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Security Engineering Fundamentals

Explore how to apply security principles, cryptographic methods, and risk evaluation frameworks to design, assess, and audit resilient systems that protect organizational data and operations.

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  • Intermediate
  • 20 hours
  • Updated: Oct 10, 2025

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Skills you'll learn

25 skills

  • Cybersecurity business context
  • Cybersecurity strategy
  • Data encryption
  • Application security best practices
  • Hashing

Prerequisites

5 prerequisites

Prior to enrolling, you should have the following knowledge:

  • Computer networking basics
  • Cybersecurity fluency
  • Scripting
  • Windows operating system
  • Basic Linux

You will also need to be able to communicate fluently and professionally in written and spoken English.

Course Outline

  • 7 lessons
  • 1 project

Program Instructors

1 instructor

Unlike typical professors, our instructors come from Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies and have demonstrated leadership and expertise in their professions:

Taylor Lobb

Head of Information Security, Clearwater Analytics

Taylor Lobb

Head of Information Security, Clearwater Analytics

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