Security

Cybersecurity Essentials

Security is every engineer’s job. Learn how attackers think, how layered defenses stop them, and how hashing, encryption and TLS actually protect data — with concrete practices your team can apply the same day.

  • Beginner
  • 14 lectures
  • About 7 hours
  • 5 free lectures (89 min)
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What you’ll learn

  • Analyze systems in terms of confidentiality, integrity and availability
  • Apply defense in depth and zero-trust principles
  • Explain hashing, symmetric and asymmetric encryption, and digital signatures
  • Describe how TLS secures a connection, step by step
  • Store passwords safely and choose strong authentication methods

Curriculum

Module 1 · Security foundations

5 lectures
  1. 01Thinking like an attackerInteractiveFree16 min
  2. 02Defense in depth3D modelFree17 min
  3. 03Cryptography essentialsInteractiveFree19 min
  4. 04How HTTPS protects your dataInteractiveFree18 min
  5. 05Authentication and passwordsInteractiveFree19 min

Module 2 · Attacks and defenses

5 lectures
  1. 06The OWASP Top 10Included with the course
  2. 07Injection and input validationIncluded with the course
  3. 08Phishing and social engineeringIncluded with the course
  4. 09Network security and firewallsIncluded with the course
  5. 10Malware and ransomwareIncluded with the course

Module 3 · Security operations

4 lectures
  1. 11Logging and monitoringIncluded with the course
  2. 12Incident responseIncluded with the course
  3. 13Cloud security fundamentalsIncluded with the course
  4. 14Building a security cultureIncluded with the course

Who this course is for

  • Every developer who ships code to production
  • IT administrators and support engineers
  • Managers responsible for technology risk

Before you start

None. A basic idea of how websites work is helpful.

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