Cyber Security

Wonderful course for them who wants to learn about cyber security as this explains us about cyber crimes and how to deal with it although Cyber-crime has been reported as one of the top four economic crimes perceived by all organizations. [1] According to an ASSOCHAM report the number of cyber-crimes all over the world will reach to a higher level to earn money in an illegal way. The statistics from the surveys shows how the Cyber-crime has been increasing at an alarming rate all over the world. What is cybercrime? Webopedia defines Cybercrime as "any criminal act dealing with computers and networks (called hacking)”. [2] Cybercrime is a range of illegal digital activities targeted at organizations in order to cause harm. [3] The simplest possible definition given by Norton Company is “Cybercrime is simply a crime that has some kind of computer or cyber aspect to it”. [4] According to Norton, for every 3 seconds someone’s identity is stolen as a result of cybercrime. Cyber-crimes do not consider any boundaries or territorial barriers. Making the cyber world safer is the major concern to all the stakeholders. In this regard, every country will have its own Cyber law or Internet law to control the cybercrimes in their countries.

I am fortunate to come across this course, Cyber Security, in Swayam at a time when I was looking for such course. I compared some of similar courses elsewhere but after going through the introductory video of Dr.Padmavathi garu, I decided I must join this course in Swayam.
We need not say the importance of Cyber Security as we are seeing how gullible people and also organisations are falling prey to the Hackers with innovative methods each day. This course is useful to students, teachers and representatives/employees of organisations. This course is certainly a value-addition.
After attending three week lessons, I enjoyed and understood the topics presented by our Guru Dr. Padmavathi garu as they are made easily understandable.
i) In case of study material, I feel there is slight redundancy because same topic is available at three places ie in PPT, in Video Lessons and in Text. I feel, primarily Video Lessons are required but in case due to time or other constraints and if additional points are required, Text will support. Hence, PPT can be removed.
ii) Also there are very few occasions (ignorable), where the content in PPT is not presented correctly. However I must appreciate the enormous hard work the presenters put behind the presentation of the content.
iii) I also request to attach Lab related topics and assignments, so that the theory can be put into practice . For this subject some Universities included Encryption related topics in Lab.
iv) One more request is that the internal assignment (Quiz) requires compulsory manual review, as in one occasion the choices are repeated exactly again in an MCQ, making our choice difficult

But for these, I am sure that the learners get benefitted with this course.

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1. I have been attending MOOCs since 2013 on different websites like coursera, edx, udemy etc and i have done courses of cyber security and cyber forensic from worlds well know universities still i am very much impressed with this course and gives 5 stars because of following reasons:-
(a) This course is well organised in 15 weeks with every important topic related to cyber
security and cyber forensic, all have been covered.
(b) Unlike other universities MOOCs, PPTs of every topic, E Text which is very very helpful and
week glossary, no one provides such useful content at free of cost. Amazing.
(c) Specialty of this course is that in cyber law, Indian IT Act 2000 is
explained and cyber laws and crimes applicable to Indian citizens are
explained in detail.
(d) In the end live interview conducted with live examples in India which
we cannot even imagine are discussed, which is an another achievement for
knowledge enhancement.

I registered for the course with a view to learn the basics of Cyber Security and I must confess that I am fully satisfied with the course content and its delivery by Dr. G Padmavathy, the Course Coordinator. Week after week, it was interesting and the video lectures were quite captivating and delivered in a manner for the learners understand the topic very easily.
I am learning out of interest , but I am positive that the younger generations/current students who are the future of this country will greaty enthused by the course- its content, design, delivery & e-texts and assignments.
Having been in the police services, I will be glad to see orientation of history of Cyber Crime in our country, need for registration of cyber crime & analysis to bring the culprits to book etc., (Efforts & infrastructure of the State police/central organisations) for the purpose of awareness among the learners.
I wish to express my gratitude to the team CEC23 -CS16 and extend my wishes for their success in this noble field of teaching & education in future.

