"Introduction to Cybersecurity Fundamentals" is a concise yet comprehensive course designed to provide participants with a solid understanding of the essential principles and practices in the field of cybersecurity. In just 90 minutes, learners will embark on a journey into the world of cybersecurity, learning to think like a hacker and developing strategies to protect data and networks. Through engaging lessons and demonstrations, this course will empower participants with the knowledge needed to defend against common cyber threats and instill best practices for safeguarding data and privacy.
Introduction to Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Instructor: Kevin Cardwell
Sponsored by Taipei Medical University [C4CB]
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What you'll learn
Learn to identify cybersecurity foundations and standard models for effective protection strategies.
Acquire skills to construct best practices for mitigating common cyber attacks upon course completion.
Explain attacker techniques, including phishing, social engineering, and ransomware.
Gain insights into data protection and online privacy methods while connected to public networks.
Skills you'll gain
- Computer Security Awareness Training
- Information Assurance
- Cyber Attacks
- Data Management
- Information Privacy
- Data Governance
- Cyber Security Policies
- Infrastructure Security
- Data Strategy
- Cybersecurity
- Enterprise Security
- Data Security
- Information Systems Security
- Cyber Governance
- Cyber Security Strategy
- Network Security
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There is 1 module in this course
This course focuses on building a foundation for the principles of Cyber Security and protections of data within computers, devices and networks. You will look at the concept of “thinking like a hacker” to learn techniques to defend from the types of attacks that are commonly conducted. Once your foundation has been set you will look at the best practices recommendations when it comes to protecting your data and privacy.
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Reviewed on Jul 23, 2024
thank!! alot on the course i learned alot . thank to google team for making it possible for somone in africa , south sudan to be able to learn online i am real thankfull!!
Reviewed on Aug 14, 2024
A brilliant course that lays down the foundations of working with the fundamentals of Cybersecurity touching basics of the matter.
Reviewed on Mar 31, 2024
Test question 15 was not graded correctly resulting in no points. I found the statement in the training stating the result to the question. Otherwise the training was very informative
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