12 Best Cybersecurity Fundamentals Courses on Coursera
We compared 12 Cybersecurity Fundamentals courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $9.99 to $49.00. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 12
- Price range
- $9.99 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 12 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "cybersecurity fundamentals" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $9.99 to $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Foundations of Information Security and Incident Handling
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
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Getting Started with Security Command Center Enterprise
Offered by Google Cloud
This course provides a comprehensive overview of Google Cloud Security Command Center (SCC) Enterprise, a Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) solution that helps organizations prevent, detect, and respon...
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Foundations of Ethical Hacking with Kali Linux
Offered by Packt
This course introduces the fundamentals of ethical hacking using Kali Linux, emphasizing the skills needed to identify and exploit security vulnerabilities. Students will gain insight into penetration testing techniques...
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Introduction to Security Principles in Cloud Computing
Offered by Google Cloud
Imagine yourself as a digital guardian, a cyber sentinel at the frontlines of Google Cloud security, safeguarding valuable assets from the world of cybercrime. This certificate program is your training ground, a thrillin...
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Protecting Cloud Architecture with Alibaba Cloud
Offered by Alibaba Cloud Academy
Course Description The Security Exam Preparation Course is a series of online courses covering topics including Linux and Windows OS basics and operations, network fundamentals, host security, application security, netwo...
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Incident Response, BC, and DR Concepts
Offered by ISC2
Welcome to course 2 of 5 of this Specialization, Incident Response, BC, and DR Concepts. This course focuses on the availability part of the CIA triad and the importance of maintaining availability of both human and syst...
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Activos, amenazas y vulnerabilidades
Offered by Google
En este quinto curso del Certificado de Ciberseguridad de Google, explorarás los conceptos de activos, amenazas y vulnerabilidades. Primero conocerás cómo se clasifican los activos. Luego, te profundizarás sobre las amen...
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Cybersecurity in modern organizations
Offered by Coursera
Cybersecurity threats are evolving rapidly as organizations adopt AI and modern technologies. This comprehensive specialization equips you with essential cybersecurity skills needed to protect today's complex digital env...
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Security at the Edge
Offered by LearnQuest
This specialization is intended for IoT Product Developers, Cybersecurity Professionals, Cloud Service Providers, and Enterprise IT Leaders wanting to expand their knowledge of the fundamentals of Edge Computing, securin...
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Amazon Macie - Getting Started
Offered by Amazon Web Services
With Amazon Macie, you can discover data security risks and automatically protect against those risks. In this course, you will learn how Macie can help you simplify data security risk protection. This course will focus...
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Cybersecurity Foundations
Offered by Infosec
An introduction to cybersecurity foundations. This course is a blend of lecture and hands-on exercises. We utilize the Infosec Skills platform courses and cyber ranges here to give a true introduction to the learner. Thi...
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Security Command Center Fundamentals
Offered by Google Cloud
Learn about the fundamental features of Security Command Center on Google Cloud. Spend time in this course to understand assets, detection and compliance. Security Command Center is a key part of your Google Cloud securi...
$49.00listed price
Best Cybersecurity Fundamentals Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foundations of Information Security and Incident Handling | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Getting Started with Security Command Center Enterprise | Coursera | Google Cloud | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Foundations of Ethical Hacking with Kali Linux | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Introduction to Security Principles in Cloud Computing | Coursera | Google Cloud | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Protecting Cloud Architecture with Alibaba Cloud | Coursera | Alibaba Cloud Academy | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Incident Response, BC, and DR Concepts | Coursera | ISC2 | $49.00 | View → |
| 7 | Activos, amenazas y vulnerabilidades | Coursera | $49.00 | View → | |
| 8 | Cybersecurity in modern organizations | Coursera | Coursera | $49.00 | View → |
| 9 | Security at the Edge | Coursera | LearnQuest | $49.00 | View → |
| 10 | Amazon Macie - Getting Started | Coursera | Amazon Web Services | $9.99 | View → |
| 11 | Cybersecurity Foundations | Coursera | Infosec | $49.00 | View → |
| 12 | Security Command Center Fundamentals | Coursera | Google Cloud | $49.00 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 12 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $39.01. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
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