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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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Some video issues (audio problems, spelling issues, editing), the background web app is not particularly good at "handing off" lessons and you will repeat MANY videos, most weblinks are 404 errors.

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Best tip for these courses get a notebook and write down the question thats put at the beginning of each video then answer it by the end if you do this you will have no problem completing any course!

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By Muhammad A K

Jan 25, 2022

Anyone who wants to start his/her cyber security journey should start from this course. It gives in depth primary knowledge from industry's top specialists in cyber security field.

By Robert T

Jul 23, 2020

Good information and very insightful especially if you're a complete novice. I would suggest using the captions options for some of the instructors because they speak very rapidly.

By Nihal S S

Jul 31, 2020

Introduction to cyber security domain was provided and also information regarding precautionary measures being taken to keep system safe from cyber attack was provided efficiently

By Reese M

Feb 1, 2023

Good enough course material. However, some of the test questions do not reflect what is taught during the course. All test in this module require review by the content creators.

By David L

Feb 13, 2021

Course material is OK - IBM heavy obviously. The transcripts are super difficult to follow and would benefit from being tidied up for folks who prefer to read than watch videos.

By Pranjal S

May 25, 2020

The course content was fine but i really hope that the audio quality in this course is improved and the course matter is a bit unorganised. But overall a very informative course

By Alicja M

May 4, 2020

The sound in certain videos could be better, the course provides a lot of information but it might be hard to concentrate if the student cannot correctly hear the presentation.

By Aileen G

Mar 23, 2023

Course successfully introduced me to cyber terminology, risks, and resources. The course did utilize more jargon/acronyms than expected given its stated audience of beginners.

By Majda M

Aug 13, 2020

Great content. It does give a comprehensive overview of cybersecurity concepts, however, it is not a technical course (no hands-on practices) which is why I took one star off.

By Ronald C

Jan 4, 2021

The course provides with good information. Some of the video's the sound quality is really bad. And the talking is not sync with the slides. So please check on those video's.

By Joseph A V

Dec 14, 2020

Overall a very good introduction. I just think there is some very critical information that needs to be updated since there is quite a bit of outdated info still being used.

By Ryan F

Sep 4, 2020

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quizzes) were useful for 1st attempts, but did not change on subsequent attempts. At least a few versions of the quizzes for each lesson would be helpful.

By Tomi J A

Aug 22, 2020

This is a good introduction to cyber security; basically, the topics covered include descriptions of previous attacks, types of threats, types of firewalls, and cryptography.

By Alvin B

Dec 20, 2019

For an introduction course, I learn a lot more about network security and encryption. I would like to see some labs regarding security a network and virus detection methods.

By SADIYA H M

Nov 21, 2022

COURSERA IS ONE OF THE BEST LEARNING PLATFORM IN THE WORLD, I REALLY FOUND ALL MY VIDEOS INTRESTING AND EDUCATING, BUT THEIR IS NEED FOR MORE CLEARER VIDEOS IN SOME AREAS.

By Sena K

Oct 11, 2021

It's thoroughly enlightening, I really enjoyed the whole course. It can be finished in a week, if you have available time. But audio and subtitle problems should be fixed.

By Deshawn G

Aug 21, 2021

overall a good introduction to cybersecurity tools and cyber attacks. Some videos needs to be redone for clarity; the speaker sometimes isn't understandable when speaking.

By DEVARAKONDA M

Feb 2, 2023

The content inside this course is useful for a beginner and the explanation is very good. The quizzes are far more beneficial to revise the topics learned in the journey.

By Vrushali N

Jun 23, 2020

The course was very good and informative. By only concern was that the instructors were not English speakers, so sometimes, it got difficult to understand their language.

By VIGNESWARAN B S

May 24, 2020

The course was interesting and it would even be better if the audio quality can be improved a little bit .Learnt a lot about cyber security schemes ,programs,history etc.

By VASUDHEVAN S

Jul 1, 2020

This course is really helpful and informative. It is taught by people who have maximum experience in this topic. If would be much better if we get a pdf of the slides...

By Deleted A

Dec 1, 2020

The Course is good however not for me. I am now unable to unenroll from the course so i cannot give this or any other course a good full rating if persons cant unenroll

By Thanawat C

Aug 1, 2020

Need to have basic knowledge about IT and technical word. The voice record system is not good in some video. Anyway overall knowledge is really good hope every enjoy!!!

By Himangi S

Jul 26, 2020

Th course is very informative but the voice quality of many videos is very poor. i couldn't understand the words without subtitles which is a drawback for this course.

By ROUSSET

Mar 18, 2022

Very good introduction BUT, sometimes the sound is badly taped, the material is not equal in between the different teachers and the tone of certain teachers is boring.