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Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Intermediate Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Fundamentals

Build job-ready cybersecurity skills aligned with CompTIA Security+ and the SOC analyst career path. Learn how attackers think, how to defend networks and systems, how to model threats and assess risk, and how to detect and respond to incidents in a security operations center. A dedicated track on AI-powered attacks and defenses prepares you for the threats reshaping the field right now, so you can pass the cert and step into a security role with confidence.

5 modules 15 lessons 7 h 350 questions
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Course content

1 Security Foundations & Threats 3 lessons · 23 min
1 Thinking Like an Attacker: The Security Mindset 7:19 2 How Breaches Really Start: Malware and Social Engineering 7:30 3 Access Control and Least Privilege 7:45
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2 Network & System Security 3 lessons · 24 min
4 Defending the Network: Firewalls, VPNs, and Segmentation 7:48 5 Cryptography Essentials: Encryption, Hashing, and PKI 8:12 6 Hardening Systems: Patching, Configuration, and Endpoints 8:12
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3 Threat Modeling & Risk 3 lessons · 23 min
7 Threat Modeling with STRIDE and MITRE ATT&CK 7:15 8 Risk Assessment: Likelihood, Impact, and Prioritization 7:41 9 Governance and Compliance: Frameworks That Matter 8:13
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4 SOC Analyst & Incident Response 3 lessons · 23 min
10 Inside the SOC: SIEM, Logs, and Alert Triage 7:32 11 The Incident Response Lifecycle 7:44 12 Threat Hunting and Digital Forensics Basics 7:49
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5 AI-Powered Attacks & Defense 3 lessons · 24 min
13 How Attackers Weaponize AI 7:53 14 Prompt Injection and Securing AI Systems 7:46 15 AI on Defense: Augmenting the SOC Responsibly 8:12
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Foundations The CIA Triad Is Your North Star Every control protects one of three goals Best Practices Grant the Least Privilege That Works Default to no access, add only what is needed Threats Phishing Exploits Urgency, Not Tech Slow down when a message rushes you Threats Know Your Malware Families Naming the threat shapes the response