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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Introduction to Cybersecurity Tools & Cyberattacks by IBM

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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....

Top reviews

AG

Mar 16, 2022

G​reat Course Content and Explanation. Some Audio problems cost it *. Audio could have been better for most of the course parts. Thank You IBM for offering this course. Thank you all the instructors.

DR

Apr 26, 2022

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 PRASHANTH M I

Mar 8, 2025

Ya its useful

By JANHVI S

Mar 5, 2024

good learner

By SANDHIYA R

Dec 21, 2021

Useful to us

By jeswin D

Jun 23, 2020

Theory based

By Jejhar S

May 1, 2020

informartove

By Ehtisham H

Jul 12, 2025

too general

By AMANSRIVASTAVA R

Sep 4, 2020

not so good

By prasad d

Sep 20, 2022

good one

By Ritwik M

Apr 17, 2022

Too vague

By Pratima R

Sep 23, 2020

GOOD...

By fredy a

Apr 27, 2024

great

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Mar 21, 2022

Nice

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Feb 16, 2022

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Jun 1, 2025

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Feb 16, 2025

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May 15, 2023

good

By Kanwaldeep K

Mar 15, 2022

fine

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Jan 27, 2022

nice

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Nov 27, 2020

NIce

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Jan 20, 2024

bad

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Feb 6, 2025

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By Dhruv R G

May 8, 2020

ok

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May 23, 2024

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Mar 24, 2022

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By Helen B

Jul 2, 2020

I was disappointed to see how little effort was put in to design this course. I was expecting more since this course seemed to get a decent rating based on Coursera user feedback. The course provides some very helpful resources to go back to later when learning more about cybersecurity and keeping up with the most up to date news and research. The course attempts to teach important concepts, but the lecture delivery method is just poor.

For starters, the video lecture designs were just sloppy -- poor audio recordings, typos on the slides and in the written transcripts, slide graphics were not visible most of the time (even when viewing in full-screen mode). Many acronyms and terms were not clearly defined or defined at all. This should be a number 1 priority for a beginners' course. The written transcripts for each of the lecture slide simply just transcribed the audio and did not correct any transcription mistakes when they appeared. There should also be helpful written guides creating outlines for each of the units and the terms/concepts presented.

This course has a 7-day free trial, but I canceled before the trial was over. It is not worth paying for something where there is clearly very little effort put into making the course.

Overall disappointed because I expected more from IBM since they have top experts in this field.