Computer attacks and data breaches are inevitable. It seems like every day a data breach occurs and the victims of the data breach suffer. Their information is stolen or posted online. The company’s or businesses who had the breach go on, learn a little from the attack, and just give credit monitoring out as if nothing happened. What if you could help prevent a data breach in your organization? This is the third course in the Practical Computer Security specialization. This course looks at detection and mitigation of threats and attack vectors and discusses how to use tools and principles to protect information. By the end of the course you should be able to make suggestions on what type of detection and mitigation strategy is right for your systems or business given the known threats and attack vectors. You should be able to discuss what features you want in a firewall, or how cash registers or sensitive data systems should be secured. The project at the end of the course will allow you to apply what you have learned to argue what type of detection and mitigation strategies should have been employed by companies and businesses that have suffered a data breach.
JF
Class doesn't seem very active-- not a lot of students so I had to wait awhile for peer reviewed assignments to get reviewed, but the content is great.
VD
Great way to get a good understanding about cyber attacks/threats and mitigation methods, tools
MK
exceptional and fantastic way to teach. makes it east to learn a lot w/o any issues.
RA
Great! Helped me understand the basics and propelled me to learn more about Security Controls and Threats
GA
Thank you very much for your help and support I really appreciate it and have really enjoyed the course too
J
Concepts were very simplified and concise. Examples given in the course were past incidents the faculty had experienced and it helped me translate the theory into work.
MA
The Course was very insightful. it acted as a good base for my cyber professional career.
BJ
Awesome and great course for those who had interest in cyber security analysis. Recommended.
TM
It was very useful and I got to know a lot about Cyber threats and Attacks. Thanks to Lecture, Greg Williams.
SH
Best course to take. Thank you for helping me to improve my understanding about the Cyber Security
SJ
Very good course and teacher is very good at explaining things. Learned alot from this course.
SG
It was a very informative and interesting course! I hoped to have more of a practical exercise too. That would have been better. Overall, a great course! Nicely tailored.
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I enjoy the lectures. The professor has a good speaking and teaching style which keeps me interested. Lots of concrete math examples which make it easier to understand. Very good slides which are well formulated and easy to understand
Class doesn't seem very active-- not a lot of students so I had to wait awhile for peer reviewed assignments to get reviewed, but the content is great.
One of the most important course to know about Cyber attacks and how to fight against it. Thanks to CourseEra and the teachers.
It was very useful and I got to know a lot about Cyber threats and Attacks. Thanks to Lecture, Greg Williams.
Concepts were very simplified and concise. Examples given in the course were past incidents the faculty had experienced and it helped me translate the theory into work.
Nice course!
Good communication, interesting content and i liked the course organization.
Student ratings detract the grade because some feedback were just copy paste answers.
The submission of the papers was confusing. The documentation was referenced in .txt however it was needed in text fields.
I suggest as improvements a greater control of the requirements of the reviews.
Like the others in this series, I feel like ovrerall they are good. It could move a little faster for my tastes as there seems to be some drawing out of information a bit to ensure you maintain your subscription longer but the content is good and the instruction clear. Much better than the NYU equivilent series on Coursera.
I liked this course. I wish there would have been more information, but overall it was useful.
There was more reading of articles than actually learning.
not very informative
I think as a new learner on this field, reading and getting updated always on whats happening around regarding the latest on Cybersecurity, Cyber threats and attacks and continuous learning is very vital.Not only for Cybersecurity personnel but information dissemination to the end users is a very important part of Cybersecurity.
Thank you to all the persons behind this class module.
This has been an excellent course. Does proper introduction to key concepts of detection and mitigation of cyber threats. Concepts well explained and easily understandable. I additionally enjoyed the peer reviewed course final assignment. You could however consider incorporating practical sessions in the course to further equip learners with the industry skills. Thank you.
A very nice and brief course. This course really got me interested in gaining more knowledge of Cybersecurity. Thank you Greg for an amazing course that is fed by your practical experience working in the university for so long.
I gained substantial knowledge by taking this course on detecting and mitigating Cyber threats and attacks.
Excellent overview and detailed material including ample experience on the field by the instructor.
Best course to take. Thank you for helping me to improve my understanding about the Cyber Security
Great way to get a good understanding about cyber attacks/threats and mitigation methods, tools
Very good course and teacher is very good at explaining things. Learned alot from this course.
The Course was very insightful. it acted as a good base for my cyber professional career.
Excellent course and simple materials, to learn and understand the cyberthreats world.