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Course Overview

In today’s hyperconnected world, cyber threats are more sophisticated and prevalent than ever. The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Cyber Security is designed to introduce newcomers to the foundational concepts and importance of cybersecurity. Whether you're exploring a career in this fast-growing field or just want to protect your digital footprint, understanding cyber risks, attacker motivations, and defense mechanisms is crucial. This course demystifies cybersecurity concepts and equips learners with the knowledge to navigate the digital world safely.

This course begins with a comprehensive breakdown of the cybersecurity landscape, including key terminology, market trends, and industry expectations. Learners are introduced to career pathways, expected salaries, and top certifications. It then delves into the world of hackers, covering their categories, motivations, and common attack strategies such as social engineering, malware, and the cybersecurity kill chain. Finally, it addresses cybersecurity laws and regulations including ISO 27001, NIST, PCI-DSS, and key compliance frameworks across different countries, helping learners understand legal and organizational responsibilities.

By the end of this course, learners will gain essential knowledge of cybersecurity careers, attacker mindsets, defense techniques, and global compliance standards to confidently begin their cybersecurity journey.

What You Will Learn

  • How to start your career in cybersecurity
  • Cybersecurity market size & statistics
  • Cybersecurity laws (US, EU & Australia)
  • Cybersecurity standards (NIST, ISO27001, PCI-DSS)
  • Cybersecurity career pathway (including the certifications)

Program Curriculum

  • Section Introduction
  • What is Cybersecurity
  • Cybersecurity Statistics
  • Cybersecurity Market Size
  • Cybersecurity vs. Cyber Security
  • Cybersecurity vs. Information Security
  • Cybersecurity Pathway
  • Roadmap and Salary Expectation
  • Top Cybersecurity Certifications
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • Section Introduction
  • Hackers Categories
  • Hackers Motivations
  • Why Hackers Hack?
  • Cybersecurity Killchain - Part 1
  • Cybersecurity Killchain - Part 2
  • Social Engineering
  • Hacking Techniques
  • Malwares - Part 1
  • Malwares - Part 2
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Section Introduction
  • ISO 27001
  • NIST
  • PCI-DSS
  • How to Become PCI-DSS Compliant?
  • Cybersecurity Laws
  • Cybersecurity Laws Examples (US, EU, and Australia
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

Instructor

Ahmed Zekraoui

Ahmed works as a Cybersecurity engineer for an IoT operator so that any kind of IoT device can be connected from all over the world using their network. As the majority of people who are interested, or work, in cybersecurity, Ahmed’s passion for this field has started during his university studies. He has been playing for many years with Kali Linux and parrot OS, testing hundreds of attack scenarios and tools using his little VirtualBox environment. Once graduated, he has started working as a Datacenter engineer. It was an amazing experience for him in which, he has discovered the Information technology field and worked with top technologies in different domains: Cloud computing, Networking, Monitoring. That is right, you guessed it, the next step was to jump into cybersecurity word, to practice his passion in a real production environment. Since then, he has been working with companies protecting their network and infrastructure from being hit by hackers.

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