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Free Course Audit: e.g. Google Cybersecurity Professional, Free 7-Day Trial to Obtain Certificate @ Coursera

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Hello everyone!!

This is normally A$58 per month for the course, after the 7 day free trial. But there is a way to bypass that.

Step 1: Click on View all courses

Step 2: Click on one of the courses (e.g Foundations of Cybersecurity

Step 3: Click again on title of the course (e.g Foundations of Cybersecurity) it will direct you to the details of that specific course.

Step 4: Click on Enroll for free

Step 5: Enter your Name, email and Password (No payment information required)

Step 6: This will come up on your screen Do not click Start Free trial. Click on the Audit under it.

Step 7: You can repeat the same process for each of the courses

This way you can go through the course via Audit without the time limit of 7 days free. The only disadvantage: Auditing this course only allows limited access. You won’t get grades, feedback, or a certificate unless you upgrade.

Once you are ready. You can start your 7 day free trial do those quizzes so you can get your certificate.

So you get the certificate for free and can take your time for more than 7 days.

This Audit method can apply in other courses as well.

Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate

Venture into the rapidly growing field of cybersecurity with this beginner-friendly program, designed to equip you with important skills such as Python programming, intrusion detection, and SIEM tools. This comprehensive program marries theory with practical application, preparing you for numerous job roles including cybersecurity analyst and Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst, and setting your course towards a rewarding tech career.

Beginner level
No previous experience necessary
6 months at 7 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn
✓Understand the importance of cybersecurity practices and their impact for organizations.

✓Identify common risks, threats, and vulnerabilities, as well as techniques to mitigate them.

✓Protect networks, devices, people, and data from unauthorized access and cyberattacks using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools.

✓Gain hands-on experience with Python, Linux, and SQL.

Professional Certificate - 8 course series
Prepare for a new career in the high-growth field of cybersecurity, no degree or experience required. Get professional training designed and delivered by subject matter experts at Google and have the opportunity to connect with top employers.

Organizations must continuously protect themselves and the people they serve from cyber-related threats, like fraud and phishing. They rely on cybersecurity to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of their internal systems and information. Cybersecurity analysts use a collection of methods and technologies to safeguard against threats and unauthorized access — and to create and implement solutions should a threat get through.

During the 8 courses in this certificate program, you’ll learn from cybersecurity experts at Google and gain in-demand skills that prepare you for entry-level roles like cybersecurity analyst, security operations center (SOC) analyst, and more. At under 10 hours per week, you can complete the certificate in less than 6 months.

Upon completion of the certificate, you can directly apply for jobs with Google and over 150 U.S. employers, including American Express, Deloitte, Colgate-Palmolive, Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud), T-Mobile, and Walmart.

The Google Cybersecurity Certificate helps prepare you for the CompTIA Security+ exam, the industry leading certification for cybersecurity roles. You’ll earn a dual credential when you complete both.

Applied Learning Project

This program includes 170 hours of instruction and hundreds of practice-based assessments and activities that simulate real-world cybersecurity scenarios that are critical for success in the workplace. Through a mix of videos, assessments, and hands-on labs, you’ll become familiar with the cybersecurity tools, platforms, and skills required for an entry-level job.

Skills you’ll gain will include: Python, Linux, SQL, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), communication, collaboration, analysis, problem solving and more!

Additionally, each course includes portfolio activities through which you’ll showcase examples of cybersecurity skills that you can share with potential employers. Acquire concrete skills that top employers are hiring for right now.

1.Foundations of Cybersecurity

2. Play It Safe: Manage Security Risks

3. Connect and Protect: Networks and Network Security

4. Tools of the Trade: Linux and SQL

5. Assets, Threats, and Vulnerabilities

6. Sound the Alarm: Detection and Response

7. Automate Cybersecurity Tasks with Python

8. Put It to Work: Prepare for Cybersecurity Jobs.

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Comments

  • +33

    Will this get me a job @ Optus or Medibank

    • +82

      Nah you'd be overqualified

      • Sharing is caring - Gladys

    • +22

      If not, try at Latitude

      • +2

        Don’t they do the 24 degrees card?

        • +1

          what happened with -4 degree?

          • +3

            @overlook: It got hacked.

          • @overlook: "Latitude Financial has revealed that 14m customer records – including driver’s licence numbers, passport numbers and financial statements – were stolen from its system in a cyber-attack"

    • Why would they need cybersecurity?

  • Thank you, very helpful.

  • +1

    somehow, I don't see audit option at all…what browser do you use, maybe I will need a specific browser or type of email account?

    • Follow the steps. Do them in order.

      • oh I see, I need to click the specific courses WITHIN the certification, and click them one by one to audit them. Thank you, it works!

        Hopefully Google doesn't delete the audit function too quickly. We'd better start learning it asap.

