2018, sometimes you cant even read entire texts or charts since they are completely blurred out. Really liked the info provided but I was really dissapointed in the materials that were used.

By Mohaimenul I

Aug 1, 2023

An awesome course and I learned a lot of things about the field of the cyber world. But the main drawback of this course is its audio and slide quality. The quality of audio is so bad that keeping concentration becomes a hard nut to crack and I needed to keep my subtitle on 100% of the time.

By Reef M A

Mar 15, 2022

Okay.. It's good and have a lot of amusing information .. but it's boring because all content is theoretical and nothing is practical, the voice and translate are not clear and training bag is not available .

I hope to develop the course more and then it will be INTERESTING !!

Thanks <3

By Amairani C

Jun 7, 2022

Some of the questions they ask on the big tests are not on the material they give you to study. I reread every single module to try and find some of the answers and i was unsuccessful. This is not a beginner course, i would recomment having some background knowledge prior to starting

By Fernando C S C d S

Jun 29, 2023

Muito bom fazer para ter uma base boa, mas é muita teoria e quase nada de pratica. Realmente é bastante texto e artigos, mas é muito bom para ter uma base firme! A parte de Tools não tem é só um slide que fala o nome, somente, de algumas ferramentas gratuitas boas, mas nada de mais!

By ANUSHREE J

Jul 19, 2020

THE COMPLETE COURSE WAS VERY BENEFICIAL AND HELPFUL FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT CYBER SECURITY , BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME PRACTICAL LEARNING AND TO GIVE PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION ALSO . IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE .

BUT I DIDN'T RECEIVED MY IBM BADGE YET . THAT IS DISSAPOINTING .

By basil a

Sep 17, 2022

Material is ok but presentation and sound is horrible

Alot of times the presenters are literally only reading as if they are reciting a poem

A lot of tables in the presentations are not clear and if you try to make larger it becomes blury in addition sound quality is bad

By Adam F

Jun 13, 2021

It was alright. I learned a fair amount, but being lectured to by unengaging instructors reading off a powerpoint, some of whom don't speak english very well, can make getting through this class feel more like a chore. Regardless, it still contained good information.

By Bradley G

Apr 5, 2022

It gives a broad introduction, but the videos are so outdated! The audio quality is terrible and some of the instructors with accents are extrememly difficult to understand. Appreciate it is a cheap course, but the videos really need updating with clear audio.

By Mark N

Jul 8, 2020

Giving 3 stars because audio quality is poor. Some of the questions in the quiz are not even mentioned in the videos, some of the choices/questions have spelling errors.

Regardless, it provides an very decent introduction to Cybersecurity Tools and Cyber Attacks

By Adam H

Aug 22, 2022

Overall, pretty good. Some of the video and audio doesn't match up. Some of the answers to the test questions isn't found in the reading. Much of the information is from 2016-2018... pretty old and outdated. I am hoping the next courses are more current.

By imran m

May 21, 2022

The course quality is not good. The slides are blurred and are not engaging. Moreover, in many places the audio is inaudible. Other than that, many different instructors are teaching this course so you would not found a smooth flow that you were looking for.

By Vrushabh B

Feb 18, 2023

Course content is excellent, to the point. All the examples, reading materials are good. The reason for me giving 3 stars is the audio quality in videos is not good. To much disturbance, voice not clear. So, please improve the audio quality of the videos.

By Ghassene B S

Jan 14, 2023

Course filled with useful and good information,

But the course is so formal and there's lack of animation, we just see just static slides and that made lectures is a little boring.

In general the course was quite benefit for me, thank you for your hardwork.

By FILIPPO F

Aug 10, 2020

The course has a poor quality of audio and slides. Most of the videos are pre-recorded from internal training and they ofter refer to topics not covered in the course. The topics were interesting though but often too basic or not well connected together.

By Shannon R

Sep 7, 2021

This course is full of audio issues. One woman I could not even focus on what she was saying because someone in a nearby office to hers was banging on a door so loudly. It made me feel as if this course was just kind of thrown together and rushed.

By Faizan A

Feb 10, 2023

there is that constant voice quality issue, that just annoys, other than that there is that lag between the video and the voice. the material is repeated again and again eg: CIA triad is explained thrice. the bad voice quality ruins the experience.

By Vincent I

Dec 10, 2020

The course modules were great but some videos audios were not audible enough and that was below my expectation. I’m glad I completed the course. It was really challenging combining work,business,family and other commitments with doing this course.

By Fouad A

Sep 28, 2023

While the course content itself was informative and valuable, I found the video and audio quality to be quite subpar. This issue significantly affected my overall learning experience and made it challenging to fully engage with the material.

By Joseph J G

May 30, 2022

The transcripts need improvement. Lots of errors in the transcripts.

Although, I can download the video, I still prefer reading throught he subject matter so accuracy of the transcripts is important for me.

The overall content was OK though.

By Gavin B

Feb 8, 2020

some of the speakers were barely intelligible and some of the scripts were rambling and barely relevant.

other elements were fine with decent slides to accompany.

would suggest more detail on slides to compensate for the poorer presenters.

By April B

Jul 5, 2023

Overall, the information is valuable, but the audio was not good and made it difficult to understand some things. Some of the instructors talked to fast and sounded muffled. I wish it was clearer with less background noise in the audio.

By Mark O

Apr 13, 2022

I found that some review questions' answers did not match the course material but the course material was enlightening and well focused. I found the lectures mostly easy to listen to with a few outliers of exceptionally poor quality.