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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

GS

Apr 12, 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 :)

DG

Dec 5, 2020

An absolutely engaging and challenging feat that I am so proud to have completed. I hope this opens new door and better job opportunities so that I can better enhance my future. Thank you Google :)

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By Albi M N

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Jan 13, 2024

Good for basic and the material include are best practices scenario

By Tim P

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Dec 7, 2023

A great course for anyone who wants to get more knowledge about CS.

By James M

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Nov 26, 2023

Very informative and helpful, focused on the important information.

By Sneh E

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Mar 4, 2021

very nice program and course loved it thanks google thanks coursera

By Moussa M

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Dec 15, 2020

Great course! I feel more open to opportunities than before. Thanks

By Nishan A

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Jul 30, 2020

This course is very good. It has indeed knowledge in Cyber Secrity.

By Mahmoud E

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Jul 23, 2020

make the video short,some videos are 13 minutes, increase lab quiz

By Mohamed A M

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Jun 6, 2020

Awesome ,

Thanks a Lot... Google and Coursera Teams

God Bless us All

By Distract K

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May 21, 2020

Good for career building every one must do this who are in IT field

By Steven M P

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Jan 18, 2020

What an amazing course! So much good information! Thank you Google!

By Spas T

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Nov 2, 2019

Absolutely everything about this course was extremely proffesional.

By Engel A G M

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Dec 28, 2018

You will learn technical concept and methods for computer security.

By Penny S

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Sep 15, 2018

Very through overview of security issues for real world challenges.

By John E F I

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Aug 26, 2018

Another course... I learn a great deal on how to protect a network.

By Miguel ( P

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Oct 23, 2024

Great material. Looking forward to putting everything into action.

By Mark B

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May 28, 2024

Great course which I am going to refer back to time and time again

By Winchie T

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Nov 4, 2022

such a nice course!! you will learn a lot if you take this course

By Alysha K

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May 2, 2022

this was fun..it has open my eyes to wanting to go into this field

By Jerome C

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Jan 18, 2021

Very Informative.

Very Challenging.

Straight-forward.

Easy to follow.

By Edgar G

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Oct 25, 2020

La verdad que me gusto mucho este curso, muy bueno, lo recomiendo.

By Jacques L

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Oct 21, 2020

It was fun and I found learning was so much easier in this format.

By Ioannis T

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Oct 11, 2020

very detailed. easy to follow. terminology explained with clarity.

By Mohammad K

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Jul 23, 2020

Lot of thanks from my side because i got my knowledge improvement.

By Laurent B

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May 5, 2020

It's just amazing. All i can say is thank you for this opportunity

By -Artsy P L

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Jan 21, 2020

This was a great and very informative course. I really enjoyed it.