This course is very interested and helpful

Cyber Security is very important in this digital era due to dependency on online operations, social media practices, upcoming technologies like IoT, IIoT, IoE, digitization and pervasive nature of mobile devices. Secure online operations and safe handling of devices are the need of the hour. One must understand the security challenges as well as the best practices that are essential to protect one from becoming the victims of cybercrimes. Fundamental knowledge in Cyber Security is very much required to understand the current status of cyber world. It is imperative to safe-guard the individual, society, organization and the government from the dangers of cyber frauds, scams, threats and attacks. A complete and Comprehensive course can achieve this. This course is an inclusive course that covers all the aspects essential for understanding and for further exploration in Cyber Security Domain. 2. Who are the intended audience? Any Post Graduate Level Student, Working Professionals and those who are interested in Cyber Security are eligible to attend the course. For those who wish to further specialize in Cyber Security and would like to become certified Professionals, it is an ideal course for a good begining. 3. How will the learners benefit from this course? It is a Course at Post Graduate level for credit transfer. After completing the course successfully, and passing the examination, the student can earn the credit and become eligible for credit transfer. Not only for students and working Professionals, this course serves as an important Course for any responsible citizen, as it covers all aspects in Cyber Security including Cyberlaw. It is very important to note the legal implications of Cyber Crimes, Scams and Frauds. 4. Are there any prerequisites? There are no prerequisites for this course. However, a fundamental knowledge in computers is desirable to understand the terminology and concepts better.

The Cybersecurity course conducted by Dr. Padmavathi mam is excellent, where it provides incredible value to the learners. The very well structured modules cover all the topics of Cybersecurity, which makes the course complete in all respect. The module videos are wonderful, simple and easy to understand for learners from any background. The resources of the course - the PPTs, the summary text and the web references are rich in content and add value to the learners. The objective and subjective assignments are thought provoking for the learners and encourage them to be inquisitive to enhance the understanding of what they have learned. The video explanations of each module by Dr. Padmavathi mam is crisp and clear, that the learners are able to align well with the topics.

It requires enormous effort to put together such a fabulous course, many thanks to Dr. Padmavathi and the other faculty, we appreciate all your efforts. There is no doubt, this course will create Cyber awareness to the learners, for them to follow the best Cybersecurity practices and be Cyber Resilient. Finally, a big thanks to SWAYAM in organising such a beautiful course through Online medium.

Excellent Content, very well planned syllabus and a must course for present and future generation. Cyber Security is now a days is very much linked to each and every task/activity we perform and it has become very important in every aspect of our modern life. We are vulnerable to Cyber attacks in their various forms. So for a general awareness at this digital era, everyone should at least know to overcome the traps and loopholes of cyber world. I had attended the course to know basics of Cyber security and truly speaking, I am extramly satisfied. The course is well paced and Dr. Padmavathi Ganapathi Madam explains smallest topic in detail and helps us to understand the subject thoroughly. She has a quality of good teacher who always wants to help her students in every aspects to understand the subject. The course is not only a basic course of cyber security, but also a foundation stone who wants to build their carrier as cyber security expert. My heartfelt thanks to respected Padmavathi madam and her whole teaml, who build such a wonderful course. I recommend everyone to go through the course positively to make the life more secure and safe in the modern digital age.

I came to know many more things about the authentication method , biometrics , internet of things ,etc., and the possible attacks on them and the recovery options and the best form of securities in them using this course. These seemed very interesting topics to me. I have learnt about the classifications of cyber attacks and the various types of attacks in today's life and came to know that we all have experienced certain types of these attacks and even some of us are most prone to these attacks. I came to know about the importance of creating awareness about cyber attacks to everyone through this course. The course on Cyber Security is very important in this digital era due to dependency on online operations, social media practices, upcoming technologies like IoT, IIoT, IoE, digitization and pervasive nature of mobile devices. Secure online operations and safe handling of devices are the need of the hour. One must understand the security challenges as well as the best practices that are essential to protect one from becoming the victims of cybercrimes. Fundamental knowledge in Cyber Security is very much required to understand the current status of cyber world. It is imperative to safe-guard the individual, society, organization and the government from the dangers of cyber frauds, scams, threats and attacks. A complete and Comprehensive course can achieve this. This course is an inclusive course that covers all the aspects essential for understanding and for further exploration in Cyber Security Domain. Not only for students and working Professionals, this course serves as an important Course for any responsible citizen, as it covers all aspects in Cyber Security including Cyberlaw. It is very important to note the legal implications of Cyber Crimes, Scams and Frauds.



So these are the major things that hook up in my mind when I say about this course, however there are much more interesting things discover and learn from this course .

Hi, very useful couse and the way mrs padmavathi ma'am explains is really fantastic , very clear to understand.They conduct submative and objective test which is really hepfull. I completed till 5th week,unable to open the 6th week modules don 't know the reason . kindly see to it, would like to complete my course. I have sent the mail too on 30th july but no reply.

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Regards M.V.Lakshmi

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