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About the Course

According to a recent IBM report, cyberattacks have surged 71%! This alarming statistic highlights a huge demand for cybersecurity professionals. This IBM course will introduce you to fundamental cybersecurity concepts, threats, and preventive measures to start your cybersecurity journey. In this course, you’ll explore the evolution of cybersecurity and discover the critical thinking model. You’ll also cover threat actors, malware, ransomware, and defenses against social engineering. Additionally, you’ll learn about internet security threats and security controls. You’ll explore the fundamentals of identity and access management (IAM), authentication, and access control. You’ll also look at the physical threats organizations encounter and consider effective security measures. Throughout, you’ll build practical knowledge through hands-on labs and gain technical expertise through insights from industry experts. Your final project will enable you to effectively demonstrate your understanding of cybersecurity principles. This course is for anyone who wants a basic understanding of cybersecurity and is part of a series designed to help you start a career as a Cybersecurity Analyst....

Top reviews

JJ

Jun 19, 2021

I Thanks Coursera ,IBM and its team to provide us such a grade knowledge to help the world for protecting, analyzing ,recovering from the cyber attacks and otheronce again thanks Coursera and IBM Team

NA

Apr 2, 2024

"Thrilled to complete my first course in Cybersecurity - a perfect blend of tools and tactics. Insightful, engaging, and foundational. Highly recommend to anyone starting their cybersecurity journey!"

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By Calle S

Oct 6, 2021

Learned a lot! Sometimes it's hard to hear the lecturer which was the only drawback.

By Zachariah B

Sep 15, 2021

Some of what the speakers shared was inaudible, but other than that it was terrific

By Binay P

May 16, 2020

A bit more practical example will help a lot . Even the given example were also good

By Asad A

Sep 23, 2023

It was extremely. Adding few more tools and tricks can help students to learn more.

By Mapitsa M

Mar 21, 2022

It's a very point on couser with accurate and precise lectures. Many thanks to IBM.

By Shubham S

Oct 25, 2020

For beginners it is very good but the course topic should be explained more deeply.

By sakthi s

Jul 26, 2020

its useful..... but it has lots and lots of theory make some practical session.....

By Shukla A A

May 3, 2020

please make sure that video sound are clear and make videos length less than 8 min.

By Elijah D B

Aug 26, 2022

Comprehensive and well-constructed course, audio quality needs improvement though.

By Karanraj S

Apr 20, 2022

Audio Quality can be improved but the overall content and explanation is excellent

By AFNAN A

Jul 26, 2020

a great introductory course which thoroughly covers all aspects of cyber security.

By Youness D

Jan 30, 2023

Good Content , but not a good recording quality , still good knowledge to acquire

By Bruno T

Dec 1, 2020

I think it should be structered better but the concepts are explained really well

By Yogesh

Apr 29, 2020

Its good to learn and intresting.

but there are some issues which should be solved

By Monika K

Dec 8, 2020

Sometimes, the voices was very bad, but the level of knowledge was quite good :)

By Ricardo P

Oct 8, 2020

Very theory based. Real World examples of applications running would be helpful.

By Letlhogonolo D E

Sep 15, 2020

Brilliant insights into cyber attacks, their actors and how they can be managed.

By Edwin R B

Aug 2, 2022

Algo de laboratorios practicos con conexion a equipos virtuales ayudaria mucho.

By Tanish N

Jul 8, 2020

Good course for beginner. It is very helpful course as it provides certificate.

By YeeHin K

Jan 25, 2020

Overall a good course to begin. Although some video had very bad sound quality.

By Magnuss B

Aug 25, 2023

It's a good starting point but can feel somewhat vague and purely theoretical.

By Michael D

Sep 15, 2021

The subject matter was good, but I would have like to have labs in the course.

By Reynaldo G

Feb 27, 2021

In some videps the transcript doesn't capture the exact words of the presenter

By Will C

Nov 20, 2020

Content was good. Presenter skills varied greatly including some preparedness.

By John A

May 3, 2020

Good for beginners with some advanced-level knowledge spikes. Very good though