IBM IT Fundamentals for Cybersecurity Certificate Review — Coursera

Motasem Hamdan
2 min readAug 23, 2020

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If you have been trying to pass IBM Cybersecurity Analyst professional certificate and you are still failing then its time to take this course as a pre-requisite. This course prepares you with the basic IT and security knowledge in order to handle IBM Cybersecurity Analyst professional certificate with ease and pass the exam.

To whom is this course:

All those who want to pass IBM Cybersecurity Analyst professional certificate and want to form and create a baseline knowledge of basic IT and security.

Specialization Difficulty level: Easy

Enrollment: Enrollment in this course is free but the certificate is paid

Criteria to pass: Passing all the quizzes included in the course

Specialization type: theoretical knowledge and no hands-on labs.

What is covered in this course?

Introduction to Cybersecurity Tools & Cyber Attacks

Cybersecurity Roles, Processes & Operating System Security

Cybersecurity Compliance Framework & System Administration

Network Security & Database Vulnerabilities

Specialization Link:

IT Fundamentals for Cybersecurity Specialization

Will this specialization help me land a job?

It's up to the employer hiring policy but this specialization most likely isn’t sufficient to land you a job on its own. Use the knowledge and the certificate to prepare for IBM Cybersecurity Analyst professional which bears more chances of landing you a job.

How does the certificate look like?

IT Fundamentals for CyberSecurity

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Motasem Hamdan

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