In today’s highly connected world, having an understanding of cybersecurity concepts is increasingly important. Business professionals interested in understanding the risk cybersecurity threats pose to their business, look no further! The Google Cybersecurity Action Team: Cybersecurity Essentials course provides an introduction to cybersecurity terminology, principles, and concepts. Throughout the course, you will cover six security domains, and business continuity and disaster response planning topics. The course includes a series of instructor-led demonstrations to provide real-life examples of cybersecurity tasks in action.
Office of the CISO Institute: Cybersecurity Essentials
Office of the CISO Institute: Cybersecurity Essentials
Instructor: Office of the CISO Institute
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9 hours to complete
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What you'll learn
Understand core cybersecurity terms, acronyms, concepts, and controls to be able to communicate about cybersecurity with confidence
Evaluate cybersecurity scenarios for better decision making
Analyze threats and risks within an organization’s landscape
Recognize various cybersecurity technologies, including: firewalls, encryption, intrusion detection systems, antivirus/anti-malware, and many more
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There are 6 modules in this course
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the course was really nice enjoyed it fully and im happy to complete it overall thank you for the time and i hope to land a job with this certificate
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR THOSE LOOKING TO REFRESH THEIR KNOWLEDGE OR LOOKING FOR EXPOSURE TO THE TECHNICAL JARGONS
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very difficult to understand at first but really started to get it in the end
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