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Cybersecurity Fundamentals: A Practical Approach

Science, Technology, and Innovation, Social Protection Cybersecurity Fundamentals: A Practical Approach Learn to think like a hacker, but act like a cybersecurity expert. Visual decoration, no informational content
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Self-paced
Open Enrollment
Edition 8th - 2026

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Commitment: 42 hour(s)

Level: Intermediate

Cost: Free

Available in: Spanish

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What you'll learn
  • Recognize basic concepts, characteristics, and objectives of cybersecurity, as well as the measures that can be established in this regard.
     
  • Utilize tools to extract information from records stored in digital files based on computer forensics strategies.
     
  • Distinguish tools and processes to decompile and disassemble code in C and Java programming languages, based on reverse engineering principles and an understanding of computer memory operations.
     
  • Identify concepts and tools to manage cyberdefense using examples with Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems.
     
  • Identify different types of malware, as well as key concepts regarding Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) based on their characteristics, along with tools for their identification.
     
  • Manage common software, network, and web vulnerabilities using tools to perform penetration testing on systems.
Audience
Government Officials, Entrepreneurs, Civil Society Organizations
This course awards a verifiable and secure IDB digital credential that certifies the competencies earned.
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