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Ransomware Essentials for Absolute Beginners in 90 minutes! (Udemy.com)

Blue team Resilience: Empowering Managers and Non-Techies to protect their precious data!

Created by: Soerin Bipat

Last updated April 2026

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What you will learn

  • Management: Learn high level cybersecurity measures within 90 minutes
  • IT-manager: Learn security best practices based on proven model
  • Business managers: non-technical employees through basic security measures
  • Everyone else: best practices on protecting your organisation against ransomware

How it compares

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

  • Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 33% of them
  • Reviews114#436 of 524 by number of reviews
  • Length1.3 hoursshorter than 92% of them
  • Last updatedApril 2026more recently than 71% of them

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Course Description

One course to rule them all: 
+ Easy to understand how-to videos!
+ Access to instructor if you ever get stuck!
+ Even demystifying Ransomware insurance!


How do you start protecting your most precious data?

If you cannot answer this question, this course is made for YOU! Within 1.5 hours you will understand the most important controls you need to implement to prevent and limit the impact of a Ransomware attack.

Course Outline - This course covers 4 phases with several controls per phase:

1. Identify and Prevent

  • Education and awareness

  • Identify and classify data

  • Develop and enforce policies

  • Harden OS, networks, apps, etc.

2. Detection

  • Detect and block emails/attachments

  • Scan, record and assess logs

  • Test control (also for third parties)

3. Response

  • Repair, Repave & Rotate

  • Unplug, scan and decrypt

  • Business continuity

4. Recovery

  • Disaster recovery

  • Test recovery procedures regularly

So, after following this course you'll understand essential controls and know how to explain them.
"If you want to make a promotion, your effectiveness depends on your ability to reach others through the spoken and written word" (P. Drucker).

What's does this course not deliver?
- No technical how-to video manuals, because this course is created for absolute beginners!
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No detailed settings of how to configure baselines, servers, etc., because this course is created for absolute beginners!
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No coding examples, because this course is created for absolute beginners!

Why learn about Ransomware from me?

This course is created by Soerin Bipat. He is the founder of Security Repo and has more than a decade experience in IT security and teaching and has now designed a course that you'll love. Soerin is a top-rated instructor and has taught thousands of students around the world, and can't wait to serve you.

Besides experience as an IT security consultant he holds the following certifications:

  • Certified Secure Software Lifecycle professional (CSSLP)

  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

  • Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP / Europe)

  • Certified SCRUM Master

  • Togaf Foundation

  • Archimate

  • ISO 27001 Lead Auditor

  • ISO 27001 Lead Implementer

  • Leading Scaled Agile Framework

  • Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

  • PRINCE 2 foundation

  • International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB)

My Happiness Guarantee

If you aren't happy with your purchase, I have a 30-day 100% money back guarantee. There's literally no reason to hesitate!

Go ahead and click the enrol button, and I'll see you in lesson 1!

Cheers,
Soerin

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Instructor Details

Soerin Bipat

Soerin holds a PhD and 15+ years experience as information technology consultant. He specialises in teaching university students and clients in a wide range of topics (e.g. information security, research, software engineering, project management and statistics). He loves to read business related books, watch anime, and to work out. 

Your success in every way is important to me!

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Reviews

4.4

114 ratings on Udemy

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By Joseph Mingo on 2/14/2025

Great videos loaded with good information.

By Anonymized User on 10/24/2024

This course was a good refresher

By Abram Ngoepe on 1/31/2024

It is very important to always be on the lookout for suspicious activities across all segments

By Hector Evangelista on 12/25/2023

It is good explanation and is understandable beside useful

By Mustafa Bzeny on 11/11/2023

the best way to understand ransomeware thanks

By John Thama on 9/26/2023

Amazing lessons and very elaborated for anyone to easily understand

By Anonymized User on 4/28/2025

By Lindsay Welch on 5/28/2024

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Overall Score : 88 / 100