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Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Beginner 80 hours English Professional CertificateFREE
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What you'll learn
Explain core computing-security concepts
Understand confidentiality, integrity and availability
Grasp basic cryptography
Cover networking and systems administration
Detect and prevent threats and attacks
Introduce malware analysis and forensics
This course includes
80h
On-demand video
Yes
Certificate
Yes
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English
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Instructor
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Jonathan S. Weissman
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Taught by Jonathan S. Weissman, a Principal Lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity at the Rochester Institute of Technology and a widely followed security educator.
Requirements
- No prior experience required
Who this course is for
- Beginners entering cybersecurity
- IT staff moving into security
- Cybersecurity MicroMasters candidates
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Frequently asked questions
Yes — you can audit it for free. A verified RITx certificate is available for about $399.
No — it's the no-prerequisite starting point of RIT's Cybersecurity MicroMasters.
Eight weeks at 10–12 hours per week, instructor-paced on a schedule.
Network Security (also RITx, by the same instructor) builds directly on it.
This is broader and more academic; Pluralsight's are shorter, hands-on and tool-specific. They complement each other well.