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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....

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Apr 1, 2024

"Thrilled to complete my first course in Cybersecurity - a perfect blend of tools and tactics. Insightful, engaging, and foundational. Highly recommend to anyone starting their cybersecurity journey!"

MS

Jul 2, 2024

Thrilled to announce that I've completed the Cyber Security course on Coursera! Excited to apply this knowledge to protect and secure digital environments. #CyberSecurity #ContinuousLearning #Coursera

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By Jaibir S

Jan 27, 2021

what a fantastic content full of knowledge and ideas that would take you through the journey of Critical Thinking & intelligence-Driven path !

Thanks a lot for all !:)

By Deleted A

May 1, 2020

Se me hizo un curso que fue abordando poco a poco los conceptos y empezó de una forma muy simple incrementando gradualmente la complejidad de la información excelente

By Ни Л А

Feb 13, 2023

Thanks for the course! Everything is very detailed and detailed. The examples are very relevant in the field of cybersecurity. I will use it in practice and at work.

By Nasim H

Aug 28, 2021

The Organization of This Course is Absolutely Wonderful. It is Pretty Much Informative and Comprehensive for the Novices/Beginners in the Domain of "Cyber Security".

By David O

Dec 14, 2022

so far have been able to learn more about the cyber securityspace and so many terminologies, which has made me come to a conclusion of studying to be a Pentester

By Leonardo L d Q

Apr 12, 2021

Curso inicial excelente para aprender o básico, pois é feito de de forma um pouco aprofundada. Estou ansioso para continuar estudando os próximos cursos dessa área.

By Emmanuel A

Nov 14, 2020

The course helped me to understand

Antivirus and how it works

Digital forensics

Introduction to networking

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CIA TRIAD IN CYBERSECURITY

INTRODUCTION TO PENTESTING

By patel s

Dec 21, 2021

This course on Cybersecurity has help me develop the knowledge in defensive cybersecurity, application security, malware analysis, ethical hacking, and much more

By Seth W

Jun 20, 2021

Class was very informative and helped me understand many if not all of the basic concepts needed to start working into the cybersecurity and relating professions!

By Manuel B A

Jul 23, 2023

Una buena primera toma de contacto con la ciberseguridad, se habla un poco de la historia de la ciberseguridad y se nombran por encima temas importantes a tratar.

By José P Q

Sep 7, 2022

It was a good start for me on cibersecurity, I would like to have more hands on since some topics allow it, that would benefit highly the student on the learning

By Justin W

Aug 23, 2022

Great Course! Unfortunately some of the instructors have significant difficulty speaking english and are very hard to understand. But other than that very good.

By Gregory S

Oct 13, 2020

With cybersecuirty being one of the most in-demand career fields, this course allows you to familarize yourself with terms and skills needed to become job-ready!

By LINIO A S

May 20, 2020

Excelent course methodology that make it fair the balance between the content course itself and the knowledge aquired by the student. Thank you Coursera and IBM!

By Robert C A J

Nov 3, 2022

Although there are a lot of topics mentioned throughout this course, I concluded that it's a good foundational course for beginners, if you take a lot of notes.

By Purushothaman B

Oct 23, 2022

The course is excellent but the quality of video and audio wants to be good because in the middle of the video I can't hear anything properly please rectify it

By Usuf R

Oct 6, 2022

I really love this course and I enjoyed every bit of information that I have read so far, Thank you coursera for making this journey a successful one.#

Thanks.

By Aditya

Oct 18, 2020

It was great experience with Introduction to Cybersecurity tools and cyber attacks and i really learn something new. Thank you coursera for this amazing course.

By donald c

Mar 20, 2024

never attended an IT CLASS before but i was able to assimilate everything i was thought here. Nice and detailed enough for beginners to comprehend on first try

By Nethala J

Sep 21, 2022

Coursera is the best option to learn any skill and it also provides a certificate after completion of the course . It motivates learners and it is very useful 

By Nino B

Feb 23, 2021

The course was interesting and easy to understand. I understand all basic concepts needed in Cybersecurity field. Quizzes were adequate and enjoyable to write.

By Kiana A

Dec 9, 2020

I really enjoyed the course. The only issue is sometimes the videos would have some inaudible moments. But other than that, the course was really educational.

By Rocky R

Aug 23, 2021

very informative and systematic,the information presented are digestible. The practice quizzes are great because it test my current understanding of the topic

By Mayowa M

Apr 30, 2023

It contains a step by step process of knowing about cybersecurity and a clear understanding of confidentiality, integrity and availability in system security

By Kathy R

Jun 20, 2022

Great information and teaching style. The thing I want to bring up is that the sound is rather tinny as though they were standing too far away from the mic.