Google Cybersecurity Certificate

In late January 2024, I started the Google Cybersecurity Certificate program through Coursera.

I took notes throughout the course and posted them here, starting with the first of eight courses in the Google Cybersecurity Specialization, Foundations of Cybersecurity.

As much as possible, I tried to interpret the concepts into my own words. However, that’s difficult in a course like this, which has so many definitions.

Course 1 - Foundations of Cybersecurity

Course 2: Play It Safe: Manage Cybersecurity Risks

• Conducting a Security Audit - My submission of an internal security audit.

Course 3: Connect and Protect: Networks and Network Security

Course 4: Tools of the Trade - Linux and SQL

Course 5: Assets, Threats, and Vulnerabilities

Course 6: Sound the Alarm: Detection and Response

Course 7: Automate Cybersecurity Tasks with Python

Course 8: Put it to Work - Prepare for Cybersecurity Jobs

• Core security concepts
• Security domains
• Network security
• Computing basics
• Assets, threats, and vulnerabilities
• Incident detection and response
• Python
• Find and apply to cybersecurity jobs