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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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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!"

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 Akash G

Sep 22, 2019

The course itself is very informative, but the proof-reading/subtitles have not been done very well. Good course overall.

By Aryan N

Oct 7, 2020

course is very informative but audio in some videos is no quite good, replace it asap so other students will not suffer.

By Kazár P

Apr 21, 2020

Sometimes the sound quality was really bad, hard to hear out the words, but overall it was a great course of the basics.

By Ermanno M E

Nov 23, 2021

The course is very interesting and well constructed, but there are some videos whose audio is very noisy and inaudible.

By lionel m

Feb 28, 2021

j'ai tellement appris sur la cybersécurité en ce cours ,avec beaucoup de nouvelles compétences acquises merci coursera

By Deric J

Oct 6, 2019

Very informative, though sometimes the questions for quizzes would have the wrong answer listed as the correct answer.

By Kponemaro K

Jun 14, 2023

It was a wonderful experience!Although some of the audio was not audible.Nevertheless the course was worth the while.

By Muhammad Z

Jul 28, 2021

no offense but lecturers need to improve on their speech but overall plenty cybersecurity related topics were covered

By Arun J

Jul 11, 2021

Content was good. But audio recording from Instructors are not very clear as we can find in other learning platforms.

By gourav s

Aug 6, 2020

This is nice course for me I am learning lots of things about cyber security key ,firewall and many others ....

By Muhammad A B

Oct 12, 2022

the Audio quality was very low and the content was too much brief and was not enough to understand for a beginner ,

By Lucia C

Feb 21, 2022

audio quality must be improved. Also, it would be meaningful to have access to the course references, such as slides

By Stephen C

May 30, 2022

Great material and depth of topics covered. However the language and captuions made it challenging to keep up with.

By HARISH S

Apr 2, 2022

All basic knowledge that we needed to insight into Cyber Security Field. All have been Covered. and looking forword

By GUY M M

Mar 19, 2021

this course was great, I like the key concept learn in this course and the examples were directlè concern , thank's

By ABEL K N C

Mar 12, 2021

Se contempla varios temas importantes y sirven bastante para empezar con el mundo de la ciberseguridad, recomendado

By SOURITA P

Aug 25, 2020

The course was very insightful and interesting. It invoked an interest to learn more about the cybersecurity world.

By Shirin N

Jan 1, 2021

I liked it and learned a lot but I gave four stars because I wish the teacher had a clear voice to understand him.

By Ankit S

Jun 29, 2020

well , I like to thank the IBM course to bring such a amazing course , there is still some improvement required .

By Sajjad A

Aug 17, 2020

The course is very wonderfully executed but one thing the voice quality could be better for better understanding.

By Kayode i

Jun 27, 2022

I am very happy for this opportunity given to me to gain knowledge with IBM through Coursera. Thanks very much.

By Muhammad U S

Sep 9, 2020

Some quizzes were testing information not presented in the receding videos (but would appear at some later time)

By suresh r r

Aug 8, 2023

Except week 2 audio, everything is fine in this course. Best course to kick start your career in Cybersecurity.

By usman a

Sep 6, 2020

Including assignments that allow you to conduct pentest and phishing tests would make this course 5 stars easy.

By Shrinivas M

Sep 4, 2020

The course was good, Framed questions are also good. It was a neat introduction to the basics of cybersecurity.