Beginning Security

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the core principles of cybersecurity, giving you a solid foundation to understand and protect digital environments. By the end of the course, you will have a deep understanding of how cybersecurity works and how to safeguard sensitive data using techniques such as encryption, password secur…