CybersecurityBeginner
Cybersecurity Foundations
Understand threats, defenses and how security really works.
Taught by Prabin Shrestha · Security Engineer
What you'll learn
- Explain the CIA triad and use it to evaluate whether a system is actually secure
- Identify the main categories of malware and the attack vectors used to deliver them
- Map a realistic threat model: who the attackers are, what they want, and how they get in
- Apply defense in depth by layering controls so no single failure causes a breach
- Reason about risk using likelihood and impact instead of fear, and prioritise fixes accordingly
- Use core security vocabulary correctly and recognise phishing and social-engineering attempts
About this course
A plain-language introduction to how cybersecurity actually works: the principles attackers try to break, the ways systems get compromised, and the layered defenses that keep data safe. You will learn to think like a defender, speak the vocabulary fluently, and reason about risk instead of chasing fear. Every offensive idea is taught for one purpose only: so you can recognise it and stop it, legally and ethically.
Course content
8 lessons- 1What Security Really Means: The CIA TriadThe three properties every security control ultimately protects.Preview
- 2The Threat Landscape: Who Attacks and WhyThe actors, their motives, and how to think about threats instead of fearing them.Preview
- 3Malware: The Families You Need to RecogniseWhat the major malware types do and how they behave differently.
- 4Attack Vectors: How Intruders Get InThe common doorways attackers use, with phishing front and centre.
- 5Defense in Depth: Layering Your ProtectionWhy no single control is enough and how to stack them.
- 6Risk: How to Decide What to Fix FirstTurning a flood of warnings into a ranked, rational plan.
- 7Identity, Authentication and Access ControlProving who you are and controlling what you can do.
- 8Cryptography and Secure Communication BasicsHow encryption protects data in transit and at rest.