Cybersecurity is no longer limited to specialists—it’s a core competency for anyone in IT or business operations. With global cybercrime costs projected to exceed $10.5 trillion by 2025, organizations cannot rely on outdated methods. This course equips you with a practical foundation in cybersecurity operations, focusing on real-world threats such as ransomware, phishing, insider risks, and data breaches.

Foundations of Cybersecurity Operations

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level
Recommended experience
8 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Analyze CIA triad, attack surfaces, frameworks, and risk management to address threats.
Design secure access controls, identity, and secrets management to protect systems/data.
Describe the modern attack landscape, and human-centric and web-based threats.
Apply strategies for SOC workflows, highlighting key roles, and practical operations.
Skills you'll gain
- Incident Response
- Cyber Security Strategy
- Threat Management
- Zero Trust Network Access
- Security Awareness
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Identity and Access Management
- Security Controls
- Threat Detection
- Security Management
- User Accounts
- Endpoint Security
- Cybersecurity
- Cyber Attacks
- Cyber Security Policies
Tools you'll learn
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Taught in English
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September 2025
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