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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 Andy H

Jul 15, 2021

Content was okay, but the audio was atrocious.

By Rami a

Aug 20, 2022

Low quality audio, like really awful actually

By Abdulla A

Apr 10, 2023

- Really bad sound/microphones - Too basic

By Kory H

Dec 2, 2020

Instructor isn't speaking clear enough.

By Sihaya S

Feb 27, 2023

this is a very beginner course

By Aaron D

May 25, 2021

poor quality videos and audio

By HIMANSHU S

Jul 20, 2020

Any app available for hacking

By m s

Dec 16, 2022

Bad quality of voice-records

By CC P

May 1, 2020

Audio quality was very poor

By Le A D

Aug 14, 2021

Audio quality is so bad.

By Anirudha A M

Mar 25, 2024

Very poor audio quality.

By Ben C

Mar 21, 2021

Audio quality is awful

By Fadi A S

May 19, 2022

audio quality is bad

By Tuan A H

Mar 25, 2023

Poor sound quality.

By Tommy T

Nov 28, 2022

The audio was bad.

By Samur M

Nov 9, 2022

poor audio quality

By Mark W

Oct 5, 2020

poor audio quality

By Sun H

Jun 23, 2020

Low-quality videos

By Awab S A A

Mar 24, 2022

bad sound qualty

By WISDOM O

Jan 23, 2023

GOOD

By STEFAN C

Oct 7, 2022

By Lisa M

Jun 6, 2022

No. Just no. Terrible course quality. Sound is inaudible. Not a good option for a complete beginner. I finished it, however not worth your hard-earned money. You will get better help from a Youtube tutorial. If you're only doing it because you need some form of proof that you understand some cybersecurity concepts then this course is fine as you will earn certificates. You will also walk away with no real-world required knowledge of the cybersec industry today(2022). Course consists of a lot of self-read assignments where most topics and concepts can be overwhelming for someone who just stepped into the cybersec industry. Some slides are copied from other resources and not original. Some slides are also very hard to understand as the words are all over the place. Slides are eddited poorly and you have to make sense of it all on your own. For some this might not be a problem but for some students this can be very frustrating because understanding this topic is crucial. Best of luck to you if you decide to proceed in this course. Just breathe and remain patient till the end.

By Philip R K

Feb 17, 2025

the program is so awful i don't know where to begin, how about 95 percent of the videos is just filled with ai lessons that put up incomplete bullet points with typos and incomplete thoughts on concepts. it's awful videos just repeating the same basic content sometimes 6 videos in a row it's even hard to tell what's important by the way the slides are lazily displayed with little to no information. I definitely will never take another IBM course or programs if it's near this low level of quality. a book is a better alternative than this course. The course is taught by AI and graded by AI both very poorly. I can't even take this program serious after this last course and final assignment that your ai could not grade accurately I will rush through this so I can actually take courses where I can learn not just be frustrated by lack of quality move into specialized programs. and no not IBM if this is how their programs are done.

By M S I R

Jun 21, 2020

Very poor arrangement of this course. As the name of this course, like, "professional", but course arrangement like, poor videos, poor visuals at presentation, very very very poor verbal communication skill, very very very poor and poor sound quality like totally unclear vocals and talking styles. Very disappointing course this. But yeah, the information of this course is very useful. The matter is, It was very hard to get those information cause poor quality of course and course arrangement. I would like to give an example to see, "how should a professional course looks like!". yeah, see google, see their professional course's videos. I have completed almost 3 courses from Coursera and this is the worse experience. Very disappointed. What I want to say that, re-arrange this course and upgrade the quality thus anyone can easily get this. I mean at least clear vocal and talking style.

By Kathryn B

Sep 14, 2023

This course is incredibly outdated with very confusing information being given in all the videos. I'm only on week one but every video has improper grammar and the information being taught is very confusing. The audio matches the subtitle summary under the videos so its not that.

This is a Cybersecurity course, which a very fast paced, fast changing field, that is using information and stats from 2018.

I do not understand how you can charge $40 a month for confusing and outdated information. I have submitted multiple reports showing how confusing the information is and I hope they are seen.

I dont plan to continue the course because I don't have confidence that I am being taught information that will be up to date, accurate or even relevant to the field today.