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About the Course

In this MOOC, we will learn the basic cyber security concepts, how to identify vulnerabilities/threat in a network system. We will apply CIA basic security services in the triage of recent cyberattack incidents, such as OPM data breach. We will learn the risk management framework for analyzing the risks in a network system, and apply the basic security design principles to protect the data and secure computer systems. We will examine the trustworthiness of programs and data installed in our systems and show the proper way to verify their integrity and authenticity. We will apply principle of least privileges for controlling the shared access given to different groups of users and system processes. On Amazon Cloud instances, we will use GnuPG software to generate public/private key pair for signing/verifying documents and open source software, and for encrypting documents. We will learn how to publish software, the related signature and release key on web server and publish public key to PGP key server for others to retrieve. We will learn Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Linux utility to serve as a CA for an organization, learn how to sign certificate request for clients or servers in secure email and web applications....

Top reviews

LB

Mar 7, 2018

The course is excellent in terms of syllabus and objectives. IN my view, it would be even better if there were more explanations about the practical exercises

IK

Jan 9, 2021

This is a very intuitive and flexible course upon deadlines. The instructor has control over the course hence making understanding very simple

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By Justin G

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Dec 20, 2019

Professor consistently drops the ball and allows the AWS credits to expire inside this course. You cannot complete it as of 12/20/2019. Coursera is not able to fix this, Amazon says to talk to Coursera. Coursera says to talk to the Professor, and the Professor doesn't respond to his campus emails.

By Faruque A P

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Jun 2, 2021

Never got added to the AWS student profile by the Professor and therefore couldn't submit first week assignment although I have emailed the Professor to add me in the Student Profile.

By Abdelrahman M

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Nov 21, 2019

I am really having a hard time understanding the instructor and the tasks given are hard since there is no help or little information provided.

By Witold O

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Jan 1, 2022

this is not beginner course, very hard to listen without subtilties, and the aws lab its a disaster

By Alexander R

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Jul 9, 2021

No access to Amazon classroom. Impossible to pass the specialization.

By Akhoon F

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Jun 28, 2020

communication isn't clear

By Isaac K K

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Jan 9, 2021

This is a very intuitive and flexible course upon deadlines. The instructor has control over the course hence making understanding very simple

By David A

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Jun 1, 2020

Excellent course on security, good teacher, good material and especially very good practical material.

By Sebastian M

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Oct 2, 2020

Complicado si no tienes conocimientos mínimos de Linux pero muy satisfactorio por el reto

By Peter K

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May 20, 2022

detailed explanation with real life project applications

By Shahid K N

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May 17, 2020

Very interesting and easy to learn, i loved this course.

By Ivan K

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Apr 26, 2020

It is good course! Professor is one of the best)

By JESUS H C

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Nov 24, 2021

Excelente curso de seguridad en redes.

By Tioluwani O

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Jul 4, 2020

It was a good experience

By Abhishek R

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Apr 22, 2020

This is amazing course.

By Trapson A

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Sep 13, 2023

Perfectly Done

By Nazmul A J

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May 27, 2020

Alhamdulillah

By Ana M P C

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Aug 7, 2020

it was great

By Doss D

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Jun 14, 2020

Very useful

By Ruhani S

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Oct 13, 2022

good

By Sarah H

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Feb 27, 2021

I got the yearly subscription and didnt mind to spend time on this on top of other planned courses. I will not pay for this course. Don't get me wrong, the material is good and as a beginner I learnt a lot. But the general lack of maintenance for this course is not worth it to pay. Some other (free courses) has an active TA who at least takes care of the questions. Nobody answers anything here. But saying that, I still managed to finish the course with some common sense so its fine. I am kind of thankful too because the assignments kind of forced me to learn Linux. First exam had unexpected questions and some questions were not worded properly but I kind of got the hang of Prof Chow's style and managed to benefit from his teaching.

By Hamdi B

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Jun 11, 2020

The courses are very interesting but the fact of letting someone whose English accent is very bad, even if he is PhD, is not a good idea, Also he is not that charming person who will seed in the student the passion and love to keep going on. I only finished the first course and I was always telling my self "when will this course end?" because I was not feeling that cool mood. In Enterprise system management and security specialization PhD Greg Williams was such cool, clear and very informative so that any student will keep studying, that's what I mean, I wish if this specialization was also presented by him.

Conclusion: Coursera must enforce pedagogic and regular course material update policies!!

By Michelle B

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Apr 6, 2021

I enjoyed this course, though it was challenging. I reviewed each video several times and studied the reading assignments. The hands on projects are essential to understanding the material. The professor provided rich examples that can be valuable as future references. Very practical and useful course for Linux and network security.

By Robert K

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May 18, 2020

Some parts tough enough, a good command of linux will help a lot. Instructors accent can be hard to understand sometimes and text transcript can be hit and miss. Enjoyable course to do over all

By Nischay

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Jun 6, 2020

The documentation was a bit outdated for some stuff, but overall a good course. I definitely learned a lot as a total beginner.