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I enjoyed learning about cyber threats, attacks, and methods of security presented in this course. It was eye-opening in the sense of how cyber attacks or not only very common but that due to the ongoing growth in "Internet of Things" devices anything can be hacked.

Also, it really made me re-think cybersecurity as a profession especially because the initial interest was due to ethical hacking or penetration testing. I never put much thought to security analysts or the defense of cybersecurity until this course. It was a great step towards a mindset shift in how we protect our assets in cybersecurity not necessarily through attacking the assets but through a broad, multi-layered defense strategy.

However, there were some links that went to research articles and videos that were either no longer available or not available unless through purchase. While it was easy to find most of the videos and articles through other means, one particular article "A man-in-the-middle attack on UMTS" I was unable to find unless I purchased the article or signed up for a subscription and due to having multiple questions on this in the weekly quiz it was difficult to get through.

This was a very interesting course! As a beginner in the Cyber Security world, it provides a set of very useful information and is a great way to start for anyone new in this subject. I feel much more comfortable regarding certain topics. Professor Ed was a wonderful teacher, I really appreciated his enthusiasm and his pedagogical way of bringing up sometimes quite complex subjects. However, it sometimes felt like you are not having all of it : cyberattacks and cybersecurity is a very large and complex world and with this course, it feels like you are moving at a very slow pace and only getting a little bite of it. You'd wish to know more! But I guess that's why it is called 'Introduction to Cyber Attacks'. Also, the papers that you had to read were sometimes really technical and therefore quite hard to understand. But overall, I had a really fun time and enjoyed this course !

Great teacher with a clear way of presenting. Very comprehensible book nicely written and easily clarifying all (complex) information.

Tons of additional reading materials after each chapter that will require quite some time to go through.

The Tests however have sometimes difficult questions utilizing back on technical language/sentences (not all of the students are techies..) and often referring to information shared in the Reading Materials and not the Videos.

In other words, the questions are more complicated than the offered information.

So some more background and a couple of deep dives in the videos would boost the standard comprehension of security and the jargon that is normally used in that domain.

I liked the way that this course started by looking at the foundations of cyber security and with a business sense on how to start out as security consultant. Ed's videos are very engaging and keep the subject a live with story telling. The course is let down by the quizes. The language used can be confusing and pedantic in the quizes. It makes sense to encourage the student to apply the knowledge in a different way that was learnt during the module. Also the lack of feedback and no interaction on the forums by any of the faculty is not acceptable. Please do the course through, it is worth it. In this case it is not how you learn but what you learn.

I love how Professor Ed teach, his videos are very capturing and you will really appreciate his dedication to the course. He had recap, personal opinion mixed with the topic, so not super by the book type of professor. Oh, and he's right when he said that his book CIA to APT is less on jargons! I have learned a lot from this! Issue and reason for my 4 star is some modules specifically the videos are being repeated, links not working anymore, and some other technical issues in the course. But the content itself is soooo good for beginners I'd say! All in all I have now the understanding of the Cybersecurity just please fix those issues mentioned. 🙂

Honestly everything was amazing and better than face to face courses I've taken my only reason to remove a star is I was constantly being frustrated that even when I passed a quiz it wouldn't let me see the answers to questions I may have missed, I felt like that was detrimental to my learning experience as I was never able to attain the correct answer to certain quiz questions that I may not have fully understood, the other thing is the final quiz says there are no wrong answers just justifiable yet I was told my answers were wrong over and over again

I liked the videos and the material. The quizzes were confusing, especially the last one, where it was stated there was no wrong answers as long as you could justify it. I did the threat assesment matrix quiz, the way I thought I would do in as a security analyst, , and it scored it as incorrect. I liked the in lesson quizzes which reinforce the material. I will definitely go on to do the other cyber security courses. I have really learned a lot! I'm even talking to other computer engineers and understand what they are talking about!

