Foundations of Cybersecurity
Hello, and welcome to Foundations of Cybersecurity, the first course in the Google Cybersecurity Certificate. You’ve begun an exciting journey!
In this course, you will learn the primary job responsibilities and core skills of those who work in the field of cybersecurity. You will explore the eight Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) security domains, various security frameworks and controls, as well as a foundational security model called the confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) triad. You will also be introduced to some common tools used by security analysts that help protect organizations and people alike.
Certificate Program Progress
The Google Cybersecurity Certificate program has nine courses. Foundations of Cybersecurity is the first course.
Foundations of Cybersecurity — (current course) Explore the cybersecurity profession, including significant events that led to the development of the cybersecurity field and its continued importance to organizational operations. Learn about entry-level cybersecurity roles and responsibilities.
Course 1 Content
Each course of this certificate program is broken into modules. You can complete courses at your own pace, but the module breakdowns are designed to help you finish the entire Google Cybersecurity Certificate in about six months.
What’s to come? Here’s a quick overview of the skills you’ll learn in each module of this course.
Module 1: Welcome to the exciting world of cybersecurity
Begin your journey into cybersecurity! You'll explore the cybersecurity field, and learn about the job responsibilities of cybersecurity professionals.
Module 2: The evolution of cybersecurity
You will explore how cybersecurity threats have appeared and evolved alongside the adoption of computers. You will also understand how past and present cyber attacks have influenced the development of the security field. In addition, you'll get an overview of the eight security domains.
Module 3: Protect against threats, risks, and vulnerabilities
You will learn about security frameworks and controls, which are used to mitigate organizational risk. You'll cover principles of the CIA triad and various National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) frameworks. In addition, you'll explore security ethics.
Module 4: Cybersecurity tools and programming languages
You’ll discover common tools used by cybersecurity analysts to identify and eliminate risk. You'll learn about security information and event management (SIEM) tools, network protocol analyzers, and programming languages such as Python and SQL.