Week 3: The Transport and Application Layers During the third week, the part concerning the transport and application layers will be taken up in this course. This module is intended to equip you with: Ability to explain TCP ports and sockets. Identification of various features of the TCP header. Known differentiation between connection-oriented and connectionless … Read more
INTRODUCTION – Python Programming Fundamentals Here Python’s origins commence; with this module the grade of conditionality and branching is being acquired-the incorporation of iterations in looping over sequences, the implementation of functions for specific tasks, and the handling of exceptions in catching faults would be other advanced learning objectives. Besides the significant role that this … Read more
Applying Visual Design Principles to Mockups INTRODUCTION Establishing visual design principles is really important for enhancing the visual and functional aspects of a user interface. In this course offered in Coursera’s Google’s UX Design Professional Certificate, you will learn visual principles and enhance them in your mockups. Key concepts like emphasis, hierarchy, scale, proportion, unity, … Read more
Week 1: Storyboarding and Wireframing Storyboarding and Wireframing INTRODUCTION Wireframing is an essential element in the entire UX design process, and Coursera’s Google UX Design Professional Certificate Program offers a solid introduction to what this skill involves. Storyboarding helps organize those interface component parts and makes the wireframe effective. In this course, you’ll learn to … Read more
Week 3: Building Low-Fidelity Prototypes Building Low-Fidelity Prototypes INTRODUCTION Building Low-Fidelity Prototypes course provided as part of the Google UX Design Professional Certificate on Coursera teaches you from concept to prototype in UX design. You might start with a digitized paper prototype of a mobile application and graduate to a low-fidelity digital prototype built in … Read more
Week 6: Creating a Company Culture for Security You’re done with the course, and now this final week is all about building up a trust-based security culture. In modern tech roles, however, understanding how to undertake measures in terms of the primary goals- confidentiality, integrity, and availability-with respect to security is important. By the end … Read more
Week 5: Defense in Depth Our emphasis this week will be on concrete and details concerning practical input that would enhance security defenses for a system and application. At the end of the topic, you should be able to implement system and application hardening techniques and develop the operating system security policies required for those … Read more
Week 4: Security Your Networks This week, we will be looking at secure network architecture. We will look at how security could be implemented within a network environment and the best practices to secure the company’s network. We will examine the risks that a wireless network poses and how to mitigate those risks. Also, we … Read more
Week 3: AAA Security (Not Roadside Assistance) During this week of the course, we will focus on the essentials of the three A’s in cybersecurity that every tech role should embrace: authentication, authorization, and accounting. They are the very bases for enabling system access and data therein in any organization. At the end of this … Read more
Week 4: Directory Services In week four of this course, we dive into directory services, exploring how two of the most popularly used directory services, Active Directory and OpenLDAP, works in practice. Here we touch central management and its values to a SysAdmin in reaching out to and supporting various components of an IT infrastructure. … Read more