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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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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

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.

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By Niklaus R

Sep 13, 2020

Good content and structure, but many inaccuracies in the details (e.g. confusing message delay and replay).

By Pancham N

Jul 2, 2022

all things are good except the sound of every video are some in very low and somes' frequency is very high

By Prarthana N

Nov 5, 2022

The clarity in the videos is pretty poor in places which makes it hard to comprehend and watch the same.

By bhavish b

Sep 15, 2021

very interresting but the quizes are pretty much boring should work on that to make it more interactive.

By kumar s

Oct 22, 2023

Good for Introduction to key topics but It could be better if the explanation could be more elaborated.

By Deb B

Jan 13, 2023

Pretty dry, some presentations hard to understand, poor audio quality and powerpoint slides very basic.

By HOSSAIN M S

Sep 13, 2022

It should have been more detailed about the cyber security field. More technical aspects can be added

By Ebraheem Y

Aug 10, 2022

The video and audio quality was unsatisfactory. The rest of the course, knowledge-wise was really good.

By Christina M

Sep 20, 2022

I would say It was difficult for me as a beginner and not very interesting, maybe it is just not mine

By Olivier H

Jan 3, 2022

Only three stars because the audio quality is mediocre. I was expecting better media quality from IBM.

By Rachel S

Mar 16, 2021

Sometimes the audio was very bad and there were gaps in the story which made it difficult to follow.

By Fred C

Dec 8, 2020

The content was fine but the voices of the presenters were very dimmed and often hard to understand.

By Brian L

Dec 25, 2020

Informative but there needs to be some sort of lab training other than just memorizing concepts.

By Andres M G

Aug 8, 2020

Very basic, is basically like attending to TED talks on cybersecurity. But it is easy to follow.

By Pablo F

Jul 28, 2021

You should improve the audio quality and the transcripts which are impossible to understand...

By Christopher B

Nov 1, 2021

This is a powerpoint presentation at best. Look at Google and model your program accordingly.

By Debbie R

Mar 31, 2021

It is very difficult to understand some of the instructors and the audio is very bad quality.

By Brian O

Sep 10, 2020

This should have been free. Good information, but it felt a bit like a sales pitch from IBM.

By Muhammad N K

Jun 24, 2020

Good introductory course on Cybersecurity. But the audio quality of the lessons are horrible.

By Pankaj K

Apr 16, 2021

1. Content continuity was missing in the course.

2. Voice quality changes with each presenter

By Hisham A

Sep 1, 2020

Even though it has the content for a good cyber security basics the explanation is boring.

By Gabriel S

Sep 6, 2023

Some video's sound quality was poor and on others, it was hard to understand the speaker.

By Kate

Aug 18, 2022

An interesting overview but the voice overs and transcripts weren't very clear in places.

By Wilhemina W

Mar 25, 2024

the video quality wasn't very good. it's hard to watch it without the help of subtitles.

By SOLOMON A A V

Jan 11, 2022

The audio quality used in whole course was not upto the mark. It was not clearly audible