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Assets, Threats, and Vulnerabilities

This is the fifth course in the Google Cybersecurity Certificate. These courses will further explore the importance of protecting organizational assets from threats, risks, and vulnerabilities. They will also continue to develop an understanding of asset classification and how to use the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), as well as security controls, to protect assets and mitigate risk. Additionally, learners will gain an understanding of how to develop a threat actor mindset to help protect assets from ever-evolving threat actor tactics and techniques. By the end of this course, you will: - Learn effective data handling processes. - Discuss the role of encryption and hashing in securing assets. - Describe how to effectively use authentication and authorization. - Explain how common vulnerability exposures are identified by MITRE. - 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.

Status: Cybersecurity
Status: Data Security
BeginnerCourse19 hours

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MS

4.0Reviewed Dec 12, 2023

Overall very informative and well presented course. I'd really like more hands-on tasks than purely theoretical frameworks where possible. But still happy and motivated by this course content.

XZ

4.0Reviewed Jun 8, 2023

The structure of this course isn't as clear as the previous ones, and some of the quiz questions are a little vague and confusing. But overall the instructor did a great job.

M

5.0Reviewed Sep 15, 2023

Such a great course!! learning a lot and discovering about so many things about what we are about to protect.. Thank you for this Google and Coursera!!

NW

5.0Reviewed Jun 18, 2023

By far my favorite course in this certificate training program. The main host was engaging and personably, with content and labs that were also enjoyable. Well done!

BR

5.0Reviewed May 13, 2024

The study material and videos are very useful to understand the subject. Overall the manner in which this course was planned that can be understood easily with little attention. Thank you

LR

5.0Reviewed Aug 27, 2023

This was my favorite Module in the course. Easier to understand and it help guided me to what direction I may want to start in my Cybersecurity career.

HJ

4.0Reviewed Jul 25, 2023

The person presenting the information was great, she explained everything very clearly. However, the information itself is a major drain. Information overload is the first thing that I think of here.

AF

5.0Reviewed Mar 17, 2025

It was one of the best courses so far as it gave knowledge about Threats and Vulnerability which is greatly needed for a Cybersecurity Professional like me

SM

5.0Reviewed Oct 15, 2025

Very insightful i learnt alot from Da Queish forgive me for the mispelling of her name but she is a good teacher. Thanks may my journey bear fruits from this knowledge.

OE

4.0Reviewed Mar 3, 2024

Faunistic course, I learned a lot but I can not give it five stars because I didn’t get to see some of the tools (IDS and the rest) mentioned in the course in action.

JA

4.0Reviewed Aug 11, 2025

The course was extremely interesting but I found the instructors habits very annoying. She was waving her hands around constantly and the mispronunciation of some of the words was off putting

CL

5.0Reviewed Feb 7, 2025

Very informational and gives you hands on experience throughout the course! I felt challenged and was forced to think differently to come up with the solutions.

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