Introduction to Cybersecurity Fundamentals

Beginner Level
3 hours to completeLearn at your own pace
Flexible Schedule

Kevin Cardwell

What You’ll Learn

Learn to identify cybersecurity foundations and standard models for effective protection strategies.

Acquire skills to construct best practices for mitigating common cyber attacks upon course completion.

Explain attacker techniques, including phishing, social engineering, and ransomware.

Gain insights into data protection and online privacy methods while connected to public networks.

Skills You’ll Gain

Mitigation Malware Protection Cyber Security Strategy Computer Security Awareness Training Security Awareness Cyber Attacks Computer Security Data Security Network Security Threat Management Cybersecurity Information Privacy Email Security

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There are 1 modules in this course

This course focuses on building a foundation for the principles of Cyber Security and protecting data within computers, devices and networks. You will look at the concept of “thinking like a hacker” to learn techniques to defend from the types of attacks that are commonly conducted. Once your foundation has been set you will look at the best practices recommendations when it comes to protecting your data and privacy.