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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

(42,521 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
$115,000+
median U.S. salary for cybersecurity
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161,000+
U.S. job openings in cybersecurity
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75%
of certificate graduates report career improvement
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Professional Certificate - 8 course series

Foundations of Cybersecurity

Course 19 hours4.9 (33,083 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: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Network Analysis
Category: Security Controls
Category: Personally Identifiable Information
Category: Cyber Attacks
Category: Information Systems Security Assessment Framework (ISSAF)
Category: Information Assurance
Category: Security Awareness
Category: Cyber Risk
Category: Security Strategy
Category: Data Ethics

Play It Safe: Manage Security Risks

Course 29 hours4.8 (9,284 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: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Compliance Auditing
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Risk Management Framework
Category: Auditing
Category: Risk Management
Category: Security Controls
Category: Incident Response
Category: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Category: Threat Management
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Cyber Risk
Category: MITRE ATT&CK Framework
Category: Information Systems Security
Category: Security Strategy
Category: Computer Security Incident Management
Category: Enterprise Security
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Information Assurance

Connect and Protect: Networks and Network Security

Course 311 hours4.8 (6,141 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: Hardening
Category: Network Security
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Network Protocols
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: TCP/IP
Category: Firewall
Category: Computer Networking
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Vulnerability Assessments
Category: General Networking
Category: Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Category: Network Architecture

Tools of the Trade: Linux and SQL

Course 421 hours4.8 (5,335 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: Linux Commands
Category: Operating Systems
Category: Linux
Category: Database Management
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: SQL
Category: Query Languages
Category: Authentications
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Relational Databases
Category: User Accounts
Category: Unix Shell
Category: File Systems

Assets, Threats, and Vulnerabilities

Course 519 hours4.8 (3,538 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: Vulnerability Management
Category: Encryption
Category: Security Controls
Category: Authentications
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: Vulnerability Assessments
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Data Security
Category: Personally Identifiable Information
Category: Malware Protection
Category: Cyber Threat Intelligence
Category: MITRE ATT&CK Framework
Category: Cyber Risk
Category: Security Strategy
Category: NIST 800-53
Category: Identity and Access Management

Sound the Alarm: Detection and Response

Course 617 hours4.8 (2,939 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: Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Category: Incident Response
Category: Technical Documentation
Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Splunk
Category: TCP/IP
Category: Computer Security Incident Management
Category: Network Protocols
Category: Network Analysis
Category: Record Keeping
Category: Network Monitoring
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Incident Management
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Network Security
Category: Event Monitoring

Automate Cybersecurity Tasks with Python

Course 724 hours4.8 (3,014 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: Python Programming
Category: Debugging
Category: File Management
Category: Algorithms
Category: Scripting
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Automation
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Programming Principles

Put It to Work: Prepare for Cybersecurity Jobs

Course 814 hours4.8 (4,907 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: Interviewing Skills
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Professional Networking
Category: Computer Security Incident Management
Category: Incident Management
Category: Asset Protection
Category: Data Security
Category: Incident Response
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Communication
Category: Security Awareness
Category: Business Ethics
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Ethical Standards And Conduct

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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™ U.S. Job Postings (2024: Jan. 1, 2024 - Dec. 31, 2024). ²Positive career outcome (e.g., new job, promotion, or raise) within six months of completion. Based on program graduate survey, United States 2022.