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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for IT Security: Defense against the digital dark arts by Google

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    About the Course

    This course covers a wide variety of IT security concepts, tools, and best practices. It introduces threats and attacks and the many ways they
    can show up. We’ll give you some background of encryption algorithms and how they’re used to safeguard data. Then, we’ll dive into the three
    As of information security: authentication, authorization, and accounting. We’ll also cover network security solutions, ranging from firewalls to
    Wifi encryption options. The course is rounded out by putting all these elements together into a multi-layered, in-depth security architecture,
    followed by recommendations on how to integrate a culture of security into your organization or team. At the end of this cou...
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    Aug 13, 2023

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    Course was very knowledgeable and worth taking. I feel like the training wouldn't be complete if I didn't know about security and how important it is not just for me but for everyone using technology!

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    Apr 25, 2018

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    Great course that is full of useful information and presented in an easy to understand way. It's an awesome beginner course that will add to your knowledge and further your knowledge of IT security.

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    Dec 6, 2019

    Wonderful unit gained a tremendous amount of useful knowledge that i hope to utilize at my new job.

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    Oct 7, 2019

    Fear can only be eliminated by acquiring knowledge of the subject. Looking forward to this journey.

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    Dec 11, 2022

    Very great course. it help me rebuild my IT knowledge and provide more knowledge that I dont have.

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    Dec 9, 2020

    Great course. Contains all one needs to know about digital security for small and all enterprises.

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    Nov 2, 2020

    It is tough but lecture did grate job to teach covered basics of all security aspects . Thank you!

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    Oct 7, 2020

    This particular course was amazing. This is something that no one thinks about until things happen

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    Sep 14, 2020

    Thanks for the opportunity you gave and shared knowledge and skills with me. It was a great Course

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    Jan 11, 2019

    I so much love this course and the high level of detailed information shared during the lectures.

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    Feb 28, 2018

    It is really usefull and interesting! Here you can learn the basics (and more) of the IT security.

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    Jul 20, 2023

    Really good knowledge transfer. Some of these concepts require a little diagramming. Nice course.

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    Jun 2, 2023

    Thank you Google!! I am forever grateful for the changes in my life this certificate provided me.

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    Dec 8, 2022

    i have really gained alot from this course, and i hope to learn more from this platform thank you

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    Nov 18, 2022

    Got a lot of deep insights about how various security protocols work and various types of attack.

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    Jun 2, 2022

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    Apr 20, 2022

    Definaely my favorite course out of all of them. I am now decieding to lean torwards compliance.

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    Feb 23, 2022

    muy buen curso, aprendimos mas del tema de seguridad y de conceptos importantes a tener en cuenta

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    Apr 13, 2021

    un curso muy completo y con excelentes profesionales de la materia que sirvieron de instructores!

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    Apr 3, 2021

    Fue lo mejor , aprendí sobre un tema para mi antes de este curso no valorizado en su importancia

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    Mar 31, 2021

    very interesting course i reccomend any one who is in information tech world to learn this course

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    Mar 12, 2021

    Great course! I love Kevin, Victor, Cindy, Devan and Gian as my instructor, they are great people

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    Nov 14, 2020

    I did the course to get background for a SciFi novel I am trying to write. I did succeed in this.

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    Aug 2, 2020

    What a great course. It has been a journey.

    A must have, there so much information here.

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    Jul 21, 2020

    This is a great course and I have learned a lot in regards to security, prevention and detection.

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    May 8, 2020

    It was really interesting to learn all the ways to protect your systems, data and also the users.

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    Dec 11, 2019

    Very informative, I highly recommend to anyone wanting to learn more about Information Technology

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