Penetration Testing, Incident Response and Forensics (Coursera)

Offered by IBM,
Penetration Testing, Incident Response and Forensics (Coursera)

This course gives you the background needed to gain Cybersecurity skills as part of the Cybersecurity Security Analyst Professional Certificate program. You will learn about the different phases of penetration testing, how to gather data for your penetration test and popular penetration testing tools. Furthermore, you will learn the phases of an incident response, important documentation to collect, and the components of an incident response policy and team. Finally, you will learn key steps in the forensic process and important data to collect.

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This course also gives you a first look at scripting and the importance to a system analyst.
This course is intended for anyone who wants to gain a basic understanding of Cybersecurity or as the fifth course in a series of courses to acquire the skills to work in the Cybersecurity field as a Cybersecurity Analyst.
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In this course you will learn to:
• Describe penetration testing tools and the benefits to an organization
• Describe a deep dive into incident response techniques and tools
• Describe digital forensics and digital evidence.
• Discuss the power of scripting.
Completing this course will count towards your learning in any of the following programs:

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Penetration Testing
In this module you will learn the importance of understanding penetration testing, the phases of penetration testing and tools available for penetration testing.

WEEK 2
Incident Response
In this module, you will learn the various phases of an incident response, the importance of documentation and how it relates to the incident and the components of an incident response policy.

WEEK 3
Digital Forensics
In this module, you will learn about the forensic process, different sources of forensic data and the chain of custody as it relates to forensics.

WEEK 4
Introduction to Scripting
In this module you will learn why scripting is important to cybersecurity, an overview of scripting languages and the basics of Python scripting.

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