Cyber Security Basics

Master the world of cybersecurity with hands-on ethical hacking and penetration testing techniques. Learn to secure systems, identify vulnerabilities, and defend against modern cyber threats.

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This cybersecurity course covers ethical hacking, penetration testing, network security, and web application security from beginner to advanced levels. Learn how hackers think, discover vulnerabilities, and apply industry-standard tools to protect systems

What You'll Learn

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Foundation

Networking Foundations — A Complete Walkthrough

A 20-section walkthrough of computer networking fundamentals: the five core components (sender, rec…

75 min

Foundations of Cybersecurity — What is Cyber, What is Security, and Why the Problem is So Hard

A foundational tutorial demystifying cybersecurity from the ground up. Covers the meaning of "cyber…

34 min

The Threat Landscape — Real Cases, Real Newspapers, Real Lessons

A tour of the modern cyber threat landscape through seven verified incidents — Change Healthcare, C…

40 min

Government Support and Prototyping in Cybersecurity

A tour of the global government cybersecurity ecosystem — CISA, NCSC, CERT-In, ENISA — and the prot…

45 min

Foundations — Private Sector & Internet Out of the Lab

A two-part tour: how the Internet moved from ARPANET and NSFNET into private hands in 1995, and how…

39 min

Privatising & Scaling — A Cybersecurity Perspective

A deep walkthrough of how the Internet scaled from 4 ARPANET hosts to 5.4 billion users — through R…

64 min

Building the Web — A Cybersecurity Perspective

A 24-section cybersecurity walkthrough of how Tim Berners-Lee's three inventions at CERN (URL, HTTP…

75 min

The Internet as a Global Commons — Governance, Stewardship, Threats, and the Future of an Open Network

A 22-section walkthrough of the Internet as humanity's most ambitious shared resource. Covers Ostro…

69 min

How Data Moves Through the Network Stack

A practical, layer-by-layer walkthrough of how a single web request travels from your browser to th…

41 min

What is Governance? Governing the Internet

A practical guide to internet governance for security professionals, covering what governance actua…

36 min

Threat Actors — Who Are the Hackers? From Hobbyists to Criminal Organisations

A cybersecurity professional's guide to the modern threat actor spectrum. Walks through the classic…

43 min

Cyber Crime Case Study: The San Francisco Muni Ransomware Attack (2016)

On Black Friday 2016, the Mamba ransomware locked about 2,000 computers at San Francisco Muni, forc…

35 min

Threat Actors Explained: Hacktivists and Advanced Persistent Threats

Hacktivists and Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) dominate today's cyber landscape—but their goals…

48 min

Hacking as a Process: The Cyber Kill Chain

Real cyberattacks unfold in stages, not a single moment. This tutorial explains Lockheed Martin's 7…

49 min

A Strategic Approach to Cybersecurity: Framing Effects, Primary Effects, Secondary Effects, and Second-Level Effects Explained

Every cyber incident propagates through four layers: Framing (how leaders perceive risk), Primary E…

49 min