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About the Course

This is the first course in the Google Cybersecurity Certificate. In this course, learners will be introduced to the cybersecurity profession, including the primary job responsibilities and core skills of entry-level analysts; significant events that led to the development of the cybersecurity field; and security’s continued importance to organizational operations. Learners will also explore the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) eight security domains, common security frameworks and controls, as well as the confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) triad. This course covers a wide variety of cybersecurity topics to provide an overview of what’s to come in this certificate program. Learners who complete the eight courses in the Google Cybersecurity Certificate will be equipped to apply for entry-level cybersecurity roles. No previous experience is necessary. By the end of this course, you will: - Identify how security attacks impact business operations. - Explore the job responsibilities and core skills of an entry-level cybersecurity analyst. - Recognize how past and present attacks on organizations led to the development of the cybersecurity field. - Learn the CISSP eight security domains. - Identify security domains, frameworks, and controls. - Explain security ethics. - Recognize common tools used by cybersecurity analysts....

Top reviews

AK

Apr 11, 2024

this is a good course for beginners who just start their carrier in cybersecurity and when you go further with it, it would become more interesting because of the exercises and hands on practices.

OM

Jan 16, 2025

The Google Cybersecurity Professional instructors are excellent! They provide clear explanations, effective communication, and use graphical descriptions to make complex concepts easy to understand.

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By Z

Jun 1, 2023

Easy to follow! Bite-sized videos that you will actually remember.

By Bishop C

May 29, 2023

Very relevant information, especially for a beginner level course.

By karthik k

May 25, 2023

Good!!! Teaching, Easy to understand topic's, Animations are Good

By Chris F

May 12, 2023

Very informative and helpful refresher for my current career field

By ENZO F R H

Dec 18, 2025

Excelente material, estoy contento de continuar esta trayectoria.

By SHASHIDHAR S H C

Nov 9, 2025

It was the best experience I had from all the courses I attended.

By a h

Oct 2, 2025

Very detailed information. I learned more than I thought I would.

By ignasi c

Sep 8, 2025

Very interesting course and complete despite being beginner level

By Simphiwe R

Apr 9, 2025

It is a properly detailed introductory course and well explained.

By Regis M T

Apr 5, 2025

Ce cours est très fondamental pour les débutants en Cybersécurité

By Anmol S

Jan 28, 2025

She explained very precisely and it was fun learning each module.

By Akanbi O A

Dec 25, 2024

Easy to learn and understand with proper and adequate use of labs

By Harold A

Sep 25, 2024

Es una introducción muy motivadora al mundo de la ciberseguridad.

By Jason S

Aug 4, 2024

Great introduction to concepts related to the cybersecurity field

By Aliyev K

Jun 20, 2024

This course was very helpful and easy to understand at all stages

By Balkrishna S

May 22, 2024

Great course of foundation of cyber security provides by Coursera

By Mohammed Z

May 2, 2024

To be very frank, they teach me better than my college professors

By Dmytro S

Mar 6, 2024

Handy base information. Nice for starting to learn cybersecurity.

By Youssef A

Feb 14, 2024

The best course is better than college thank you so much, Google.

By Atsuah T

Jan 23, 2024

So far so Good I want to keep going this is actually so much fun.

By Azis B

Jan 21, 2024

very good, iam lerarning from zero and knowing what cebersecurity

By Selvaa P

Jan 13, 2024

Great course to start your journey in the field of Cybersecurity.

By Muhammad A F

Dec 15, 2023

Had an amazing experience getting InTouch with the relevant terms

By Syed G

Nov 27, 2023

This is a good course and interactive of Cybersecurity Foundation

By Idriss D

Nov 17, 2023

Pretty easy to follow along because of the videos and short text.