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Strengthen your ability to protect systems, networks, and data with a practical introduction to cybersecurity fundamentals. This free online course is designed to help you think like a defender: identify common weaknesses, understand how attackers take advantage of them, and apply straightforward controls that reduce risk in real environments. Whether you are exploring a future in security or you support technology in any role, you will leave with clearer judgment about what matters most and how to prioritize protections.
You will build a solid foundation of core concepts and security mindset, including how confidentiality, integrity, and availability guide daily decisions. From there, you will connect those ideas to policies and procedures that organizations rely on to keep security consistent and measurable. You will also see why human behavior and awareness are often just as important as technical tools, and how small mistakes can lead to major exposure.
As you progress, the course focuses on hands-on, job-relevant scenarios: improving physical and wireless security, understanding rogue access points, and applying perimeter defenses with firewalls. You will practice strengthening authentication through better password management and learn how reducing unnecessary services can shrink your attack surface. You will also explore essential operations tasks like patch management and endpoint protection, with an emphasis on why these controls fail in practice and how to implement them more effectively.
Finally, you will learn how to protect information while it moves across networks by using encryption and VPN concepts, helping you choose stronger approaches for safer communication. Throughout the course, short quizzes and labs reinforce decision-making, making it easier to transfer what you learn into workplace routines, personal projects, or the next step in your cybersecurity learning path.
Video class: Cyber Security Class: 1 Introduction. Learn Internet Security. CyberSecurity 101
02m
Exercise: Who is this network security course designed for?
Video class: Cyber Security Class: 2 Basic Concepts. Learn Internet Security. Another GeekyVid
07m
Exercise: There are many basic concepts about network security, which are also the starting line of this course. Regarding information security, what does the CIA triad stands for?
Video class: Cyber Security Class: 3 Security Policy. Learn Internet Security. Another GeekyVid
05m
Exercise: As you move forward in learning about information security and its world, you’ll find yourself meeting Security Policies, that helps to maintain the critical balance of security. Which one of the options below does not belong to the Security Policy along the lines on the video?
Video class: Cyber Security Class: 4 Educate End Users. Learn Internet Security. Another GeekyVid
02m
Exercise: _What is more likely to compromise a confidential file in a company?
Video class: Cyber Security Class: 5 Physical Security. Learn Internet Security. Another GeekyVid
05m
Exercise: Regarding the subject of implementing physical security, it makes the following question “Is it more likely that a confidential file will be compromised by a blackhat by defeating your firewall, or by a visitor walking up to a PC and copying the file onto a thumbdrive?” Which option makes more sense?
Video class: Cyber Security Class: 6 Physical Security Lab - inSSIDer. Learn Internet Security. Another GeekyVid
07m
Exercise: _What is a rogue access point?
Video class: Cyber Security Class: 7 Perimeter Security. Learn Internet Security. Another GeekyVid
10m
Exercise: Concerning the firewall configuration, it has a few starting steps. About the Second-generation firewall functionality, what layers does it occurs in the OSI reference model?
Video class: Cyber Security Class: 8 Perimeter Security Lab. Learn Internet Security. Another GeekyVid
09m
Exercise: _What is the advantage of using Dell SonicWALL firewalls for this demonstration?
Video class: Cyber Security Class: 9 Password Management. Learn Internet Security. Another GeekyVid
05m
Exercise: When developing a password, you must make sure it has a good management, since it is one of the key starting points of your security. Having that in mind, which one of the alternatives are false?
Video class: Cyber Security Class: 10 Eliminate Unnecessary Services. Learn Internet Security. Another GeekyVid
04m
Exercise: _What is the purpose of a server listening on a specific service?
Video class: Cyber Security Course: 11 Eliminate Unnecessary Services Lab - Netstat. Learn Internet Security
04m
Exercise: _What is the command to check for open ports on a Windows server?
Video class: Cyber Security Course: 12 Eliminate Unnecessary Services Lab - Nmap. Learn Internet Security
05m
Exercise: While setting up your own server, one of the thing you may want to avoid is doing extra work. A scanning tool is shown “Nmap”, whats it main function that interest in that purpose the most?
Video class: Cyber Security Class: 13 Patch Management. Learn Internet Security
03m
Exercise: Regarding good patch management procedure, that helps preventing attacks from blackhats on any flaw or exploitable that exists in your system. Mark the alternative that is untrue to the procedure itself.
Video class: Cyber Security Course: 14 Patch Management Lab - Landesk. Learn Internet Security
03m
Exercise: _What is the key benefit of LANDesk patch management?
Video class: Cyber Security Course: 15 AntiVirus. Learn Internet Security
04m
Exercise: Implementing antivirus measures is a must, every workstation should have it to protect itself from a long list of possible virtual threats. Given that, why laptops can be challenging?
Video class: Cyber Security Course: 16 AntiVirus Lab - SonicWALL. Learn Internet Security
05m
Exercise: _What are the two types of antivirus available on SonicWALL network security appliance or firewall?
Video class: Cyber Security Course: 17 AntiVirus Lab - EPO. Learn Internet Security
04m
Exercise: _What is the main purpose of McAfee Policy Orchestrator (EPO)?
Video class: Cyber Security Course: 18 Access Control. Learn Internet Security
04m
Exercise: _What is the principle of least privilege?
Video class: Cyber Security Course: 19 Data in Transit. Learn Internet Security
06m
Exercise: As you start securing data in transit, to avoid the activities of black hats, its a must to encrypt it, since it will allow us to achieve diferente goals, that are:
Video class: Cyber Security Course: 20 Data in Transit Lab - VPN. Learn Internet Security
06m
Exercise: What is a recommended encryption method for a stronger VPN setup?
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