Google Creates a Profession Certificates That Prepares College students for Cybersecurity Jobs in 6 Months

In 2023, Google launched sev­er­al on-line cer­tifi­cate professional­grams designed to assist stu­dents land an entry-lev­el job, with­out nec­es­sar­i­ly hav­ing a col­lege diploma. This features a cer­tifi­cate professional­gram targeted on Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty, a subject that stands poised to develop as com­pa­nies change into extra dig­i­tal and face mount­ing cyber­at­tacks.

Provided on Cours­er­a’s edu­ca­tion­al plat­type, the brand new Google Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty Professional­fes­sion­al Cer­tifi­cate fea­tures eight on-line cours­es, which is able to col­lec­tive­ly assist stu­dents learn to:

• Underneath­stand the impor­tance of cyber­se­cu­ri­ty prac­tices and their impression for orga­ni­za­tions.
• Iden­ti­fy com­mon dangers, threats, and vul­ner­a­bil­i­ties, in addition to tech­niques to mit­i­gate them.
• Professional­tect web­works, gadgets, peo­ple, and knowledge from unau­tho­rized entry and cyber­at­tacks utilizing Secu­ri­ty Infor­ma­tion and Occasion Man­age­ment (SIEM) instruments.
• Acquire hands-on expe­ri­ence with Python, Lin­ux, and SQL.

The Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty Professional­fes­sion­al Cer­tifi­cate additionally now contains six new movies that specify the right way to use AI in cyber­se­cu­ri­ty. The movies cov­er each­factor from utilizing arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence to assist iden­ti­fy bugs and sys­tem vul­ner­a­bil­i­ties, to refin­ing code and pri­or­i­tiz­ing alerts with AI.

Stu­dents can take indi­vid­ual cours­es in these professional­fes­sion­al cer­tifi­cate professional­grams without cost. (Above, you possibly can watch a video from the primary course within the cyber­se­cu­ri­ty cer­tifi­cate professional­gram, enti­tled “Foun­da­tions of Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty.”) How­ev­er, if you need to obtain a cer­tifi­cate, Cours­period will cost $49 per thirty days (after an ini­tial 7‑day free tri­al peri­od). That implies that the Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty Professional­fes­sion­al Cer­tifi­cate, designed to be com­plet­ed in 6 months, will value tough­ly $300 in complete.

As soon as stu­dents com­plete the cyber­se­cu­ri­ty cer­tifi­cate, they will add the cre­den­tial to their LinkedIn professional­file, resume, or CV. As a perk, stu­dents within the U.S. can even con­nect with 150+ make use of­ers (e.g., Amer­i­can Categorical, Col­gate-Pal­mo­stay, T‑Cellular, Wal­mart, and Google) who’ve pledged to con­sid­er cer­tifi­cate maintain­ers for open posi­tions. Accord­ing to Cours­period, this cer­tifi­cate can pre­pare stu­dents to change into an entry-lev­el “cyber­se­cu­ri­ty ana­lyst and SOC (secu­ri­ty oper­a­tions cen­ter) ana­lyst.”

You can begin a 7‑day free tri­al of the Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty Professional­fes­sion­al Cer­tifi­cate right here. Alter­na­tive­ly, when you join Cours­period Plus, whose value has been lowered by 40% till Decem­ber 2, 2024, you possibly can enroll within the cyber­se­cu­ri­ty cer­tifi­cate professional­gram at no cost. Discover out extra right here.

Be aware: Open Cul­ture has an element­ner­ship with Cours­period. If learn­ers enroll in cer­tain Cours­period cours­es and professional­grams, it helps sup­port Open Cul­ture.