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About the Course

This is the first course in the Google Cybersecurity Certificate. In this course, learners will be introduced to the cybersecurity profession, including the primary job responsibilities and core skills of entry-level analysts; significant events that led to the development of the cybersecurity field; and security’s continued importance to organizational operations. Learners will also explore the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) eight security domains, common security frameworks and controls, as well as the confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) triad. This course covers a wide variety of cybersecurity topics to provide an overview of what’s to come in this certificate program. Learners who complete the eight courses in the Google Cybersecurity Certificate will be equipped to apply for entry-level cybersecurity roles. No previous experience is necessary. By the end of this course, you will: - Identify how security attacks impact business operations. - Explore the job responsibilities and core skills of an entry-level cybersecurity analyst. - Recognize how past and present attacks on organizations led to the development of the cybersecurity field. - Learn the CISSP eight security domains. - Identify security domains, frameworks, and controls. - Explain security ethics. - Recognize common tools used by cybersecurity analysts....

Top reviews

OS

Sep 17, 2025

This course gave me a solid understanding of core security principles, threats, and tools. It was well structured, beginner friendly, and helped me gain confidence to pursue a career in cybersecurity

CK

May 14, 2023

For a foundation course, this one was easy to understand, it explained all basic concepts in a fluid way and built up the base for the upcoming courses. I'm eager to move on to the other courses now.

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By Mel M

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Jun 19, 2023

The presenter speaks clearly and not so fast. I enjoyed and learned a lot from this course. Thank you!

By Remington M

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Jun 18, 2023

I enjoyed every moment of the course. The instructors are so thorough and their delivery is excellent.

By Richard L

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Jun 7, 2023

This course taught me a lot more of the basics in a fun & interactive way that I completely enjoyed!!!

By Khuram S

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Jun 4, 2023

Great course.learnt a lot about basics.hopefully will learn more in upcoming courses.thanks to google.

By Mason B

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Jun 4, 2023

As someone with no cybersecurity experience this course was very well laid out and easy to comprehend.

By Dami

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May 13, 2023

This Course Is really good it does help you understand what cybersecurity is and how important is it .

By Marlen V A

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Nov 11, 2025

En mi opinion, la importancia de los aprendizajes y actualización de temas idoneos para mi dia a dia.

By QAMAR J

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Sep 29, 2025

Every informative and interesting start of google cybersecurity, which is totally a new field for me.

By Henry R M

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Aug 26, 2025

It was fun and educational to go through. Left me with alot of foundational notes I can look back on.

By Courtney K

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Jul 11, 2025

Awesome course!!! As a UTSA student, this course match the knowledge depth offered at the university.

By juan p S

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Dec 27, 2024

Muy buen curso introductorio!.Solo falta afinar temas de traducciones en las actividades a realizar .

By Daylen B

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Aug 13, 2024

This course was packed full of information and just got me excited to learn more about cybersecurity.

By Cristhian v

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Apr 24, 2024

This Course has been nothing but good to my education as well as my understanding of CyberSecurity...

By Sinethemba D

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Apr 22, 2024

Course design in a very simplistic way, with understanding of the mind of a beginner who is clueless.

By Paul A L

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Apr 13, 2024

This course was ok. All I found in it was Googles perspective of Cyberscurity compliance integration.

By Malcolm R

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Jan 18, 2024

The pacing is perfect, and the videos interspersed with the reading convey the information perfectly.

By kishore k s s

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Jan 17, 2024

Simple and crisp explanation of all topic makes me to learn this course waymore easier than usual way

By Sahil J

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Jan 2, 2024

It clears all the basics and foundations of cyber security. As a beginner, it was very helpful to me.

By April R

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Nov 6, 2023

Good foundational course for beginners. The information was broken down simply to easily understand.

By MD. T I B

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Oct 22, 2023

I am very happy to learn from Google, it was an amazing journey of my life. I am pleased with Google.

By Raheem I

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Oct 5, 2023

I learned a lot from the foundations of cybersecurity including the 8 CISSP domains of cybersecurity.

By Anuhjhir E H

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Sep 30, 2023

This course is a must for anyone interested in a career in cybersecurity most especially entry level.

By Fazal R

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Aug 9, 2023

this course provide me basic information about cybersecurity . thanks google for providing us course

By Cesarin O F

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Aug 7, 2023

EXCELLENT COURSE. VERY CLEAR.

In this course I realized that this is more interesting than I thought.

By Etape D

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Jan 22, 2023

This is a friendly introduction to cybersecurity. I love how succinct the lectures are. Great course!