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About the Course

Ready to build essential cybersecurity skills employers need? This beginner course introduces the foundational concepts, tools, and best practices used by cybersecurity professionals. During the course, you’ll learn to identify common threats such as data theft, tampering, phishing, and malware. You’ll discover how cyberattacks unfold and explore the physical, environmental, and access control measures used to secure devices and facilities. Plus, you’ll develop strong digital hygiene habits using secure passwords, password management techniques, and multi-factor authentication, and understand the risks of password reuse, sharing, and default credentials. You’ll also practice device hardening, use encryption tools, apply safe browsing techniques, and configure web browsers to minimize vulnerabilities. Plus, you’ll explore methods of managing and protecting confidential information to prevent identity theft and privacy breaches. Hands-on labs provide practical experience, and a final project tests your proficiency across key cybersecurity topics. Enroll now to gain the essential cybersecurity skills that will help you kickstart your IT career!...

Top reviews

GA

Dec 21, 2022

Kudos to the Team for such an Amazing class.i am eternally grateful and proud of myself for this noble privilege.. Thank you for the opportunity to learn and God bless you all. -George

RT

Nov 4, 2022

I am very happy with the contents and also learned a lot in the field of cyber security. I will recommend this course to everyone who wants to start with cyber security.

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By Kangabam A

Aug 11, 2022

First of all, I thank the team of this program who has provided comprehensive information and knowledge to students who are interested in exploring the nuances of how cybersecurity works. This course has given me much of insights into how security is really important, particularly in the digital space. Through this four-week course, have gained much knowledge, to list a few; Common security threats and risks, security best practices, and safe browsing practices. Thank you once again for giving me the opportunity to gain some knowledge on cybersecurity through this course.

By SCALA D

Jan 15, 2025

The course is well organized, the basic concepts are clear and explained with simple examples. I also found the practical exercises very useful, using a virtual machine on which you can experiment with what you learned in the different modules of the course.

By Maurizio V G

Mar 10, 2025

the best if u want to know the essential concepts in cyber-security, NO CODING PROJECTS OR WORKS IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE enroll in an intermediate-level course specify coding in the search bar

By Mihir C

Aug 27, 2022

Thanks you Coursera For This Amazing course.. my entry-level knowledge regarding Cyber-Security field is understoodable, that option 10 minutes training of Cyber- analyst was most inrteresst part in the course.

By Tejaswini S

Apr 30, 2023

The course was very nice and helped me learn lot many new things about cybersecurity. It taught me the necessary fundamentals and help gain new skills. It it beginner friendly and thanks for the course!

By INDRAWAN Y S

Dec 15, 2024

Introduction to cybersecurity can give us knowledge basic about how we can protect our confidential information personal and also customers information

By Abdulkarim S A

Feb 20, 2024

this course is amazing , i learned many things about CYS and the threats , very recommended for very beginners and want to learn about cyber security

By Ange G

May 10, 2025

Pour un cours que je croyais compliqué auparavant je dis que COURSERA est la meilleure voie pour apprendre et acquérir des compétences

By Johnson O

Apr 16, 2025

Excellent course. I knew nothing on Cybersecurity and it gave me a boost while teaching me the concepts with simplicity.

By SANCHEZ N S

Mar 19, 2024

Buena Introducción y visión generalista de los aspectos más relevantes en Ciberseguridad

By Акимчук В Д

Nov 9, 2024

Спасибо за информацию и возможность обучения полезного курса в наше не простое время.

By Sai I

Dec 22, 2022

by this course i learned so much and it is a great experience learning with coursera

By Patrick V

Sep 23, 2022

Interesting module to strengthen knowledge in security and intellectual property.

By Siraj S

Jan 27, 2023

This course is very helpful, and thnkyou coursera to give me this course in free

By R S (

Jun 27, 2024

I believe that this course has brought me closer to achieving my primary goal.

By george g

Feb 19, 2025

Good Pace, covered many topics, but didn't linger on any one specifically.

By MUHAMMAD F K

Jul 12, 2025

A comprehensive guide for begginers on the way to Cybersecurity expertise

By Adwaithlal A

Nov 17, 2022

superb course it helped me to gate a foundation strong in cyber security

By Sonu B

Oct 14, 2022

learn basic theory about cybersecurity essentials which is very useful.

By Jennie D

May 9, 2024

This course is comprehensive but manageable for the beginner's level.

By Clephas M

Feb 23, 2024

It's very good for people without much IT knowledge. Very informative

By Noor H

Oct 8, 2022

This course is brief. Need to implementation of Cyber Security Also

By Amanuel B

May 10, 2025

Super, Easy, Perfect, with Lab Session and with Wonderful Examples

By NILOM D

Mar 20, 2025

This is a good course to understand the basics of cybersecurity.

By Tchanari K

Jul 7, 2022

The couse was interested, but I didn't get any certificated why?