Cyber Security: Info Security, Combat Cyber Threats, ChatGPT (Udemy.com)
Cyber Threats, Attacks, Viruses, ChatGPT & Cyber, Cyber Crimes, Firewalls, Cyber Security Concepts, Digital Forensics
Created by: Peter Alkema
Last updated April 2026
What you will learn
- Explain the differences between Threat, Vulnerability, and Risk
- Explore the needed skills set and job profiles in the field of Cybersecurity
- Discuss the evolution of threats and the types of security goals
- Define what cybersecurity is
- Learn the Importance of Cybersecurity
- Differentiate Networking Devices such as Router and Switch
- Differentiate IP, MAC, and PORT Address
- Define DNS and VPN
- Learn Hacking and the different Types of Hackers
- Learn the fundamentals of networking
- Discuss the layers of the OSI Model
- Explain the different networking protocols such as TCP, HTPP, UDP, ARP, and DHCP
- How to troubleshoot a network
- Learn the different types of attacks
- Know the different types of malware
- Explain the Man in the Middle and Denial of Service Attack
- Discuss what is Distributed Denial of Service Attack
How it compares
Against the other 523 rated Udemy courses in Hacking on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 33% of them
- Reviews2,779#72 of 524 by number of reviews
- Length31.7 hourslonger than 96% of them
- Last updatedApril 2026more recently than 71% of them
Course Description
Get instant access to an 87-page workbook of Cyber Security Awareness
Introduce yourself to our community of students in this course and tell us your goals
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13 hours of clear and concise step by step instructions, lessons, and engagement
This course is designed for anyone who is interested in learning more about cyber security and how to combat the very real threats that everyone faces from hacking and catastrophic loss of data. This course is beginner-friendly, does not require technical cyber security skills, and is meant for everyone who wishes to help secure their own data, and their organisation's data from hackers and cyber threats.
What you will learn:
Define what cyber security is
Discuss the evolution of threats and the types of security goal
Learn the Importance of cyber security
Explain the differences between Threat, Vulnerability, and Risk
Differentiate Networking Devices such as Router and Switch
Differentiate IP, MAC, and PORT Address
Define DNS and VPN
Learn Hacking and the different Types of Hackers
Explore the needed skills set and job profiles in the field of cyber security
Learn the fundamentals of networking and security
Discuss the layers of the OSI Model
Explain the different networking protocols such as TCP, HTPP, UDP, ARP, and DHCP
How to troubleshoot a network to improve security
Learn the different attacks
Know the different types of malware and how they affect security
Explain the Man in the Middle and Denial of Service Attack
Discuss what is Distributed Denial of Service Attack
How to recognize Sniffing, Phishing, SQL Injection, Cross-site Scripting, and Post Scanning Attack
Define Cryptography and why we need it for cyber security
Discuss important terminologies in Cryptography
Know the different ciphers
Learn the advantages and disadvantages of Symmetric and Asymmetric Keys
Learn what is Digital Signature and the Signing and Verification Process
Know how to check the Integrity of a Message
Discuss the different security measures
Learn the various types of firewalls and their security
Learn Cyber Law and why there is a need for it
Discuss the classifications of cyber crime
Definition, Process and Digital Forensics
...and more!
Contents and Overview
You'll start with What is Cyber security; Evolution of Cyber Threats; Three Types of Security Goals; Importance of cyber security; Threat, Vulnerability, and Risk; Networking Devices such as Router and Switch; What is an IP Address; What is a MAC Address; What is a PORT Address; What is DNS and VPN; Learn Hacking and the different Types of Hackers; Job Profiles in the field of cyber security; Important cyber security Skills.
Then you will learn about Computer Networks; The OSI Model; OSI Layers Protocols; HTTP Protocol; TCP Protocol; UDP Protocol; the Difference between UDP and TCP Protocol; DHCP Protocol; ARP Protocol; What is an IP address and its types; What is a Port Address and its types; Network Troubleshooting; What is an Attack; Categories of Cyber Attacks; Password attack and its types; Malware Attack; Types of Malware; Man in the Middle Attack; Sniffing Attack; DOS Attack; What is DDOS Attack; Phishing Attack; SQL Injection Attack; Example of SQL Injection Attack; Cross-site Scripting Attack; Post Scanning Attack.
