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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

SG

Nov 24, 2021

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

GS

Apr 11, 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 :)

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By Damaso

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Jan 28, 2019

Great information! IT Security will only become more prevalent. A very valuable course

By Setiadi W

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Feb 27, 2025

terimakasih, menambah pengetahuan dan wawasan dalam IT Support untuk terus berkembang

By Gabriel M D

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Jan 16, 2025

Esse curso é de suma importância para quem busca entrar no mercado profissional de TI

By CLAIRE B S

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Nov 22, 2023

Learning IT Security: Defense against the digital dark arts was challenging but great

By Degbe J G

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Dec 24, 2022

Great, I think security is one of the most important things to learn in the IT field.

By Alfredo S

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Nov 20, 2021

Informacion veraz y completa, todo lo que debemos saber como soporte IT en seguridad.

By Mohamed A

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Jun 16, 2020

the very good content. and a good instructor.

thank you google and Coursera community.

By Eliseu N

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May 15, 2020

basic knowledge of vital points of how to prevent and protect your organisation infra

By Jennifer, M

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May 6, 2020

This Course has thought me so much more information than what my regular classes did.

By Muhammad H F b H

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May 6, 2020

The course is really informative and is good for kick-starting a career in IT Support

By Jay K

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Apr 10, 2022

Awesome teaching and great content thank you Google and Coursera. I really loved it.

By Anderson S

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May 27, 2021

curso Ótimo! aprendi muito vou dedicar mais e mais, Gosto muito Tecnologia em geral

By Sergio B

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Mar 31, 2021

This was a very interesting part of the course and the instructor taught it well imo

By Tom L

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Jul 12, 2019

Hands down the best in the the series. Very deep. Very thorough. Wonderful course

By Jay D

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May 16, 2018

Great course to learn more about all the bad actors out there and how to fight them.

By Mihail K

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Jul 30, 2023

It does have a bit of missing information about WPA3 but besides that it was great!

By Jackson M

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Jun 25, 2023

Very educative and illustrational. You taught me so much as a beginner in this area

By Joshua B

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Nov 13, 2022

Great course! Would definitely recommend to use to help prepare for the COMPTIA A+.

By Lawrence C H (

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Jun 7, 2022

I learned so much. It was an amazing course. O and Cindy is my favorite instructor.

By Alejandro B

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Dec 16, 2021

It's a perfect course if you want to introduce yourself with the basis to this area

By Latifah T

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Dec 11, 2020

Quite, challenging, but overall this was an extremely great and informative course.

By Abhirup B

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Jun 3, 2020

ITS INDEED A VERY USEFUL CERTIFICATE TO DEVELOP ONESELF AS AN IT SUPPORT SPECIALIST

By Angela L

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Aug 20, 2018

Good broad overview course on IT security. But just touches the tip of the iceberg.

By Rhonda L

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Sep 24, 2025

I received a good overview and understanding of Cybersecurity through this course.

By Sanjeev K

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Aug 17, 2024

It was very nice to take a course from here & learn new topics and gain knowledge.