Cybersecurity Basics
Core security principles, threat models, and organizational policies — start here before specialization.
Course videos
Watch the introduction (with learners studying from home), then study chapter by chapter. Midterm and final sessions teach the material with practice questions you must answer to continue — those checkpoints are not graded.
Narration · Professor Ryan · British English
ForgEd · Introduction
Cybersecurity Basics · Course introduction
How this course is organized, how to study with the textbook and quizzes, and what you will be able to do when you finish.
Watch the intro or continue when you are ready. Chapter 1 stays locked until you continue.
Complete each chapter's 5-question quiz (instant feedback), then pass the 10-question course review, then the 20-question final exam (score at the end) to earn course completion on your profile.
ForgEd courses are for general education and logical foundations. They do not replace professional certification, licensure, or cert-level competence.
Skills you will gain
- Security Mindset
- Security Policies
Chapters
- 1
Chapter 1: The security mindset and the CIA triad
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Chapter 2: The threat landscape and adversaries
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Chapter 3: Authentication, identity, and access management
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Chapter 4: Network security architecture
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Chapter 5: Endpoint and device security
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Chapter 6: Cryptography for confidentiality and integrity
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Chapter 7: Social engineering and human factors
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Chapter 8: Application and web security
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Chapter 9: Incident response and resilience
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Chapter 10: Compliance, privacy, and cybersecurity careers
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