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Foundations of Cybersecurity

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Learn about the foundations of Cybersecurity. This course introduces you to the field, explaining its importance in business, and exploring the responsibilities and skills of an entry-level cybersecurity analyst. Google employees guide you through interactive videos and hands-on activities to build your skills. This is the first course in the Google Cybersecurity Certificate, a series designed to prepare you for an entry-level cybersecurity role.

Syllabus

Welcome to the exciting world of cybersecurity

Welcome to the Google Cybersecurity Certificate
Google Cybersecurity Certificate overview
Course 1 overview
Welcome to module 1
Get started with your Google Cybersecurity Certificate
Introduction to cybersecurity
Practice Quiz: Spot the Phish
Toni: My path to cybersecurity
Responsibilities of an entry-level cybersecurity analyst
Nikki: A day in the life of a security engineer
Common cybersecurity terminology
Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Introduction to cybersecurity
Core skills for cybersecurity professionals
Veronica: My path to working in cybersecurity
Transferable and technical cybersecurity skills
The importance of cybersecurity
Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Core skills for cybersecurity professionals
Wrap-up
Glossary terms from module 1
Graded Quiz: Module 1 challenge

The evolution of cybersecurity

Welcome to module 2
Past cybersecurity attacks
Attacks in the digital age
Common attacks and their effectiveness
Sean: Keep your cool during a data breach
Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: The history of cybersecurity
Introduction to the eight CISSP security domains, Part 1
Introduction to the eight CISSP security domains, Part 2
Determine the type of attack
Understand attackers
Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: The eight CISSP security domains
Wrap-up
Glossary terms from module 2
Graded Quiz: Module 2 challenge

Protect against threats, risks, and vulnerabilities

Welcome to module 3
Introduction to security frameworks and controls
Secure design
Controls, frameworks, and compliance
Heather: Protect sensitive data and information
Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Frameworks and controls
Ethics in cybersecurity
Ethical concepts that guide cybersecurity decisions
Holly: The importance of ethics as a cybersecurity professional
Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Ethics in cybersecurity
Wrap-up
Glossary terms from module 3
Graded Quiz: Module 3 challenge

Cybersecurity tools and programming languages

Welcome to module 4
Common cybersecurity tools
Tools for protecting business operations
Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Important cybersecurity tools
Introduction to Linux, SQL, and Python
Use tools to protect business operations
Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge: Core cybersecurity knowledge and skills
Create a cybersecurity portfolio
Graded Quiz: Portfolio Activity: Draft a professional statement
Portfolio Activity Exemplar: Draft a professional statement
Wrap-up
Glossary terms from module 4
Graded Quiz: Module 4 challenge
Course wrap-up
Course 1 glossary
Get started on the next course
Course 1 resources and citations

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