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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

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 :)

DS

Apr 25, 2018

Great course that is full of useful information and presented in an easy to understand way. It's an awesome beginner course that will add to your knowledge and further your knowledge of IT security.

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By Sheril A

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Nov 8, 2018

Awesome , structured and well defined course. Easy to understand..

By Syed M A H

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Sep 4, 2025

very good course for the people who like to pursue IT as a career

By Jeconia K

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Jul 28, 2025

Thanks for this course, it has improved my confidence in IT roles

By Yuliño Q A

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Apr 4, 2025

Fue una buena experiencia, he aprendido muchas cosas interesantes

By Edwin V J

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Oct 9, 2024

Very helpful and informative towards non-IT and IT professionals.

By Sharon C

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Jul 10, 2023

Very good course in this certificate program. One of my favorite.

By JAMES O M

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Jun 3, 2022

Very nice to jave an opportunity to explore and learn this course

By Shrinivas M

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Aug 27, 2021

I really loved the entire series. Great content. Thank you google

By Muhammad O A

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Apr 4, 2021

Excellent course by google to understand the messy security stuff

By Connor M

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Nov 12, 2020

Great content, wish there was windows labs rather than just Linux

By Ann E

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Apr 27, 2019

This was very interesting to me, still a lot to learn on my in :)

By Farooq I

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Jun 15, 2024

I liked that course because gave me knowledge about IT Security.

By Aamer M

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Jan 13, 2023

A very good course covering all fields of computers and systems.

By Muhammad S H

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Sep 28, 2021

Excellent Professional certificate that every IT candidate need

By Hemraj R

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May 29, 2021

I could keep taking class forever with these amazing instructors

By Kevin C

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Mar 15, 2021

Good course, Google always have something good in their courses.

By Victor B

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Oct 12, 2020

Very interesting but a few mistakes and exam chronology problems

By Shahadul I

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Sep 26, 2020

Awesome experience.Love it.Finally Ended up the Pro certificate.

By Kamana D

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Oct 27, 2018

Very good course, I would recommend this to all it professional.

By Aurel D D

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Jul 26, 2018

Awesome course, learned a lot about security and best practices!

By Cherima S M

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Aug 7, 2024

Great experience! Very challenging but I'm glad I completed it!

By Corey B

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Mar 14, 2024

Enjoyed doing all the labs and the hands on experience was key!

By Rohini N

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Dec 14, 2023

Best Online Course for whoever wants to learn about IT Industry

By Zakariya B

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Nov 17, 2023

thank you very much for this amazing journey it helped me a lot

By Iqbal s

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Jul 11, 2022

Perfect I have ever seen, Thank you so much Coursera and Google