🛡️Cybersecurity Fundamentals

Learn what cybersecurity protects, the key words professionals use, who the attackers are, the 12 security domains and the careers they lead to.

A trainer-led big picture: how cyber attacks grew from early experiments to crime, nation-state attacks and ransomware, India's key milestones, and how AI, cloud and new rules are shaping the future of security work.

Understand how organisations manage security risk, the main types of security controls, policies, ethics and planning for disasters.

Know what data you hold, classify it, handle it safely through its life, keep reliable backups and understand India's DPDP Act in simple terms.

Learn the ideas behind secure design, such as defence in depth and zero trust, and how encryption, hashing, HTTPS and certificates protect data.

Understand how networks carry data, the layered OSI idea, firewalls and segmentation, and how to secure Wi-Fi, use VPNs and stay safe on public Wi-Fi.

Learn how systems check who you are and what you may do, from passwords, MFA and passkeys to least privilege and physical access control.

Learn how organisations find weaknesses before attackers do, using scans, penetration tests and audits, and why permission and the law always come first.

See how security teams watch logs and alerts every day in a Security Operations Centre, and how patching, antivirus and EDR keep devices protected.

Learn the steps for handling a security incident, how evidence is protected, and how to report incidents and cyber crime in India through CERT-In, 1930 and cybercrime.gov.in.

Understand how insecure software is built and fixed, what the OWASP Top 10 is, and how to choose, install and update apps and browser extensions safely.

Understand the shared responsibility model in simple terms, why wrong settings cause most cloud leaks, and how to share cloud files and protect cloud accounts safely.

Protect computers and phones, recognise phishing and social engineering, and avoid common Indian scams such as fake KYC, UPI, QR code and digital-arrest frauds.

Learn India's main cyber laws, the idea of ISO 27001 and compliance, the common entry-level certifications, and your next step into the Cybersecurity Specialist course.

A timed test covering all 12 security domains. Pass it to complete the course and earn your certificate.