Introduction to Cybersecurity Essentials

Today’s data-driven and globally connected world data often flows freely between users, organizations, and businesses. Data has real value, and cyber criminals recognize this fact. The steady rise in cybercrime is driving up the demand for cybersecurity experts to protect and defend an organization against attack. When you’re ready to enter the world of cybersecurity, you need job-ready skills. Accreditations, such as IBM Certificates and the CompTIA Network+ certification, attest to your skills, helping you gain a competitive advantage.

This course enables you to develop the essential skills to recognize the most common security threats and risks and how businesses and organizations employ best practices and methodology to defend against them. This course takes you inside the world of cybersecurity and is your first step to passing the CompTIA Network+ exam.
Using videos and virtual, online hands-on labs, you’ll learn how to recognize the evolving cyber threat landscape, the different characteristics of cyberattacks, malware, and cryptocurrency, and how to defend against them. You’ll understand the proper methods for securing and managing confidential information and be able to make recommendations for safer Internet browsing.

This course is for anyone new to cybersecurity who wants to start a career as an Information System Security Engineer I, Network Datacenter Engineer I, Security/Network Engineer I, Cyber Analyst I, or Entry-level Cloud & Security Engineer. Showcase your real-world analytical and evaluation skills via online labs to show your job readiness.