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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 control. You’ll also look at the physical threats organizations encounter and consider effective security measures. Throughout, you’ll build practical knowledge through hands-on labs and gain technical expertise through insights from industry experts. Your final project will enable you to effectively demonstrate your understanding of cybersecurity principles. This course is for anyone who wants a basic understanding of cybersecurity and is part of a series designed to help you start a career as a Cybersecurity Analyst....

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.

AG

Aug 14, 2020

The reading link to Week 03's Framework and their purpose is Broken. Please Fix it. Everything else seemed perfect. I would recommend this course for people who think of starting their careers in CyS.

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By Mark S

Sep 1, 2021

Its a good introduction to the world of Cyber security, with some helpful insights into what the real world of Cyber attacks looks like

By Kerry W

Jul 15, 2021

Excellent delivery of a comprehensive course overall. A small select few of the videos can be hard to follow due to poor sound quality.

By Adrian L

Sep 8, 2020

Very Informative and well put together sometimes it was hard to understand the recording due to heavy accent by some of the specialist.

By Agus P

Jun 28, 2022

The audio quality on some videos had terrible quality. I barely heard the instructor say, but overall the material was well delivered

By cheikh D

Mar 29, 2022

ce cours est tres enrichissant dans la mesure ou il m'a permis d'apprehender les risques lies a lutilisation et a l'usage d'internet.

By Michael C

Dec 28, 2020

would have given 5 star however audio quality was horrible and with combined heavy accent some portions were difficult to understand

By Million A

Jan 22, 2020

The instructors accent were difficult to hear it, and the video sound quality is not good, I hope you are going to fix it next time.

By Roy B A

Sep 24, 2023

Great introduction course. To my personal experience as one who has familiarity with IT and security concepts it was a nice review.

By skage

Jul 10, 2021

a good intro to tools and cyber attacks, very good content but unfortunelty bad video quality, some of the slides are hard to read.

By Zwe P

Oct 24, 2022

I got a lot of new knowledge from this course. This foundation course gives me release way to walk on the path of cyber security.

By Anantha S R k

Sep 24, 2022

I have gained the required knowledge about the cyber security tools and type of attacks while it was a intersting course to learn

By Agnaldo H d R

Oct 17, 2021

Good introductory course.I recommend better microphones so the student can more easily understand what is being said. God blesses!

By Kesa A

Mar 25, 2024

I think this course is a good Introduction. But it clearly can be improve. The amount of hands on lab especially need to increase

By Corbin H

Aug 25, 2020

Good broad overview of the ideas and principles of the field; however, I would have appreciated a bit more practical application.

By Krishna V

Jul 3, 2020

A few of the materials and content seem to be very old (2017-2018). Otherwise good course to learn on the basics of cybersecurity

By P

May 16, 2020

Some videos have bad quality but overall it's a great course to start with understanding the basic knowledges of cybersecurity :)

By V S

May 10, 2023

Excellent introduction to cybersecurity. Simple and easy to understand with some practical knowledge on Cybersecurity ecosystem.

By Rakshit K

Nov 17, 2021

Could have added more practical world explanations. At times audio/video is not good since lectures are recorded on zoom i feel.

By Edmund N

Oct 17, 2020

Detailed and provides many resources. Some audio narration is not that good but most of the content are superb and enlightening.

By Keshav S

May 2, 2020

Loved it but faced problem in firewalls as many topics were not taught and ya many times voice was not proper audible in videos.

By Lonnie G

Feb 28, 2021

Course has great information that will set you on the way to your goals. Course could stand updating with better quality audio.

By Mihir Y

Jul 17, 2020

The content is very powerful and the quizzes do actually test your focus in the course. The only downside is the audio quality.

By Shivana G

Feb 17, 2021

The information was good and interesting, but the lecturers were boring and some i could hardly understand their pronunciation

By Hector H R

Oct 21, 2022

The audio, some times was difficult to understand, due the type of conection used, maybe becasue was made throug cellphone?

By diviA

Jul 2, 2020

Course/material is great, but some of the video speakers are not easy to follow due to background noise, muffled sounds, etc.