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About the Course

51% of organizations are planning to increase security investments as a result of a breach (IBM Report). Companies need skilled IT support and cybersecurity professionals now more than ever. Whether you’re just starting out or switching to tech, this course provides the critical operating systems (OS) knowledge you need to move forward. Operating systems are fundamental to all aspects of computing. In this course, you’ll learn foundational concepts common to all operating systems and the unique aspects of Windows, Linux, and MacOS. You’ll explore OS file systems and the associated security features. You'll discover the macOS features that revolutionized OS functionality. Plus, you’ll investigate virtualization and containerization. Additionally, through labs and a final project, you’ll get hands-on managing virus and threat protection, configuring user accounts and permissions with command-line tools, and securing systems against threats. If you’re looking to get started IT or cybersecurity, enroll today to gain essential knowledge in operating systems that enables you to work towards a career in cybersecurity, system administration, network engineering, or IT support....

Top reviews

MG

Apr 24, 2020

Very solid course. Quick overview about almost everything you need to know at the beginning. A lot of useful links with additional material to study. Thanks a lot for sharing the knowledge, indeed!

TC

May 10, 2020

Knowledge delivery is exceptional. Content is to the point and the tests really pinpoint the attention level of the volunteer taking the course.Thank you for designing such a knowledgeable course

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By Alex Y

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Apr 28, 2022

A lot of overlap between other IBM security courses. Folding the OS, virtualization and cloud computing sections into another course might be something to consider for a better teaching plan. Otherwise good information.

By Satwik D

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Jun 19, 2020

Although I wish the audio and video quality were better, the course content is up to the standards and delivers what is promised. I also suggest doing a further reading on topics which were skimmed through in the course.

By Dimitrios D

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Aug 19, 2020

Really good composition of the syllabus of that course. However, the presentations need to adjusted a little bit, in order to be in line with some modern templates and a higher quality optic-acoustic material

By Ilham R

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Feb 22, 2021

The presentation graphic is not so good, it is very unclear on some parts. Learning material is not that difficult to understand, well done. Tests, to me, are somewhat easy and needs to be more challenging.

By JASBINDER S

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Oct 23, 2020

Amazing course: best beginner course to get complete overview of Roles and process in cyber security world and this course provides good knowledge of different types of operating systems and their security.

By J. M A

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Dec 1, 2022

The course was generally excellent. There are some issues with the quality of various slides, and the accuracy of transcripts. Also, some quizzes contain bugs that can create confusion and frustration.

By Stephon H

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Sep 28, 2020

I enjoyed the course and learn valuable information but I would have liked a little more hands on interaction such as interactive drag and drops, setting up a virtual machine or securing one.

By Tehreem K

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Sep 2, 2023

I have nothing but good things to say about my experience with Coursera. I have loved the learning I have been able to do and look forward to taking many more classes with them 

By Kuldeep S

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Jun 26, 2022

There is no practical part . T choose this topic , i think it consists practical parT but i am disappointed.

but thanks i got different other conceepts.

THANKS TO IBM TEAM.

By Andres F M P

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Mar 8, 2020

Buen curso , aplicable a situaciones de la vida real en los temas de cloud y Ciberseguridad , instructores siempre yendo al grano ,todos los temas bien explicados .

By Shawn P I

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Jun 13, 2021

i would give it a 5 out of 5 but one aspect i didnt like was that some of the images were hard to see or appeared very blurry besides that this was a good course.

By Ben P

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Aug 31, 2020

Extremely informative, however I just wish there was more hands-on learning rather than just watching videos. Nonetheless, it is still a great course worth taking.

By Kuro M

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Nov 16, 2021

Very Concise The lecture doesn't bombard you with unnecessary jargons. Learned a lot about Roles and Process although the Windows/Linux part is kinda introductory

By Lemuel F

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Aug 12, 2022

Good, but need to improve on the details.

I did a lot of search to underestand all the comcepts.

The general idea is there, but miss the point on explanation.

By Iftekhar M T

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Jul 14, 2020

Learned a ton! The only suggestion would be to improving the quality of the content such as video graphics which was not up to the par at all. Thanks, IBM!

By Charles N

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Feb 11, 2020

The course was great. Unfortunately some of the quizzes were not that obvious which created quite some confusions and frustrations in the learning process.

By Nihal S S

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Jul 31, 2020

The course was very helpful for me as I was provided with the roles available in cybersecurity domain and what precautions are taken to keep system safe.

By Marcelo M M

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Nov 24, 2022

Falta download de PDFs (se possível traduzidos) e dublagem em várias línguas.

Tirando isso, excelente curso. Parabéns equipes Coursera e IBM! Obrigado!

By Atharva M

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Sep 23, 2021

very informative, all the technical details of cyber securities, hacking, operating system loopholes everything covered in detail, absolutely loved it

By Mark R

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Jul 11, 2020

Good summary level course. Some overlap with the Intro Cybersecurity course. The operating system component is high-level and not too technical.

By Syed M A

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Sep 14, 2021

it was a good course but there is one issue that i faced is that the in some quizzes i was answering correctly but it is showing my answer wrong.

By Robert T

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Aug 14, 2020

Monitoring by staff of the discussion board would be helpful as many students run across similar issues during the duration of the courses.

By Franklin G V

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Jul 23, 2020

Good course, good material and good teachers, however I recommend improving the presentations, the sound and the diction of the instructors

By YogiTech

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Apr 20, 2022

Need to improve video quallity and also improve quality of pictures in slide because it is very difficult to read becausee of low quality.

By Apostolos S

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Dec 8, 2020

Interesting topic which evolves rapidly. Some of the videos are in really bad quality with unreadable content in the screen or bad sound.