  • +1

    So you can complete all them outside of the 7 day trial, and then once you've finished them, fire up the 7 day trial to get the certificate?

    • +5

      Once you have read and understood the content. You can fire up the 7 day free trial to start doing the quizzes to get your certificate.

      • No cool, I was interested in doing it anyway, alongside other studies - so at least this way I can go through the content before getting the subscription! Cheers mate

  • +1

    Also doesnt show for me, just Start free trial.

  • $150k salary here I come

    • Do the free cyber security tafe course, and now you’re on $250k

      • Need the cert iii ict course first

      • +2

        After i completed my diploma, i was offered the position CEO of Floptus which i kindly declined

        • +1

          Probably over qualified

  • +2

    Now if someone could post the cheat sheet 😃

    • Google is your friend

  • Thanks for sharing it.

    Are steps 2 and 3 supposed to be the same? Cause when I click 'View all courses' I can already do step 3.

    • +2

      I tried to do it as baby steps. Hopefully everyone can follow the steps.

      • Ah I see. Thank you

  • +3

    I think you can audit any course on coursera for free

    • +1

      Can you? I didn't know that.

  • Anyone else got this??

    Auditing this course only allows limited access. You won’t get grades, feedback, or a certificate unless you upgrade.

    • +4

      Correct. It's only to go through the content. Once you are ready you can fire up the 7 day free trial and do those quizzes and grades so you can get the certificate.

  • Does anyone know if the 7 day trial applies to the Professional Certificate aka 7 days to complete all or only each individual course?

    • yes you can complete the whole certification within 7 days, if you already learned everything in the cause. Not sure if you have to play all the videos. i think some can not be skipped before starting quizzes.

  • Thanks OP might give it a shot. Will the certificate trump my old age when applying for the uber security job?

  • +1

    Enrolled, but i bet this is just like all those other free courses i have enrolled in Udemy. :)

  • +3

    Can confirm I have completed this course a couple months ago in a weekend for free. Although I'm in the cyber security field so I just skipped all the content and did the tests. Was quite easy.
    All of it is multiple choice or 'self-assessed' assignments so it's easy to smash through.

    • +1

      Please share the answers for revision purposes thank you

      • I didn't save any info, was a couple months ago now. No rules against using google though!

    • +1

      Will you use this certificate to obtain your next job and / or pay upgrade?

      • +1

        In my point of a career a cert like that doesn't make a big difference but could be a contributing factor in future job searches. Might make me like 5% better than another candidate.

  • +5

    Thanks, I have shared the link to [email protected] and [email protected]

  • For those who already have this cert, can you speak to how effective it has been for you to get a job/promotion by having this cert on your resume?

  • -1

    The audit button is no longer there, just has start free trial.

    • +2

      It is there as a link.

      • Thanks, could it be that im on mobile and cant see the link? All I see on the frame is start 7 day free trial. (No link underneath that like OPs screenshot shows)

  • Mmmm I'll join Google so I can work remotely and live on cruise ships lol

  • Isn't this technically a "hack" that can work with any course?

  • +10

    As an intensive user of Coursera, allow me to tell some truth about this certificate:

    1, You can learn some basics of cyber security, however there is a gap between "some basics" and "job ready", completing the whole program could be considered as finishing reading a book "basics of cyber security", and that is it.
    2, This is not an industry recognized certification, only an industry recognized one can impress the recruiters (eg, comptia security+,CISSP)
    3, Basically you can learn anything in coursera in the same way (mentioned in the post).

    All in all considering completing this program as the first step of entering cyber security field, if you expect more than that, you will be disappointed(unless you are super lucky or have some powerful friends in a cyber security company).

    • I just found out about coursera from this post and started this course a few hours ago.

      Realistically, what would be the next steps after completing this program if I am looking to be job ready?

  • +7

    Here are another two cyber security professional certificates from Microsoft and IBM, on Coursera platform, you can use the same way to acquire them for free:

    Microsoft Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate (Learners who complete this program will receive a 50% discount voucher to take the SC-900 Certification Exam)
    https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/microsoft…

    IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate (This Professional Certificate has ACE® recommendation. It is eligible for college credit at participating U.S. colleges and universities. Note: The decision to accept specific credit recommendations is up to each institution.)
    https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/ibm-cyber…

    • There is no option for me to audit the course for the Microsoft one, but for the IBM one it works just fine.

  • Started the course, seems to be a very basic level so far. Will report back once I complete (if you don't I haven't completed the course :p )

  • Great! Thanks!

  • +4

    FYI, you will receive 30% discount for Security+ certification once you complete this course. This is good thing.

    • Cheers. Does the 30% discount have an expiry?

  • Completed the course & received cert but no sign of 30% discount for Security+
    Anyone know if I need to contact support for this?

  • looks like they no longer has this "audit"

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