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Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
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Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate

Get on the fast track to a career in cybersecurity. In this certificate program, you'll learn in-demand skills, and get AI training from Google experts. Learn at your own pace, no degree or experience required.

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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.8

(45,140 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
6 months
at 7 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Understand the importance of cybersecurity practices and their impact for organizations.

  • Identify common risks, threats, and vulnerabilities, as well as techniques to mitigate them.

  • Protect networks, devices, people, and data from unauthorized access and cyberattacks using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools.

  • Gain hands-on experience with Python, Linux, and SQL.

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  • Receive professional-level training from Google
  • Demonstrate your technical proficiency
  • Earn an employer-recognized certificate from Google
$115,000+
median U.S. salary for cybersecurity
¹
161,000+
U.S. job openings in cybersecurity
¹
75%
of certificate graduates report positive career outcome
²

Professional Certificate - 9 course series

Foundations of Cybersecurity

Foundations of Cybersecurity

Course 110 hours

What you'll learn

  • Recognize core skills and knowledge needed to become a cybersecurity analyst

  • Identify how security attacks impact business operations

  • Explain security ethics

  • Identify common tools used by cybersecurity analysts

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Network Analysis
Category: Security Controls
Category: Security Management
Category: Information Assurance
Category: Incident Response
Category: Cyber Attacks
Category: Cyber Security Strategy
Category: Ethical Standards And Conduct
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Cyber Risk

What you'll learn

  • Identify the primary threats, risks, and vulnerabilities to business operations

  • Examine how organizations use security frameworks and controls to protect business operations

  • Define commonly used Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools

  • Use a playbook to respond to threats, risks, and vulnerabilities

Skills you'll gain

Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Security Controls
Category: Auditing
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Risk Management Framework
Category: Incident Response
Category: Risk Management
Category: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Category: Business Risk Management
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Vulnerability Management
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Enterprise Security
Category: Information Systems Security
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Information Assurance
Category: Threat Management

What you'll learn

  • Define the types of networks and components of networks

  • Illustrate how data is sent and received over a network

  • Understand how to secure a network against intrusion tactics

  • Describe system hardening techniques

Skills you'll gain

Category: Network Security
Category: Hardening
Category: Firewall
Category: Computer Networking
Category: Network Architecture
Category: Network Protocols
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: TCP/IP
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: Encryption
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Vulnerability Assessments
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Intrusion Detection and Prevention

What you'll learn

  • Explain the relationship between operating systems, applications, and hardware

  • Compare a graphical user interface to a command line interface

  • Navigate and manage the file system using Linux commands via the Bash shell

  • Use SQL to retrieve information from a database

Skills you'll gain

Category: Linux Commands
Category: Operating Systems
Category: Linux
Category: SQL
Category: Bash (Scripting Language)
Category: Database Management
Category: Authentications
Category: User Accounts
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Relational Databases
Category: File Systems
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Unix

What you'll learn

  • Classify assets

  • Analyze an attack surface to find risks and vulnerabilities

  • Identify threats, such as social engineering, malware and web-based exploits

  • Summarize the threat modeling process

Skills you'll gain

Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Authentications
Category: Security Controls
Category: Vulnerability Management
Category: Vulnerability Assessments
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: NIST 800-53
Category: Data Security
Category: Threat Management
Category: Malware Protection
Category: Cyber Risk
Category: Security Strategy
Category: MITRE ATT&CK Framework
Category: Cyber Threat Intelligence
Category: Cyber Attacks
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Cryptography
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Risk Management Framework

What you'll learn

  • Identify the steps to contain, eradicate, and recover from an incident

  • Analyze packets to interpret network communications

  • Understand basic syntax, components of signatures and logs in Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) tools

  • Perform queries in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools to investigate an event

Skills you'll gain

Category: Incident Response
Category: Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Technical Documentation
Category: Splunk
Category: Computer Security Incident Management
Category: TCP/IP
Category: Network Protocols
Category: Network Analysis
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Event Monitoring
Category: Network Security
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Network Monitoring
Category: Cyber Threat Hunting
Category: Incident Management
Category: Document Management

What you'll learn

  • Explain how the Python programming language is used in cybersecurity

  • Create new, user-defined Python functions

  • Use regular expressions to extract information from text

  • Practice debugging code

Skills you'll gain

Category: Python Programming
Category: File Management
Category: Debugging
Category: Scripting
Category: Algorithms
Category: Automation
Category: Cyber Security Assessment
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Data Structures
Category: Integrated Development Environments

What you'll learn

  • Determine when and how to escalate a security incident

  • Engage with the cybersecurity community

  • Apply for cybersecurity jobs and prepare for interviews.

  • Gain a competitive edge by learning AI skills from Google experts.

  • Boost your cybersecurity skills with AI
  • Decode complex security frameworks with AI
  • Use AI to help identify bugs
  • Refine code with help from AI
  • Understand system vulnerabilities with AI
  • Prioritize alerts with AI

Skills you'll gain

Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Incident Response
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Incident Management
Category: Professional Networking
Category: Asset Protection
Category: Data Security
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Information Privacy
Category: Communication
Category: Security Awareness
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Cyber Threat Intelligence
Category: Data Ethics

What you'll learn

  • Uncover your skills and explore new career possibilities, with support from tools like Career Dreamer.

  • Keep your applications organized with Google Sheets.

  • Build a stand out resume and a step-by-step job search plan—with help from Gemini.

  • Prepare for interviews and practice responding to questions using NotebookLM and Gemini Live.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Personal Attributes
Category: Communication
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Applicant Tracking Systems
Category: Professional Development
Category: Problem Solving
Category: Generative AI
Category: Interviewing Skills

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¹Lightcast™ U.S. Job Postings (2024: Jan. 1, 2024 - Dec. 31, 2024). ²Positive career outcome (e.g., new job, promotion, or raise) within six months of completion. Based on program graduate survey, United States 2022.