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Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
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Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate

Get on the fast track to a career in cybersecurity. In this certificate program, you'll learn in-demand skills, and get AI training from Google experts. Learn at your own pace, no degree or experience required.

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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.8

(37,690 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
6 months, 7 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
Build toward a degree

What you'll learn

  • Understand the importance of cybersecurity practices and their impact for organizations.

  • Identify common risks, threats, and vulnerabilities, as well as techniques to mitigate them.

  • Protect networks, devices, people, and data from unauthorized access and cyberattacks using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools.

  • Gain hands-on experience with Python, Linux, and SQL.

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Prepare for a career in cybersecurity

  • Receive professional-level training from Google
  • Demonstrate your proficiency in portfolio-ready projects
  • Earn an employer-recognized certificate from Google
  • Qualify for in-demand job titles: cybersecurity analyst, security analyst, security operations center (SOC) analyst
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$100,000+
median U.S. salary for cybersecurity
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213,000+
U.S. job openings in cybersecurity
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of certificate graduates report career improvement
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Professional Certificate - 8 course series

Foundations of Cybersecurity

Course 19 hours4.8 (29,547 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Recognize core skills and knowledge needed to become a cybersecurity analyst

  • Identify how security attacks impact business operations

  • Explain security ethics

  • Identify common tools used by cybersecurity analysts

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Network Security
Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Computer Security
Category: Information Systems Security
Category: Cyber Risk
Category: Computer Security Incident Management
Category: Computer Security Awareness Training
Category: Incident Management
Category: Security Controls
Category: Data Security
Category: Safety and Security
Category: Enterprise Security
Category: Data Strategy
Category: Cyber Attacks
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Security Management
Category: Data Management
Category: Security Strategy
Category: Data Governance

Play It Safe: Manage Security Risks

Course 29 hours4.8 (8,514 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Identify the primary threats, risks, and vulnerabilities to business operations

  • Examine how organizations use security frameworks and controls to protect business operations

  • Define commonly used Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools

  • Use a playbook to respond to threats, risks, and vulnerabilities

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Computer Security Incident Management
Category: Security Management
Category: Security Strategy
Category: Incident Response
Category: Security Controls
Category: Auditing
Category: Incident Management
Category: Internal Auditing
Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Network Security
Category: Application Security
Category: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Category: Web Applications
Category: Risk Management Framework
Category: Risk Management
Category: Safety and Security

Connect and Protect: Networks and Network Security

Course 311 hours4.8 (5,556 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Define the types of networks and components of networks

  • Illustrate how data is sent and received over a network

  • Understand how to secure a network against intrusion tactics

  • Describe system hardening techniques

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cybersecurity
Category: General Networking
Category: Network Protocols
Category: Security Engineering
Category: Cyber Attacks
Category: Hardening
Category: Computer Networking
Category: Network Security
Category: Information Systems Security
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: TCP/IP
Category: Network Architecture
Category: IT Security Architecture
Category: Network Administration
Category: Network Engineering
Category: Network Troubleshooting
Category: IT Infrastructure
Category: Firewall
Category: Network Planning And Design
Category: Network Support

Tools of the Trade: Linux and SQL

Course 421 hours4.8 (4,829 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain the relationship between operating systems, applications, and hardware

  • Compare a graphical user interface to a command line interface

  • Navigate and manage the file system using Linux commands via the Bash shell

  • Use SQL to retrieve information from a database

Skills you'll gain

Category: Operating Systems
Category: Linux
Category: Computing Platforms
Category: Linux Administration
Category: SQL
Category: Linux Commands
Category: Unix
Category: Database Systems
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Database Development
Category: Query Languages
Category: Database Management Systems
Category: Database Application
Category: Systems Administration
Category: Bash (Scripting Language)
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Database Theory
Category: Database Architecture and Administration
Category: Databases

Assets, Threats, and Vulnerabilities

Course 518 hours4.8 (3,189 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Classify assets

  • Analyze an attack surface to find risks and vulnerabilities

  • Identify threats, such as social engineering, malware and web-based exploits

  • Summarize the threat modeling process

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: IT Security Architecture
Category: Security Management
Category: Security Engineering
Category: Security Controls
Category: Vulnerability Management
Category: Information Systems Security
Category: Vulnerability
Category: Security Software
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Asset Protection
Category: Safety and Security
Category: Application Security
Category: Cyber Risk
Category: Cyber Security Strategy
Category: Cyber Security Policies
Category: Information Assurance
Category: Threat Management
Category: NIST 800-53

Sound the Alarm: Detection and Response

Course 618 hours4.8 (2,677 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Identify the steps to contain, eradicate, and recover from an incident

  • Analyze packets to interpret network communications

  • Understand basic syntax, components of signatures and logs in Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) tools

  • Perform queries in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools to investigate an event

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Computer Security Incident Management
Category: Incident Management
Category: Incident Response
Category: Network Monitoring
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Network Security
Category: Network Administration
Category: Network Performance Management
Category: Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Category: Computer Networking
Category: Network Protocols
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Network Engineering
Category: General Networking
Category: Threat Management
Category: Cyber Security Strategy

Automate Cybersecurity Tasks with Python

Course 724 hours4.7 (2,717 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain how the Python programming language is used in cybersecurity

  • Create new, user-defined Python functions

  • Use regular expressions to extract information from text

  • Practice debugging code

Skills you'll gain

Category: Computer Programming
Category: Python Programming
Category: Computer Science
Category: Scripting Languages
Category: Scripting
Category: Debugging
Category: Network Security
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Automation
Category: Robotic Process Automation
Category: Information Technology
Category: Systems Administration
Category: IT Automation

Put It to Work: Prepare for Cybersecurity Jobs

Course 814 hours4.8 (4,147 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Determine when and how to escalate a security incident

  • Engage with the cybersecurity community

  • Apply for cybersecurity jobs and prepare for interviews.

  • Gain a competitive edge by learning AI skills from Google experts.

  • Boost your cybersecurity skills with AI
  • Decode complex security frameworks with AI
  • Use AI to help identify bugs
  • Refine code with help from AI
  • Understand system vulnerabilities with AI
  • Prioritize alerts with AI

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Security Management
Category: Security Strategy
Category: Incident Management
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Interviewing Skills
Category: Asset Protection
Category: Computer Security Incident Management
Category: Risk Mitigation
Category: Security Awareness
Category: Communication
Category: Recruitment
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Information Systems Security
Category: Network Security
Category: Enterprise Security
Category: Incident Response
Category: Stakeholder Management
Category: Infrastructure Security
Category: Data Security

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When you complete this Professional Certificate, you may be able to have your learning recognized for credit if you are admitted and enroll in one of the following online degree programs.¹

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Degree credit eligible

This Professional Certificate has ACE® recommendation. It is eligible for college credit at participating U.S. colleges and universities. Note: The decision to accept specific credit recommendations is up to each institution.

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¹Lightcast™ US Job Postings (median salary with 0-5 years experience), Jan. 1, 2022 - Dec. 31, 2022). ²Positive career outcome (e.g., new job, promotion, or raise) within six months of completion. Based on program graduate survey, United States 2022.