Cybersecurity Foundations
Start here: the core ideas, legal and ethical ground rules, and the networking, Linux and Windows knowledge every defender and tester needs, for beginners and non-technical staff moving into cyber roles.
- Courses
- 2
- Study time
- 14 hours
- Lessons
- 12
- Practice labs
- 6
- Assessments
- 4
Courses in this path
Take them in this order. Each one has lessons, practice labs and an assessment.
Security Fundamentals, Law & Professional Ethics
Builds the vocabulary and judgement every cyber professional needs: the CIA triad, risk, defence in depth, authorisation, responsible disclosure and…
6 lessons, 3 labs, 2 assessments
View course →Networking, Linux & Windows for Security
Teaches the networking and operating-system essentials that every defender and tester relies on: the OSI and TCP/IP models, ports and protocols,…
6 lessons, 3 labs, 2 assessments
View course →What you will be able to do
A sample of the skills the courses in this path teach.
- Explain confidentiality, integrity and availability and map a given incident to the property it harms
- Distinguish threat, vulnerability and risk, and rank items in a risk register by likelihood x impact
- Explain the OSI and TCP/IP layers and place common protocols and devices in them
- Identify the well-known ports and what service normally listens on each
Before you start
None. No technical background assumed.
Finish every lesson, lab and assessment of a course and you can claim a digitally signed certificate. Finish every course in the path and you can claim a path certificate too.