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Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Learn how attacks work and how organisations defend against them: core security concepts, networks, passwords and access, web application risks, threat detection in a SOC and incident response.
About 1 h of reading, plus practice5 modules · 25 quiz questions · final exam
Skills you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the CIA triad, risk, threats and vulnerabilities in plain words
- Recognise common attacks such as phishing, malware, ransomware and credential stuffing
- Understand ports, protocols, firewalls, encryption and TLS
- Spot the most common web application vulnerabilities and how developers prevent them
- Describe how a SOC detects threats and how teams respond to incidents
Syllabus
- 1
Core security concepts
3 min5-question quiz- The CIA triad
- Authentication, authorisation, accounting
- Threats, vulnerabilities and risk
- Who attacks, and why
- Defence in depth and least privilege
- The legal side in India
- 2
Common attacks
3 min5-question quiz- Phishing and social engineering
- Malware
- Password attacks
- Network and web attacks (preview)
- Ransomware: the attack that worries every CISO
- Supply chain attacks
- 3
Networks, encryption and access control
3 min5-question quiz- Networking basics for security
- Firewalls, segmentation and VPNs
- Encryption, hashing and signatures
- Passwords and MFA
- Identity and access management
- Patching and hardening
- 4
Web application security
3 min5-question quiz- Broken access control
- Injection
- Authentication failures
- Cryptographic failures
- Security misconfiguration
- Vulnerable and outdated components
- Server-side request forgery (SSRF)
- Logging and monitoring failures
- How organisations find these issues
- 5
Security operations and incident response
4 min5-question quiz- The Security Operations Centre (SOC)
- The tools
- Triage: what an L1 analyst does
- MITRE ATT&CK
- Incident response lifecycle
- Security awareness and governance
- Starting a security career
- ★Final exam & certificate15 questions · 30 minutes · 70% to pass · 3 tries
Your certificate
HireSol certified in Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Signed by HireSol and verifiable online with its own ID. Download it as a PDF, add it to LinkedIn in one click, and it shows on your HireSol profile to companies.
Questions
- Who is this course for?
- College students, freshers and anyone switching careers who wants a job-ready grounding in Cybersecurity Fundamentals. It's a beginner course; every module explains the ideas with worked examples from real jobs.
- Is the course online and self-paced?
- Yes. It's fully online: about 1 hours of reading across 5 modules, on your phone or laptop, whenever it suits you.
- How do I get the certificate?
- Pass the quiz at the end of each module (70% or more), then the final exam: 15 questions drawn from a larger pool, 30 minutes, 70% to pass, 3 tries. Your certificate is issued the moment you pass.
- Can recruiters check that my certificate is real?
- Yes. Every certificate has its own page on hiresol.cloud with an ID and a digital signature from HireSol, so anyone can verify your name, the course, your score and the date.
- What happens if I fail the final exam?
- You have 3 tries, with new questions each time. If all 3 miss the mark, the course locks and you can unlock it again to start over.