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All right.

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So welcome officially to the Python Basics for Cybersecurity professionals.

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My name is Alex

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and I'm going to be your instructor. Now, the purpose of this video is to

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welcome you officially to the course and also give you

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a few pointers on how best to take it.

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So, first things first,

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what exactly is this course about? What do I mean by Python for cybersecurity?

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Well, all the examples, the tests, the challenges, the coding exercises,

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all of them, well,

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most of them will be tailored towards relevant Cybersecurity projects.

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So as an example,

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we will be writing code on how to encrypt passwords, hash passwords,

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create user accounts, scanports, things like that.

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So

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the kinds of projects or tools or tasks that

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you would normally perform in a real cybersecurity environment,

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we're going to make use of them in this course and that's why it

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is a Python for Cybersecurity course.

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So if you're a Cybersecurity professional and you want to learn a little

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bit about Python that would allow you

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to create some relevant cybersecurity projects or

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tools, this course is going to be perfect for you.

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Now,

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I should also mention that if you've never written

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a line of code in your entire life before

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you're coming in here. Completely blind. Don't worry, I've got you covered.

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I'm going to start from the very basics

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and gradually we're going to work our way

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up towards writing some more sophisticated programs.

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So

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the course is divided roughly into about 10 different sections.

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This might change as I

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modify the course and maybe add or remove content. It all depends.

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But we're going to start from the very beginning. What is programming?

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We're going to write very simple lines of code. And then by the end of the course,

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we're going to create ourselves a very powerful authentication system

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and also a very very powerful password checker.

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That's going to be the project for this course. And I can guarantee you

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that if you focus on the course, you do all the exercises, the test,

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I can guarantee that by the end of this course,

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you will have the knowledge required to be able to write some pretty good

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cybersecurity related programs.

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Now,

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I want to mention one thing about programming in general and this is

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especially if you've never written a line of code in your entire life before

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it's gonna take time. OK.

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It's gonna take a while before you become truly proficient and fluent

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in working with a programming language. Now, Python in particular,

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it's relatively easy when compared to the other programming languages out there,

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but even Python takes time, so

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don't get frustrated. If in the beginning, the first few

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Greeks,

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you're still struggling to write a few lines of code,

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you're making mistakes.

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It is only natural, think of it as you're trying to learn an actual verbal language.

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Maybe you're trying to learn how to speak.

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I don't know, Greek or Finnish or Swedish or whatever.

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You're not just going to pick it up automatically and very quickly. Right.

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It's going to take time.

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It might take several months, maybe it might take up to a year

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in the beginning. You will be able to say simple things like good morning.

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My name is Alex,

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but then to construct an actual full sentence, it, it will start taking time, right?

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You will have to figure out OK, in this language,

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does the adjective come before the pronoun or does the noun come before the verb?

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You know, all that kind of stuff? It takes time.

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So in the very beginning, you will make plenty of mistakes.

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It could get frustrating but do not give up. OK? I guarantee you that if you focus,

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you practice as much as you can,

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you do the tests and the challenges of provided for you.

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In this course,

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I guarantee that one day you're gonna wake up and suddenly realize that.

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Hold on a second.

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I'm actually getting pretty good at programming with Python. So

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hang in there.

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It's only part of the process, all the frustration in the very beginning.

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It's only part of the process, hang in there and I promise you

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you will be rewarded.

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Now, a few more things to mention real quick,

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we're going to be working with a particular platform here called

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Don't worry, you don't have to pay for it. It's completely free of charge.

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I will talk about

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a bit later in subsequent videos,

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but just keep that in mind if you're working with a Mac or Linux or Windows,

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you will be able to take this course.

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And also if you do want to cross any challenges or something isn't clear,

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you can always reach out to me. I'll be more than happy to assist you in any way

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that I can.

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So once again, welcome to the Python Basics for cybersecurity professionals.

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I hope you will find these calls very informative and very useful

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and it is my sincere hope and believe that by the end of this course,

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you will have learned how to program with Python.

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So thank you once again for enrolling and now let's begin.