Cybersecurity Attack and Defense Fundamentals Specialization

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.
This 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.
What You Will Learn:
Information security threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks.
Network security assessment techniques and tools.
Computer forensics fundaments, digital evidence, and forensic investigation phases.
Fundamentals of information security and ethical hacking

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