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Cybersecurity
A beginner's guide

Basic skills make a huge difference to digital safety. In this course, we cover the fundamentals of cybersecurity with real-life examples and exercises aimed at building a simplified cybersecurity action plan for personal or professional use.

Chapter 1
What is cybersecurity?
SectionExercises
I. Introduction
II. Evaluating risk
Chapter 2
Identity and privacy
SectionExercises
I. Personally identifiable information
II. Privacy rights
III. Protecting your identity
IV. How to make your passwords secure
Chapter 3
Securing communications
SectionExercises
I. The need for secure communication
II. Messaging and end-to-end encryption
III. The types of online attacks
Chapter 4
Networks and hardware
SectionExercises
I. Networks
II. Securing web connections
III. Your cybersecurity action plan
Chapter 5
Emerging technologies and the future
SectionExercises
I. Looking into the future
II. Cybersecurity as a profession
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The course has been created with the Digital SkillUp initiative, which is the brand name of the outputs created under the European Digital Academy project, funded by the European Commission with support of the European Parliament. The project is dedicated to making basic knowledge on emerging technologies available and accessible to all citizens and SMEs. It aims to create an online training space that will offer learning content and opportunities on topics like AI, Blockchain, robotics, cybersecurity and IoT for everyone.

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