Try It: Cybersecurity Basics

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Try It: Cybersecurity Basics

About this course

Do you want to add cybersecurity to your professional skill set? Join this free introductory course to learn cybersecurity basics — and without any prior experience. You’ll learn about the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) Triad, and how it applies to the daily tasks of a cyber professional. You’ll also examine the basics of cryptography and apply them in an encryption-decryption challenge.

What you'll learn

understand the basics of cybersecurity
apply the CIA Triad principles
grasp fundamental concepts of cryptography
participate in a practical encryption-decryption challenge

Skills you'll gain

risk management encryption cryptography information security data protection cybersecurity security fundamentals decryption CIA triad

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