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2026 Beginner's guide to Cyber Security (Udemy.com)

Learn the Essentials of Cybersecurity: Protect Yourself Online from the Latest Threats with Our Expert Guide. #2025

4.3
3,667 reviews

Created by: George Proorocu

Last updated December 2025

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What you will learn

  • Cybersecurity Basics: Learn the essential concepts of cybersecurity and the CIA (Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability) rating.
  • Malware: Understand various types of malware including viruses, worms, trojans, and ransomware, and learn how to protect against them.
  • Threats: Discover different threats such as brute force, DDoS, phishing, and social engineering, and learn how to stay safe.
  • Personal Protection: Get practical tips on how to protect your devices and data as an individual.
  • Cybersecurity Jobs: Learn about the various roles and opportunities available in the cybersecurity industry.
  • Cryptography: Understand the basics of cryptography and how it is used to secure information.
  • Network Security: Learn about network security concepts and how to secure your network against threats.
  • Cybersecurity Governance: Understand the importance of cybersecurity governance and how it is implemented in organizations.

How it compares

Against the other 523 rated Udemy courses in Hacking on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 21% of them
  • Reviews3,667#58 of 524 by number of reviews
  • Length2.2 hoursshorter than 78% of them
  • Last updatedDecember 2025more recently than 58% of them

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Course Description

Are you ready to take your online safety to the next level? Look no further than our ultimate Cyber Security course for beginners!

With over 15 years of experience in the field, we're thrilled to share our expertise with those who are new to the world of Cyber Security or simply want to brush up on the latest trends and threats. We've even included a 2024 update on ChatGPT cybersecurity-related topics, and in 2026, we've added brand-new videos on Deepfakes – covering their risks, uses in scams, how to create them, and protection tips!

Our course is designed to provide you with a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals, mixed with real-life scenarios and practical tips and tricks to protect against different types of attacks. We respect your time and have condensed the most important information into bite-sized lectures, so you can learn efficiently and effectively.

After completing our course, you will have a strong foundation in Cyber Security, including an understanding of the CIA rating, knowledge of different types of malware and threats like brute force, DDoS, phishing, and social engineering, as well as the skills to protect yourself as an individual.

But that's not all - we also provide a bonus lecture on Cyber Security jobs and whether you should consider this exciting field!

No prior knowledge is required - we explain everything in simple terms and provide detailed notes for specific terms. So, what are you waiting for? Enroll now and take control of your digital safety in 2026 and beyond!

Don't let cybercriminals get the best of you. Join us today and become a Cyber Security pro!
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Instructor Details

George Proorocu

An IT industry veteran with 15 years of experience, starting from hands-on technical roles to leading engineering teams in security-critical sectors. Passionate about coaching, development, teaching, and supporting others.

- Co-author of "NFT Gold Rush" book.
- Featured in Financial Times "100 Faces of Innovation"

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Relevant conferences (speaker):

- NDC-Security 2024 (Oslo) - "Banking Cybersecurity: Battling DeepFakes & AI-powered Scammers"

- Riskminda International 2023 (London) - "Deep Fakes: The Lies We Can’t See" 

- DevOps Enterprise Summit 2023 Europe (Amsterdam) - "Cybersecurity during dark times"

- DevOps Enterprise Summit 2022 Europe (online) - "Cybersecurity during dark times"

- RiskMinds International 2021 (Barcelona) - "Banks vs threats during a pandemic"

- DevOps Enterprise Summit 2021 US – "How's your bank working from home?"

- cdCon 2021 - "How's your bank working from home?"

- RiskMinds International 2020 (Barcelona/Online) – “Digital bank heists”

- DevOps Enterprise Summit 2019 (Las Vegas, US) – “The road from a traditional Bank to a Tech Giant“

- Devoxx Ukraine 2019 (Kiev, Ukraine) – “World Wild Web: Digital bank heists”

- Riskminds International 2019 (Amsterdam, Netherlands) – “Cybersecurity”
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By Rene Irene on 5/18/2024

It’s a good foundation. Although most of the things taught could’ve been learned on Google without much hassle, but it’s great because they curated all the knowledge together and provide it as one.

By Ankit Singh on 12/19/2023

This course covers the basics of cybersecurity, mostly the important definitions which was definitely good but a little bit more deeper knowledge would help students to develop an interest in this field... only theoritical part in 21st century is not gonna help us...

By Dylan Fashoni on 10/30/2023

Good course for anyone who is a beginner in this field. This course provides clear explanations of definitions and gives clear examples of real life situations where the attacks are implemented. Very good value and highly recommended for beginners.

By Odunlade Adedolapo on 1/1/2023

I'd love to express my profound appreciation to the team for coming up with such a great piece of information about cyber security, this is indeed a great place to start a cybersecurity journey from. This course is well explained and straight to the point. I'm happy to start my cybersecurity journey from here. Anthony, from Nigeria.

By Stacy Cheruto on 4/3/2022

The flow was sequential hence making understanding easier. Might want to venture into the field further as this only presents the introductory knowledge in cyber security. Overall, I enjoyed the lectures.

By Clark Elliot on 11/28/2021

Learning the terminologies gives us an overview of how open and vulnerable we are if we are unaware of what we're up to. This course open our minds to be able to reduce the risk of our cyber activities.

By Md Sahil on 9/25/2021

Well explained but if learning resources were there it would be better And I did not get my certification till now

By Ali M Mahdi on 7/12/2021

The course overall gave me a great idea about what cybersecurity is since I am a computer science student and I wanted to know more about this field. The topics are well presented and there is no waste of time anywhere. Much appreciated!

By Tanmoy Debnath on 6/4/2021

I as a Digital marketer should be aware of this ,kind of risks and the remedy to get off from this,it is very important for me to know the risks by details though a commerce background student i have entered in the journey of digital marketing field so every details on domain or security is important for me

By Saurav Kumar on 5/9/2021

It was an amazing course, it gives most useful information and they also provide a bonus course which is very good. I am thankful to the instructor to make a such type of course. At last I request you to make a course on intermediate and advanced level.

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