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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....

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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

NA

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!"

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By basil a

Sep 17, 2022

Material is ok but presentation and sound is horrible

Alot of times the presenters are literally only reading as if they are reciting a poem

A lot of tables in the presentations are not clear and if you try to make larger it becomes blury in addition sound quality is bad

By Adam F

Jun 13, 2021

It was alright. I learned a fair amount, but being lectured to by unengaging instructors reading off a powerpoint, some of whom don't speak english very well, can make getting through this class feel more like a chore. Regardless, it still contained good information.

By Bradley G

Apr 5, 2022

It gives a broad introduction, but the videos are so outdated! The audio quality is terrible and some of the instructors with accents are extrememly difficult to understand. Appreciate it is a cheap course, but the videos really need updating with clear audio.

By Mark N

Jul 8, 2020

Giving 3 stars because audio quality is poor. Some of the questions in the quiz are not even mentioned in the videos, some of the choices/questions have spelling errors.

Regardless, it provides an very decent introduction to Cybersecurity Tools and Cyber Attacks

By Adam H

Aug 22, 2022

Overall, pretty good. Some of the video and audio doesn't match up. Some of the answers to the test questions isn't found in the reading. Much of the information is from 2016-2018... pretty old and outdated. I am hoping the next courses are more current.

By imran m

May 21, 2022

The course quality is not good. The slides are blurred and are not engaging. Moreover, in many places the audio is inaudible. Other than that, many different instructors are teaching this course so you would not found a smooth flow that you were looking for.

By Vrushabh B

Feb 18, 2023

Course content is excellent, to the point. All the examples, reading materials are good. The reason for me giving 3 stars is the audio quality in videos is not good. To much disturbance, voice not clear. So, please improve the audio quality of the videos.

By Ghassene B S

Jan 14, 2023

Course filled with useful and good information,

But the course is so formal and there's lack of animation, we just see just static slides and that made lectures is a little boring.

In general the course was quite benefit for me, thank you for your hardwork.

By FILIPPO F

Aug 10, 2020

The course has a poor quality of audio and slides. Most of the videos are pre-recorded from internal training and they ofter refer to topics not covered in the course. The topics were interesting though but often too basic or not well connected together.

By Shannon R

Sep 7, 2021

This course is full of audio issues. One woman I could not even focus on what she was saying because someone in a nearby office to hers was banging on a door so loudly. It made me feel as if this course was just kind of thrown together and rushed.

By Faizan A

Feb 10, 2023

there is that constant voice quality issue, that just annoys, other than that there is that lag between the video and the voice. the material is repeated again and again eg: CIA triad is explained thrice. the bad voice quality ruins the experience.

By Vincent I

Dec 10, 2020

The course modules were great but some videos audios were not audible enough and that was below my expectation. I’m glad I completed the course. It was really challenging combining work,business,family and other commitments with doing this course.

By Fouad A

Sep 28, 2023

While the course content itself was informative and valuable, I found the video and audio quality to be quite subpar. This issue significantly affected my overall learning experience and made it challenging to fully engage with the material.

By Joseph J G

May 30, 2022

The transcripts need improvement. Lots of errors in the transcripts.

Although, I can download the video, I still prefer reading throught he subject matter so accuracy of the transcripts is important for me.

The overall content was OK though.

By Gavin B

Feb 8, 2020

some of the speakers were barely intelligible and some of the scripts were rambling and barely relevant.

other elements were fine with decent slides to accompany.

would suggest more detail on slides to compensate for the poorer presenters.

By April B

Jul 5, 2023

Overall, the information is valuable, but the audio was not good and made it difficult to understand some things. Some of the instructors talked to fast and sounded muffled. I wish it was clearer with less background noise in the audio.

By Mark O

Apr 13, 2022

I found that some review questions' answers did not match the course material but the course material was enlightening and well focused. I found the lectures mostly easy to listen to with a few outliers of exceptionally poor quality.

By Christian G

Nov 12, 2020

The basics of the course are good and useful for entering the world of cybersecurity. However, the automatically translated transcripts, which are very often incorrect and therefore more difficult to understand, are to be criticised.

By Ashutosh A

Apr 17, 2023

Informative but audio quality is not that good. Videos need to be re recorded with high quality mics. Also there is no exposure to practical hacking. It's the introductory course but including some hands on will make it much better.

By Eric M H

Jul 25, 2022

I would prefer slides I could print and save for visual aids and references, I know It may not be ideal whensome of the data shared are websites. But as an introduction to cybersecurity I can settle with what is being presented.

By Saul M

Sep 12, 2020

the material was good for an introduction but i was struggling with the audio and some of the transcripts were totally wrong so i just began ignoring them. Maybe if you could clean up the audio i would give it the full 5 stars.

By Rachael N

Mar 21, 2024

Docking stars for dated materials, broken links, poor audio quality, bad subtitles, and difficulty understanding presenters due to language barriers. Despite those issues, it's a decent class that contains interesting content.

By Bri W

Jul 23, 2023

There were some issues with the audio and I found that the course struggled to balance skill level (some complex topics would've been helpful to have foundational information included first, while some content was very basic).

By Ruben J P

Jul 30, 2020

The lessons in this course are very interesting and well informed to the viewer. The only problem is the audio quality of the video. It just like you are listening in a two-way radio, please make it more clearly. Thank you.

By Hashim M

Feb 24, 2023

While the course info is good, the quality of the audio and video is really poor as if the speakers are using a really low quality microphones and we can barely hear and understand them. This needs to be really worked on.