Prior from taking this course I was learning Python and pen-testing skills using Kali Linux. I am an aspiring cyber security expert who wanted to enhance my perspective on the realm of cyber security. Taking this course not only helped me set a real foundation to the realities of cyber attacks but also helped me gain an understanding of this career field from a business perspective. Great introduction class and I will most likely take the followup course.

One thing I found was the reading materials the papers were quite old. It will be good to have an older paper supplemented by a newer one. This will help us keep us abreast of the latest happenings. Or the course should be title to read that it talks about cyber attacks from historic perpective. Also the quizzes most of the time emphasized on the intricacies of English at times - difference between maybe and always. So difficult to get things right.

Overall, a nice course with solid content from diverse sources. The Prof is very engaging. Agree with the other reviews that noted a lack of quality control. Someone from NYU should check forums and fix issues. Final quiz instructions do not match the marking. (Plus the answers are not justified.) Some of the links to resources are broken. Module quizzes are oddly worded at times. Still, worthwhile taking and learned a fair amount.

A really good introductory course.

It covers both the basic "tech" aspects of cybersecurity (worms, trojans, botnets, etc.) and frameworks (CIA models) to map threats-assets then risks.

It sets a fundamental stress on the approach to cybersecurity. Not only on the most advertised aspects, but on the way the industry -CISOs- work -or should work :-)

The instructor does know a ton, and transmits his knowledge quite easily.

Content was quite good and interesting.

There were a few frustrating parts though - more than a few additional reading items were given shorter duration than they would need - 50 min video marked as a 20 min task etc. This overall was interrupting time planning.

A few of the week's quizzes were referencing material only shown in the next week, which made it difficult to answer some of the questions.

Great course, It would obviously be much better if it was more exhaustive. Perhaps if there was actual coding that illustrated a patch to basic and outdated bug or security flaw. I enjoyed the paper on the ethics. I plan to use those counter arguments in the future, if I retook this course I would like to see more thoughtful papers like that.

A very well layed out course. Ed is good at explaining things and the interviews were interresting. One thing that could be improved is the quizes. The questions are sometimes a bit ambiguous and need more explanation. The final quiz should have some explanation of the "correct" choices. Especially as there were "no correct answers".

Good intro to the subject. Comprehension questions are built-in and each module ends with a quiz giving instant feedback concerning comprehension. Nevertheless, some of the quiz questions seem to belong to a later module and some of the 'correct' answers are not correct. At the end of the day this course was a good experience for me.

I am loving this course. however some of the links to further reading do not work for me. i am having to watch ten you tube clips just to make sure i am getting the subject covered . also the reading of books is taking me a lot longer than the time predicted ( a lot longer) but i still am enjoying the course. Thoroughly Absorbing.

Excellent start to Cyber Security Methodology. My only criticism is for lack of hands-on practice exercises for conceptual mastery in understanding risk. The course seemed executive level, which is fine...I'm weak in this area. This being said, perhaps it will be explained deeper and more hands-on in the next course.

The instructor was ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL! He was super engaging, clear, and clearly had a deep understanding of the material. Where the course could have improved was in offering more situational exercises where I could comprehend the material on a more practical basis. Overall, great course!

I am very happy with this course. The content and approach is very much what I expected. Ed Amoroso is an excellent communicator.

However, questions were raised in the forum during the course and they were not answered. I would have appreciated more attention from the teaching team.

I love it. Professor Edward is the man. He makes things interesting to the point that I was hoping the course lasted longer. Its really a 4 1/2 star because the case study which is really the meat of the matter came at the end instead of in the third week. Great job nevertheless

It is the good course for those who are opting it at a basic level. The videos are welled created & the topics are explained well in a very basic english language. The one who have a interest in this field should must starty with these basic course. That's all from my side.

The instructor is really good I hate the reading part sorry but that's the truth and I loved the examples and explanations. Also if possible please add the study material for the Book which is part of this course for free. Will be doing other Courses by the same instructor.