Cybersecurity Foundations: Threats Networks, and IoT Protection
Completed by Mohammad Daoud
February 23, 2026
31 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Understand the relationship between malware, vulnerabilities, and exploits, and identify major types of malware using catalogs and signatures.
Learn how to collect and analyze network traffic with NetFlow and tools like SiLK or Wireshark to detect and interpret potential threats.
Explore internet addressing fundamentals, including IPv4 and IPv6, and utilize tools like WHOIS and BGP routing for host and network lookups.
Gain practical experience in securing IoT environments by building frameworks, understanding privacy risks, and implementing security measures.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Malware Protection
- Category: Cyber Risk
- Category: Border Gateway Protocol
- Category: Routing Protocols
- Category: Network Security
- Category: Containerization
- Category: Cyber Attacks
- Category: Network Protocols
- Category: Threat Detection
- Category: Network Monitoring
- Category: Network Analysis
- Category: Exploitation techniques

