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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Introduction to Cybersecurity Tools & Cyberattacks by IBM

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About the Course

According to a recent IBM report, cyberattacks have surged 71%! This alarming statistic highlights a huge demand for cybersecurity professionals. This IBM course will introduce you to fundamental cybersecurity concepts, threats, and preventive measures to start your cybersecurity journey. In this course, you’ll explore the evolution of cybersecurity and discover the critical thinking model. You’ll also cover threat actors, malware, ransomware, and defenses against social engineering. Additionally, you’ll learn about internet security threats and security controls. You’ll explore the fundamentals of identity and access management (IAM), authentication, and access control. You’ll also look at the physical threats organizations encounter and consider effective security measures. Throughout, you’ll build practical knowledge through hands-on labs and gain technical expertise through insights from industry experts. Your final project will enable you to effectively demonstrate your understanding of cybersecurity principles. This course is for anyone who wants a basic understanding of cybersecurity and is part of a series designed to help you start a career as a Cybersecurity Analyst....

Top reviews

NA

Apr 1, 2024

"Thrilled to complete my first course in Cybersecurity - a perfect blend of tools and tactics. Insightful, engaging, and foundational. Highly recommend to anyone starting their cybersecurity journey!"

AG

Aug 14, 2020

The reading link to Week 03's Framework and their purpose is Broken. Please Fix it. Everything else seemed perfect. I would recommend this course for people who think of starting their careers in CyS.

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By Steven W D

Aug 29, 2022

Brief in content, and this is good for a introduction course.

But it is very poor quality in voice and poor quality in transcripts.

By Christian K

Feb 8, 2023

Overall not a good course. Lectures are boring and the Quality (especially audio Quality is poor) Would not recommend it at all

By Bulgantamir B

Oct 25, 2021

There were quite many wrong things said by some of the instructors. Plus, the explanation did not offer any real life practice

By Alice W

Jul 1, 2023

Hard to understand the teacher of some of the 1st course. Also a handout or link to all the abbreviations they use is needed.

By Gernot G

Aug 28, 2022

Pretty bad audio and noticable cuts.

Course videos are very short and shallow without going into interesting depths.

By Dr. P S L

May 3, 2020

Presenter is not effective, failed to create interest. Difficult to understand concepts. no link in course content

By gabriel I d S

Jul 26, 2022

The course covers great topics in the cybersecurity area, but many classes have poor audio and didactic quality.

By Alladi A S G

May 13, 2020

This course is only for basic definitions . Dint get any practical knowledge . Completed this course with in day

By SHELDON W

Jul 29, 2023

Some of the definitions are not clearly defined, when searching for keywords in the course many were not found.

By Austin C

Mar 28, 2023

This course should have at least 2 attempts for tests. You also cant learn from your mistakes in this program.

By NIRANJAN K

Dec 2, 2020

the intraction of the teacher and student was not so effective, need to work in presentation and communication

By Meshari A

May 29, 2020

This course needs an update. Video and sound are low quality in many videos. Also, some info need updates too.

By Louise E

Mar 2, 2023

The content is good but the sound quality is so poor for most videos - I couldn't hear what they were saying.

By Jason M

Jan 5, 2023

Instructors were hard to understand. They would constantly fumble over words making hard to keep focused.

By Christopher A

Aug 5, 2022

The deliverables are not what I expect from IBM. More must be invested to improve the delivery network.

By Viktors K

Jul 25, 2022

Very shallow cvoerage. A lot of unnecessary information, while not going in-depth on essential topics.

By Aska C

Dec 30, 2021

The audio and video quality are very bad. It's not what I expect from the course, especially from IBM.

By Mark E B

Aug 25, 2020

the video where hard to understand and presenters did not follow the text and missing or broken links

By Sameeran C

May 23, 2020

The video quality was very low and the audio was dull and noisy. Had higher expectations from IBM

By JA A

Mar 14, 2023

i had a really hard time understanding the instructors which made it hard for me to follow along

By Courtney M

Jun 4, 2022

hard to hear audio on many slides, text was also very small. Not enough info for certain topics.

By Amílcar S

Oct 7, 2021

A pesar de tener un buen programa, la calidad de los videos de los cursos de IBM es deprimente.

By Toby C

Sep 15, 2020

Bad audio, terrible visuals (pixelated and bad presentation) and lots of repetition of content.

By Erika W

Sep 26, 2023

Audio quality is poor and even the closed captioning is inaccurate. Some things are outdated.

By Aaron A

Oct 27, 2022

Information is all over the place. Audio is hard to hear. Overall course quality is poor.