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About the Course

This course covers a wide variety of IT security concepts, tools, and best practices. It introduces threats and attacks and the many ways they can show up. We’ll give you some background of encryption algorithms and how they’re used to safeguard data. Then, we’ll dive into the three As of information security: authentication, authorization, and accounting. We’ll also cover network security solutions, ranging from firewalls to Wifi encryption options. The course is rounded out by putting all these elements together into a multi-layered, in-depth security architecture, followed by recommendations on how to integrate a culture of security into your organization or team. At the end of this course, you’ll understand: ● how various encryption algorithms and techniques work as well as their benefits and limitations. ● various authentication systems and types. ● the difference between authentication and authorization. ● how to evaluate potential risks and recommend ways to reduce risk. ● best practices for securing a network. ● how to help others to grasp security concepts and protect themselves. ● new AI skills from Google experts to help complete IT tasks....

Top reviews

CC

Oct 4, 2020

I just have to say the instructor for this course was amazing! Despite it only being in videos, it was engaging and at some point pretty humorous! Thank you for all that you have taught me!

GS

Apr 11, 2020

Personally, I found this course more dense than the previous courses. I would have liked to have seen more visual descriptions of the topics, e.g. cryptography. But other than that, great course :)

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By Eric G

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Nov 15, 2024

MUY BUENO Y ESTRUCTURADO

By Erick M

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Oct 2, 2024

ES SUPER BUENO ME ENCANO

By MIR A H

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Mar 26, 2024

thanks all Coursera Team

By sikhanyiso k

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Oct 18, 2023

It was a good experience

By Lanre A

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Aug 11, 2022

Superb and Instructional

By Shelly R

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Aug 1, 2022

ALOT OF INFORMATION. WOW

By Vaibhav T

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Mar 23, 2022

Amazind course by Google

By Roberto L P M

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Dec 17, 2021

Lovely and challenging.

By eyoas e

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Sep 10, 2021

knowledgable instructor!

By David

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Jul 31, 2021

Very fun and interesting

By Wrishav G

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Jun 7, 2021

Very much interesting...

By Deleted A

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Mar 29, 2021

CyberSec is really cool.

By Marcus G

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Dec 15, 2020

Encryption was a doozie.

By Chance M

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Nov 16, 2020

Everything was awesome!!

By Ramanath B

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Aug 30, 2020

Very informative course.

By Jede B

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Aug 2, 2020

wooo -hooo!!!! I did it!

By Roahith S

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Aug 1, 2020

i loved all these course

By Chhatrala Y

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Jul 5, 2020

Very nice course awesome

By Sehrob I

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Jun 2, 2020

Wow! This was fantastic!

By AKRAM B

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May 14, 2020

the greatest course ever

By Maftun

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Dec 18, 2019

I've learnt many things.

By Rahul S

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Sep 14, 2018

very important knowlewge

By Clint B

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Aug 1, 2018

Great Class on Secrurity

By Leonardo G

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Oct 11, 2025

Me gusto mucho. Gracias

By Temi O

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May 25, 2025

It is very educational.