Cybersecurity Attack and Defense Fundamentals

This Specialization can be taken by students, IT professionals, IT managers, career changers, and anyone who seeks a cybersecurity career or aspires to advance their current role. This course is ideal for those entering the cybersecurity workforce, providing foundational, hands-on skills to solve the most common security issues organizations face today. T​his 3-course Specialization will help you gain core cybersecurity skills needed to protect critical data, networks, and digital assets. You will learn to build the foundation that enables individuals to grow their skills in specialized domains like penetration testing, security consulting, auditing, and system and network administration

• Understand information security threats and vulnerabilities
• Apply network security assessment techniques
• Learn fundamentals of computer forensics and digital investigations
• Analyze common cybersecurity attacks

• Basic computer and internet skills
• Ability to read course instructions in English and complete exercises