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Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
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Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate

Get on the fast track to a career in cybersecurity. In this certificate program, you'll learn in-demand skills, and get AI training from Google experts. Learn at your own pace, no degree or experience required.

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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.8

(37,194 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
6 months, 7 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
Build toward a degree

What you'll learn

  • Understand the importance of cybersecurity practices and their impact for organizations.

  • Identify common risks, threats, and vulnerabilities, as well as techniques to mitigate them.

  • Protect networks, devices, people, and data from unauthorized access and cyberattacks using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools.

  • Gain hands-on experience with Python, Linux, and SQL.

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Prepare for a career in cybersecurity

  • Receive professional-level training from Google
  • Demonstrate your proficiency in portfolio-ready projects
  • Earn an employer-recognized certificate from Google
  • Qualify for in-demand job titles: cybersecurity analyst, security analyst, security operations center (SOC) analyst
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$100,000+
median U.S. salary for cybersecurity
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213,000+
U.S. job openings in cybersecurity
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of certificate graduates report career improvement
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Professional Certificate - 8 course series

Foundations of Cybersecurity

Course 114 hours4.8 (29,164 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Recognize core skills and knowledge needed to become a cybersecurity analyst

  • Identify how security attacks impact business operations

  • Explain security ethics

  • Identify common tools used by cybersecurity analysts

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Network Security
Category: Computer Security Incident Management
Category: Information Systems Security
Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Computer Security
Category: Security Management
Category: Data Management
Category: Security Controls
Category: Computer Security Awareness Training
Category: Data Security
Category: Data Strategy
Category: Enterprise Security
Category: Safety and Security
Category: Data Governance
Category: Incident Management
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Security Strategy
Category: Cyber Attacks

Play It Safe: Manage Security Risks

Course 211 hours4.8 (8,415 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Identify the primary threats, risks, and vulnerabilities to business operations

  • Examine how organizations use security frameworks and controls to protect business operations

  • Define commonly used Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools

  • Use a playbook to respond to threats, risks, and vulnerabilities

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Security Strategy
Category: Security Management
Category: Computer Security Incident Management
Category: Incident Management
Category: Internal Auditing
Category: Cyber Risk
Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Incident Response
Category: Auditing
Category: Security Controls
Category: Network Security
Category: Safety and Security
Category: Web Applications
Category: Risk Management
Category: Risk Management Framework
Category: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Category: Application Security

Connect and Protect: Networks and Network Security

Course 315 hours4.8 (5,509 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Define the types of networks and components of networks

  • Illustrate how data is sent and received over a network

  • Understand how to secure a network against intrusion tactics

  • Describe system hardening techniques

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Network Protocols
Category: General Networking
Category: Security Engineering
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Network Security
Category: Hardening
Category: Information Systems Security
Category: Cyber Attacks
Category: TCP/IP
Category: Computer Networking
Category: Enterprise Security
Category: IT Infrastructure
Category: Network Administration
Category: Network Engineering
Category: Cloud Security
Category: IT Security Architecture
Category: Firewall
Category: Network Planning And Design
Category: Network Architecture

Tools of the Trade: Linux and SQL

Course 427 hours4.8 (4,784 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain the relationship between operating systems, applications, and hardware

  • Compare a graphical user interface to a command line interface

  • Navigate and manage the file system using Linux commands via the Bash shell

  • Use SQL to retrieve information from a database

Skills you'll gain

Category: Operating Systems
Category: Computing Platforms
Category: Linux
Category: Linux Administration
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Linux Commands
Category: SQL
Category: Database Systems
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Database Development
Category: Unix
Category: Query Languages
Category: Database Management Systems
Category: Systems Administration
Category: Bash (Scripting Language)
Category: Databases
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Database Architecture and Administration
Category: Database Theory

Assets, Threats, and Vulnerabilities

Course 526 hours4.8 (3,164 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Classify assets

  • Analyze an attack surface to find risks and vulnerabilities

  • Identify threats, such as social engineering, malware and web-based exploits

  • Summarize the threat modeling process

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Vulnerability Assessments
Category: Cyber Security Assessment
Category: Authentications
Category: Security Controls
Category: Vulnerability
Category: IT Security Architecture
Category: Vulnerability Management
Category: Security Management
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: Security Engineering
Category: Information Assurance
Category: Asset Protection
Category: Application Security
Category: Security Software
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Cyber Security Strategy
Category: Cyber Risk
Category: Cyber Security Policies
Category: Safety and Security

Sound the Alarm: Detection and Response

Course 625 hours4.8 (2,643 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Identify the steps to contain, eradicate, and recover from an incident

  • Analyze packets to interpret network communications

  • Understand basic syntax, components of signatures and logs in Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) tools

  • Perform queries in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools to investigate an event

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Computer Security Incident Management
Category: Incident Management
Category: Incident Response
Category: Network Monitoring
Category: Network Performance Management
Category: Network Administration
Category: Network Security
Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Threat Management
Category: General Networking
Category: Cyber Security Strategy
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Computer Networking
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Network Engineering
Category: Intrusion Detection and Prevention

Automate Cybersecurity Tasks with Python

Course 729 hours4.7 (2,681 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain how the Python programming language is used in cybersecurity

  • Create new, user-defined Python functions

  • Use regular expressions to extract information from text

  • Practice debugging code

Skills you'll gain

Category: Computer Programming
Category: Python Programming
Category: Computer Science
Category: Scripting
Category: Scripting Languages
Category: Debugging
Category: IT Automation
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Automation
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Information Technology
Category: Systems Administration
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Network Security
Category: Robotic Process Automation

Put It to Work: Prepare for Cybersecurity Jobs

Course 819 hours4.8 (4,081 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Determine when and how to escalate a security incident

  • Engage with the cybersecurity community

  • Apply for cybersecurity jobs and prepare for interviews.

  • Gain a competitive edge by learning AI skills from Google experts.

  • Boost your cybersecurity skills with AI
  • Decode complex security frameworks with AI
  • Use AI to help identify bugs
  • Refine code with help from AI
  • Understand system vulnerabilities with AI
  • Prioritize alerts with AI

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Security Management
Category: Security Strategy
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Security Awareness
Category: Interviewing Skills
Category: Computer Security Incident Management
Category: Incident Management
Category: Network Security
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Data Security
Category: Information Systems Security
Category: Enterprise Security
Category: Recruitment
Category: Incident Response
Category: Dashboard
Category: Communication
Category: Infrastructure Security
Category: Stakeholder Management

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When you complete this Professional Certificate, you may be able to have your learning recognized for credit if you are admitted and enroll in one of the following online degree programs.¹

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Degree credit eligible

This Professional Certificate has ACE® recommendation. It is eligible for college credit at participating U.S. colleges and universities. Note: The decision to accept specific credit recommendations is up to each institution.

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¹Lightcast™ US Job Postings (median salary with 0-5 years experience), Jan. 1, 2022 - Dec. 31, 2022). ²Positive career outcome (e.g., new job, promotion, or raise) within six months of completion. Based on program graduate survey, United States 2022.