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Cybersecurity Fundamentals Tutorial

A focused Cybersecurity Fundamentals curriculum from fundamentals through practical and advanced topics, with topic-specific examples.

80 lessons~16 hoursv2026 workspace_premium Certificate available
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Course curriculum

MODULE 01
Security Principles
10 lessons
1Confidentiality integrity availability
12 min
2Least privilege
12 min
3Defense in depth
12 min
4Zero trust concept
12 min
5Threat vulnerability risk
12 min
6Attack surface
12 min
7Security control types
12 min
8Asset classification
12 min
9Threat modeling
12 min
10Security by design
12 min
MODULE 02
Identity & Access
10 lessons
1Authentication versus authorization
12 min
2Password hashing
12 min
3Multi-factor authentication
12 min
4Session management
12 min
5Role-based access control
12 min
6Attribute-based access control
12 min
7OAuth 2 concept
12 min
8OpenID Connect concept
12 min
9API key handling
12 min
10Secrets management
12 min
MODULE 03
Cryptography
10 lessons
1Symmetric encryption
12 min
2Asymmetric encryption
12 min
3Hash functions
12 min
4HMAC
12 min
5Digital signatures
12 min
6Password salting
12 min
7Key derivation
12 min
8Random number generation
12 min
9Certificate chain
12 min
10Key rotation
12 min
MODULE 04
Web Security
10 lessons
1SQL injection prevention
12 min
2Cross-site scripting prevention
12 min
3CSRF protection
12 min
4Content Security Policy
12 min
5Secure cookies
12 min
6HTTP security headers
12 min
7Input validation
12 min
8Output encoding
12 min
9File upload validation
12 min
10Rate limiting
12 min
MODULE 05
Network Security
10 lessons
1Firewall allowlist
12 min
2Network segmentation
12 min
3VPN concept
12 min
4TLS inspection caveat
12 min
5DNS security
12 min
6Secure Wi-Fi configuration
12 min
7Port exposure review
12 min
8IDS concept
12 min
9IPS concept
12 min
10DDoS mitigation concept
12 min
MODULE 06
Secure Development
10 lessons
1Dependency pinning
12 min
2Software composition analysis
12 min
3Static analysis
12 min
4Dynamic analysis
12 min
5Secret scanning
12 min
6Secure code review
12 min
7Parameter validation
12 min
8Safe error handling
12 min
9Logging without secrets
12 min
10Security unit tests
12 min
MODULE 07
Operations & Cloud
10 lessons
1Patch management
12 min
2Baseline hardening
12 min
3Backup encryption
12 min
4Cloud IAM least privilege
12 min
5Security groups
12 min
6Object storage access
12 min
7Container image scanning
12 min
8Kubernetes secret handling
12 min
9Audit logging
12 min
10Time synchronization
12 min
MODULE 08
Detection & Response
10 lessons
1Centralized logging
12 min
2Security event correlation
12 min
3Failed login alert
12 min
4Incident triage
12 min
5Containment
12 min
6Evidence preservation
12 min
7IOC concept
12 min
8Vulnerability scanning
12 min
9Risk-based remediation
12 min
10Post-incident review
12 min
Certificate Included

Cybersecurity Fundamentals Certificate

Earn this credential in either of two ways: complete 100% of the course, or take the master exam directly and score 85% or higher. You do not need to finish the course before attempting the exam.

Course completion path
Finish every published lesson → completion certificate is issued automatically.
Mastery exam path
15 MCQs · 100 marks · 30 minutes · 85% pass · 4 attempts.
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