This course gives you the background needed to understand basic Cybersecurity. You will learn the history of Cybersecurity, types and motives of cyber attacks to further your knowledge of current threats to organizations and individuals. Key terminology, basic system concepts and tools will be examined as an introduction to the Cybersecurity field.
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Discuss the evolution of security based on historical events.
List various types of malicious software.
Describe key cybersecurity concepts including the CIA Triad, access management, incident response and common cybersecurity best practices.
Identify key cybersecurity tools which include the following: firewall, anti-virus, cryptography, penetration testing and digital forensics.
Skills you will gain
- Information Security (INFOSEC)
- IBM New Collar
- Malware
- Cybersecurity
- Cyber Attacks
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
History of Cybersecurity
A brief overview of types of actors and their motives
An overview of key security concepts
An overview of key security tools
Reviews
- 5 stars69.13%
- 4 stars22.02%
- 3 stars5.43%
- 2 stars1.68%
- 1 star1.71%
TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRODUCTION TO CYBERSECURITY TOOLS & CYBER ATTACKS
This is a very good cause. My problem is video transcripts, they have lots of mistakes. If you can improve that I would give it 5 stars. I am very grateful for the bursary that I received. Thank you.
The quality was great but some videos in between had voice issues and it was kind of boring to only head to theory and not have any practical sessions but overall a great course for basics and theory
Being An IT Person I learned alot from this course and hope ill get more from this till now whatever i learned from this i got enough good experience and knowledge of ethical hacking and cybersecurity
If you want to learn cybersecurity and you have no idea about that. Then this is the best course which covers all the basic topics and provide you a best knowledge about cybersecurity and their tools.
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