Introduction to Cybersecurity Course
Basic cybersecurity concepts
What is this course for?
Hi team, good day, and welcome to this course we've built for anyone as a first step into the wonderful world of cybersecurity. You don't need any prior knowledge, just to be in #EagerToLearn mode and aware that cybersecurity is everyone's job: however trivial we consider the situation, we can protect many people.
What will I learn?
- 🚀 Cybersecurity Fundamentals: Essential concepts for understanding and applying cybersecurity.
- 🚀 Threats and Malicious Actors: Identify the main threats and who's behind them.
- 🚀 Passwords and Digital Identity: Protect your accounts with strong passwords and multi-factor authentication.
- 🚀 Secure Browsing and Communication: Browse safely and avoid online fraud.
- 🚀 Cybersecurity Culture and Incident Reporting: Promote secure habits and learn to report incidents.
Projects
With this course you'll create, optimize, automate or improve the following projects:
- 🚀 You'll set up two-factor authentication (2FA) on your main accounts.
- 🚀 You'll implement a secure password manager for all your credentials.
- 🚀 You'll make secure backups of your critical information.
- 🚀 You'll learn best practices for online shopping and payments.
Course details
| Course | Introduction to Cybersecurity Course |
| Learning path | CyberUsuario |
| Level | Fundamentals |
| Aimed at | End users and employees who want to understand cybersecurity fundamentals and follow good cyber hygiene practices |
| Prerequisites | No prior knowledge required |
| Format | Online, self-paced |
| Language | Spanish (English translation available) |
| Modules | 5 |
| Lessons | 19 |
| Estimated reading time | ~5 minutes (not counting practice or assessment) |
| Material | Text lessons and a downloadable course diagram (Excalidraw) |
| Content access | Free: open, open-source content (MIT license) |
| Assessment | Online, 60 minutes, at least 80% correct answers, 2 attempts. Requires a subscription |
| Diploma | Yes, when you take the assessment on the DivisionCero platform |
| Certification | Included in the diploma, verifiable online with a QR code or certification code |
| Learning path certification | Counts toward the CyberUsuario Certified certification |
| Last updated | 10/10/2026 |
| Course link | cyberacademy.divisioncero.com/cyberusuario/curso-de-introduccion-a-la-ciberseguridad |
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