We will also cover Post Scanning Attack; The Need for Cryptography; Basic Cryptography System; What is Encryption; What is Decryption; Define Plain text; What is Secret Key; What is Cipher text; Cryptography System; Cryptography in everyday life; Types of Cryptography; Symmetric Key Cryptography; Asymmetric Key Cryptography; What is Hashing; Hashing Algorithm; Techniques of Hashing; What is Substitution Cipher; What is Transposition Cipher; Cesar Cipher and how it works; Transposition Cipher; Stream Cipher; Block Cipher; Advantages of Symmetric Key Cryptography; Why Asymmetric key cryptography is important; Advantages of Asymmetric Key Cryptography; Digital Signature; Signing and Verification Process; How to check the Integrity of a Message and increase security
This course will also tackle Security Measures; What is a Firewall; Types of Firewall; Cyber Law; Why there is a need for Cyber Law; What is Cyber Crime; Classification of Cyber Crime; Cyber Crimes Against Person; Cyber Crime Against Persons Property; Cyber Crime against Government; Cyber Crime against Society at Large; Definition of Digital Forensics; Process of Digital Forensics; Digital Forensics.
Who are the Instructors?
Vijal Jain is your lead instructor – a professional making a living from teaching cyber security. As a cyber security expert, she has joined with content creator Peter Alkema to bring you this amazing new course.
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Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
2,779 Reviews
Peter Alkema
"What an amazing course! After finishing this course, I have confidence. Thank so much Dr Peter Alkema" ... "This is exactly the jump-start I needed. Very clear and concise"
I lead Digital Transformation & Architecture at ABB and I've been featured on CNBC Africa and won the Gartner CIO Of The Year in 2016. I founded and led the largest banking hackathon in South Africa which was published in 2019 as a case study by Harvard Business School.
I've taught over 100,000 students about technology, business, academics and self-development. In 2020 I completed my PhD at Wits University In Johannesburg. The study introduced a ground-breaking theory of Agile software development teams. My woodworking book was published in 2014 and has sold over 10,000 copies.
Olugbenga Gbadegesin: "Excellent delivery" / Lebogang Tswelapele: "This is what I have been longing for" / Paskalia Ndapandula: "Peter speaks with so much clarity" / Amantle Mangwedi: "It was straight to the point and the sections are cut into nice short segments which made it easier to go through" Kathy Bermudez: "Excellent material. Well organized..."
Werner van Wyk: "Thank you Peter, once again your lesson and course have given me so much knowledge and understanding" / Yvonne Rudolph "I really look forward to take everything i learned in action" / Josephine Mahlangu: "exactly what I needed to know, absolutely valuable and helpful for my personal growth"
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Reviews
By Ryan VanBuren on 8/26/2026
So far, so good. Excited to learn more about AI and AI's impact to cybersecurity and how AI can be levereaged to enhance cybersecurity as much as AI will add risk to cybersecurity.
By Mary Slaton on 3/19/2026
it was okay, I will have to wait until the end of course. The course was very good, to learn about AI and understanding how it works and the benefits it can help in this world, the downside is when all these New Systems Taken Place Starting Now, in Cybersecurity Departments and Different cultures Organization, where will it leave the real people. we all know that it's taken over a lot of jobs now. who going to help them, like Warehouse, store Market place, Hospital, Police dept., etc.
By Raviteja Begari on 2/2/2026
Great course with excellent teaching quality. The concepts are explained clearly, and the overall experience was amazing. I’m very satisfied with what I learned.
By SUJAN K J on 12/6/2025
I feel that I completed this exercise with a strong sense of clarity, intentionality, and self-reflection. By identifying the top insights I gained from the course, I was able to recognize not only what I learned but also how it directly applies to my personal and professional life. Writing down the areas where I can use these skills helped me see concrete situations in which I can implement these lessons, such as planning my study schedule, staying disciplined with personal goals, and communicating more effectively with family and colleagues.
By Vishav Pratap on 12/5/2025
The course was well-planned and helpful. Adding a bit more hands-on practice or real-world examples could make the learning experience even stronger.
By Nagendra Achari on 11/26/2025
its very good course and ive learnt lots of things and all required knowledge about cyber security
By Andriy Lysyuk on 9/27/2025
The content is more theoretical, now hands-on exercises and examples and a lot of AI related content is generated by AI itself with the iteration of the same phrases over and over again. I think this could be squeezed into 25% of it's initial duration without information loss. Sometimes there are even potential hallucinations in the output.
By Christy Frank on 1/28/2024
This training was excellent. Thorough and went Above and beyond my expectations. So many things that I did not know before. To all of the trainers! You are all excellent
By Anonymized User on 6/23/2023
I really enjoyed the course, and the material was presented very well, and delivered in an easy-to-understand format. The only caveat I have was that in the last few sections there was a lag with the audio. Other than that it is an excellent course!
By Kyung Soon Lee on 5/2/2023
Understand the common sources of cyber security events Understand cyber security alerts, use cases and the benefits of using scheduled actionable reports to plug alerting gap
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