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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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    Jul 6, 2020

    I learn so many cyber attacks basics and love this course

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    May 26, 2020

    This Course is very helpful for beginner for IT Security.

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    Nov 17, 2019

    Excellent course. Learnt a lot and enjoyed it thoroughly.

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    Mar 4, 2019

    Last course and the best! Thank you for this quick intro!

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    Jul 23, 2018

    This was a tough course. Very detailed but very worth it!

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    Apr 11, 2025

    Excellent for getting started in IT and computer science

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    Jun 22, 2023

    excellent foundation!

    very well deployed lab environement

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    Feb 20, 2023

    This course is quite good. Thanks Google team. Much love

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    Jul 19, 2022

    I CANT SAY ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT WAS AN ICREDABILE COURSE

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    Jul 18, 2022

    Learnt a lot, confidence level boosted..Great job y'all

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    Jun 9, 2020

    Interesting course. Learned more than I thought I would.

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    Dec 21, 2019

    Challenging and full of information, highly recommended!

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    Oct 20, 2019

    Thank you so much for giving me the chance to take this.

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    Sep 29, 2019

    This course was very interesting and tricky bu I did it!

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    Sep 1, 2019

    Such a nice intro to security concepts. Great job folks!

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    Jan 8, 2019

    Good course. Lots of valuable concepts and information.

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    Aug 4, 2018

    Learned so much about security that I did not know about

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    Apr 8, 2025

    O curso é muito eficiente, me ajudou bastante, obrigada

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    Sep 19, 2024

    Very easy to understand and contain many useful lessons

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    Nov 25, 2023

    Excellent course. A must do for all IT Support persons.

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    Apr 2, 2023

    Thank you Gian, it was a great course! Very informative

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    Mar 14, 2023

    good course for early or beginner with zero knowledge .

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    Oct 9, 2022

    perfect course indeed ,,thanks a lot to all my tuitors

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    Jul 20, 2022

    wow so great new knowladge thank you for the intructors

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    Jan 8, 2022

    Fabulous Explanation and Good questions and assignments

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