Ready to build essential cybersecurity skills employers need? This beginner course introduces the foundational concepts, tools, and best practices used by cybersecurity professionals.
During the course, you’ll learn to identify common threats such as data theft, tampering, phishing, and malware. You’ll discover how cyberattacks unfold and explore the physical, environmental, and access control measures used to secure devices and facilities. Plus, you’ll develop strong digital hygiene habits using secure passwords, password management techniques, and multi-factor authentication, and understand the risks of password reuse, sharing, and default credentials. You’ll also practice device hardening, use encryption tools, apply safe browsing techniques, and configure web browsers to minimize vulnerabilities. Plus, you’ll explore methods of managing and protecting confidential information to prevent identity theft and privacy breaches. Hands-on labs provide practical experience, and a final project tests your proficiency across key cybersecurity topics. Enroll now to gain the essential cybersecurity skills that will help you kickstart your IT career!
MM
Thank you so much for this course!. This gave all the mendatory knowledge a person who is using must have,this course can also be the first step if you are interested in cyber security
M
Wonderful Course .. a lot of info and make me intersting for more deep infromation . I will keep to get more
OI
Great experience, well packed with information and The hands on lab experience is very helpful i wish there can be more human teaching or demostration Instead of the AI voice.
RT
I am very happy with the contents and also learned a lot in the field of cyber security. I will recommend this course to everyone who wants to start with cyber security.
AK
Very informative course, these knowledge can help individuals to protect their system safe online.
AW
Very interesting and informational course for me. Thanks IBM team for offering such informational course for the students and individuals online around the world.
SI
by this course i learned so much and it is a great experience learning with coursera
IS
Introduction to cybersecurity can give us knowledge basic about how we can protect our confidential information personal and also customers information
PV
Interesting module to strengthen knowledge in security and intellectual property.
MD
Really good and informative would suggest if anyone wants to know the basics of Cybersecurity
JZ
Not a 5, as the sound levels in the videos could be improved. In some videos, the initial introduction sound clip is louder than the narrator's voice, which can be a bit annoying.
SS
This course is very helpful, and thnkyou coursera to give me this course in free
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Very interesting and informational course for me. Thanks IBM team for offering such informational course for the students and individuals online around the world.
Very informative course, these knowledge can help individuals to protect their system safe online.
I cannot believe they really thought it was a good idea to do the narration in the most lifeless robotic voice, this has made the whole experience of learning the basics of cybersecurity more intimidating than it already is. Not to mention that some of the explanations were unclear. It's a bummer because everything else was good.
This course taught me so much valuable information applicable to both my business and personal work. The course is very engaging and well written. The activities and labs were great for reinforcing the information. This course provided me a solid understanding of cybersecurity.
This course was amazing! It left me intrigued. I enjoyed every bit of it from start to finish. It is beginner friendly and was very easy to comprehend. Thank you IBM Skills Network! Thank you Coursera!
Kudos to the Team for such an Amazing class.i am eternally grateful and proud of myself for this noble privilege.. Thank you for the opportunity to learn and God bless you all. -George
I am very happy with the contents and also learned a lot in the field of cyber security. I will recommend this course to everyone who wants to start with cyber security.
I strongly recommend this course for all purposes: companies in general, home, universities and institutes, industries etc.
Great course - I don't think I'll be falling for any online scams any time soon because of this course Thanks IBM :)
Wonderful Course .. a lot of info and make me intersting for more deep infromation . I will keep to get more
Really good and informative would suggest if anyone wants to know the basics of Cybersecurity
Thanks IBM Team, you make It more easy to Understand straight to the point.
This course is very helpful for me carrier. THANKS TO COURSERA ❤️🙌❤️
Good structure and points revisited in each module to embed learning.
الدوره ممتازه وتعلمت الكثير من هجمات الهكر وكيف احافض على البانات
great learning experience for beginners
Just love it!!!!
Just the completed the course, it's the first of many that I want to complete. I took the course because I want to learn cybersecurity as it's one of the fields of IT that I'm most interested in. I find the course has a basic level, which is what I was looking for as I'm a newbie in the world of cybersecurity. I want to keep learning about cybersecurity, so I will take this course as a stepping stone to more advanced courses. Now I have a better understanding of VPNs, malwares and cyberattacks in general. As a suggestion, I think the labs maybe could have some more advanced exercises like how to set up a domestic VPN but at the same time it's a more complex process, that it goes beyond the level of this course. Overall I'm satisfied. Cheers and a happy new year :).
good and satisfying and good for beginners to start a course almost everything in video section,give more importance to video section than reading.a seminar type course including lot siled
All the course looks like reading titles from Wikipedia about IT. Value of that knowledge is poor.